January 2021
Eythrope, Aylesbury. 99 yards hawthorn hedge. A young and tall hedge that, apart from a short section at the start, had not been laid before. With so much material present retaining live stakes to support the hedge was simplest and cheapest.
View from start of hedge, before...
...work underway with view already being revealed...
...and it looked like this on 21/5/2021
View from end of hedge, before...
...completed...
...and it looked like this on 21/5/2021
View before from field side looking back to the start...
...same view, work in progress
...and it looked like this on 21/5/2021. Still just able to make out the two tall trees beyond
Six live stakes visible keeping the laid hedge in place.
The stakes will be trimmed to become unobtrusive...
...same view completed...
...same view on 21/5/2021
My sign on completion...
...my sign on 21/5/2021
Looking towards end of hedge...
...and looking back towards the start
Detail from field side 21/5/21, hawthorn and cow parsley flowering
Bierton, Aylesbury. First section, 17 yards hawthorn with a good enough face for Midland style
Looking towards bungalow before...
...and after
Looking towards gate before...
...and after
View from stile before...
...and after.
View from gate before...
...and after
Bierton, Aylesbury. Second section, 39 yards hawthorn. Laid South of England as very tall and leggy and had to be laid very flat to fill the gaps.
Bizarrely sited in a shallow ditch, work was variously delayed by flooding, snow and high winds.
A large collapsed black poplar by the hedge was pollarded by a tree surgeon first.
Dense brambles reaching the road removed by the client in advance.
Roadside view from gate, before...
...and after with the large black poplar beyond revealed
Very tall and leggy, laid before and a real tangle...
...and more of the same!
Field view from the gate, before...
...and after
Roadside view towards gate, before...
...and after