April 2024
Wingrave Park. A 43 metre section of very overgrown hawthorn and ash laid crop and pleach with live stakes. Most unusually, there was sufficient room and desire to minimise the overall cost as well as a very strong environmental ethos on the client's part to be able to leave excess brush stacked close to the hedge to rot down. This worked very well, saved £300 and is also creating an additional wildlife habitat as it slowly degrades.
View from Wingrave Park, before...
...and after, with the hedge laid a fine vista beyond is revealed
View from end of hedge before...
...here starting to show new growth...
...and a similar view to the two previous images shows the same section newly laid.
View looking down the inside of the finished hedge. There is a pile of logs yet to take away and the rest of the brush behind it is being left to rot down.
View looking down the outside of the completed hedge. Several decent ash stems were up and retained to grow on as standard trees.