Alan Moore loves hedgerows. They are remnants of the wilder world of his boyhood. The semi-retired psychiatrist grew up on a dairy farm on the River Liffey in Lucan, in west Co Dublin. As a medical ...

A new comprehensive survey has highlighted an urgent need to enable more farmers and contractors to revive England’s hedgerows to meet national restoration targets. While agri-environment schemes (AES ...

For centuries, hedgerows defined the boundaries of agriculture. A hedgerow can be made up of any densely planted growth bordering a field that is cultivated to create a barrier. A traditional European ...

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At the edge of autumn, nature has reminded me, all these years later, that it’s back-to-school time. When I was young, my family usually spent the last gasps of summer in the west of Ireland, and it’s ...

The traditional British hedge is the greatest edge habitat on earth. It is a green food bank, a windbreak, a stock fence, a flood defence system, an immense storage unit for excess carbon dioxide and ...

Transition to post-Brexit farming payments means scheme to protect hedgerows could be lost Hedgerows in England are under threat, farmers and nature groups have warned, as the government prepares to ...