hedgelaying
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thumb|upright=1.35|Hedge laid in Midland style thumb|upright=1.35|A hedge about three years after being re-laid
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26 sectionsContents
- Benefits
- Theory and practice
- Local styles
- Midland style
- Derbyshire style
- Double staked styles
- Lancashire style
- Westmorland style
- Brecon style
- Montgomery style
- South of England style
- Isle of Wight style
- Yorkshire style
- West Country hedges
- Devon style
- Cornish style
- Motorway style
- Outside the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Germany
- North America
- Australia
- British emigrants
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thumb|upright=1.35|Hedge laid in Midland style thumb|upright=1.35|A hedge about three years after being re-laid
Hedgelaying (or hedge laying) is the process of partially cutting through and then bending the stems of a line of shrubs or small trees, near ground level, without breaking them, so as to encourage them to produce new growth from the base and create a living ‘stock proof fence’. It is a countryside skill that has been practised for centuries, mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with many regional variations in style and technique.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hedgelaying” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.