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Green Man Conservation Hedgerow Planting
Hedgerows are vital for wildlife, linking habitats as corridors for animal, insect and seed dispersal, while providing essential shelter and wind breaks for crops and animals, and a larder for people and wildlife alike.
Green Man hedgerow creation considers a diverse structure, and contains a range of tree and shrub species. We aim for unique species composition, dependant on location within the landscape, its size, shape and relationship to neighbouring natural habitats.
As with Woodland Planting, we offer no obligation quotations and site specific planting plans, our prices are fixed to you in all cases, and densities and specific protection are all variable to control costs. Contact us to arrange a visit.
Please click below for more about;
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The Hedge Planting Season - when can we plant?
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What's Involved? - How do we go about Creating Hedgerows?
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Hedgerow Planting Rates Standard Method 1
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Hedgerow Planting Rates Bespoke Method 2
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Future Management - What care will be needed after planting a hedge?
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Hedge Highways - Life in the Hedgerow
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Green Man Hedgerow Planting Season
Our hedge planting service is available from October to April, but it is prudent to plan the planting throughout the spring and summer as preparation may take a few weeks, and our nurseries and planting teams will then be able to prioritise and schedule accordingly.
What’s involved with Hedgerow Planting?
From your initial enquiry Green Man Conservation offer a no obligation site survey to assess the site and gain an understanding of your unique targets and desired outcomes. We then consider the soil type, texture, wetness, climate and existing surrounding hedge and woodland species to compile a quotation comprising the proposed density of trees, their species, and any further protection from deer or rabbits that may be required, along with staking and weed control options to suit you and the site.
Green Man Conservation planting standards strictly adhere to the Forestry Commission guidelines as a minimum, and are up to date with new regulations as they are published.
Contact us to arrange a free site survey and quotation
Green Man Hedgerow Planting and Maintenance
Since they were first recorded, some 1500 years ago, hedgerows as man-made boundary delineations have become an integral and iconic part of the rural British countryside.
It is a tragic fact that since the Second World War, agricultural policy, focusing more and more on intensification of high-yield food production has resulted in the loss of approximately 118,000 miles of hedgerows in the subsequent consolidation of land.
Green Man Hedgerow Planting Rates
We offer two types of hedgerow planting.
The first method provides competitive planting rates within the industry. The Forestry Commission guidelines for creating woodland are adhered to as a standard and therefore quality is in no way compromised. Our aim is to provide high quality results efficiently and in full cooperation with our clients, and quality hedgerow cover with standard native species for swift results. The species mix, weed-suppressant type and shelter-protection are fixed as a standard, with the only variable being the option for single or double-row planting.
Method 1 can however be considered stand alone, or in conjunction with any of the options detailed in Method 2 below.
The Forestry Commission guidelines are there to ensure a minimum best practice. Our second method considers of a bespoke approach whereby if the hedgerow is to be created largely for amenity and habitat creation with patronage in mind, full consideration of the following is made;
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Wider species variety
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Local provenance
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Varying densities
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Canopy layer variance
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Organic weed control
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Mycorrhizal inoculation of specimen roots
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The planting of hedgerow standard trees at desired spacing
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The option to plant more mature saplings than the standard package provides
Some or all of these factors can be considered at the planning stage, and the effect on cost is transparent to clients as it is submitted alongside our standard planting rates.
Close inspection of the new hedge in the subsequent years following planting and the gapping up of any failed specimens is recommended to maintain consistency and the aesthetic, as is the removal of protective shelters 5 to 8 years after planting, to prevent the ‘choking’ of the hedge-tree stems as they out-grow their guards. It may also be necessary to perform periodic maintenance to the mulching/weed suppressant to minimise competition for moisture and nutriment by invasive weed species.
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Flora and fauna ‘highways’; the life in the hedgerow
Hedgerows form important wildlife habitats in their own right. They are known to be the primary habitat for at least 47 species of conservation concern in the UK, including 13 which are globally threatened or rapidly declining. Their importance is particularly paramount for butterflies, moths, many species of birds, bats and dormice, many of which are included within the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as well as being specifically protected under UK and EU law due to concerns over dwindling numbers. Hedgerows act as comparatively safe means of traversing open spaces for a wide range of small mammalian and bird life that would otherwise have to run the gauntlet of predation from above when moving between habitats, food sources, mating-grounds etc. They are also favourite sites for an array of nesting birds, providing readily available sources of food, shelter and protection.
Where hedgerows are themselves ancient or are remnants of ancient woodland, they act as a refuge for woodland plants and even ancient trees, which themselves play host to an important array of species.
Not just for the aesthetic
Although beautiful, the hedgerow also provides very practical benefits to both homeowner and agricultural land-owner. Despite modern farming innovation hedgerows continue to play an invaluable role in the areas of pest suppression and crop protection by offering effective wind-breaks to prone crops and providing habitat to species that predate upon a range of potentially devastating crop pests, whilst the householder may benefit from a hedge as privacy screen, wind-break, shield from road noise and an enthralling and vibrant wildlife habitat.
As with Woodland Planting, we offer no obligation quotations and site specific planting plans, our prices to you are fixed in all cases, and densities and specific protection are all variable to control costs. Contact us to arrange a visit.
Green Man Conservation Nationwide Tree Planting, Woodland Planting, Woodland Creation, Hedgerow Planting, Hedge Planting nationwide, by county
Greater London, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan
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