Creating mown paths View to bridge Restored urn Log Store Mown grass path Restored urns New entrance gates View from bridge View from seating area New Elaeagnus x ebbingei hedging Leaf composters Compost bays View along stream in spring New pedestrian and driveway gate These photographs are of a gar...
Here are some photos of a project we are just completing. We have planted a native Beech hedge along the road side for a customer in Freshwater. Where there was just a strip of weeds we have prepared the soil with manure and feed and planted 94 locally grown Fagus Sylvatica. We planted in a [&hellip...
Earlier this year we were asked by Matt Bowman, owner of the Stoneground Flour Company to supply and plant an indigenous hedge around his mill at little Duxmore farm near Havenstreet.Matt grows organic certified cereals for his mill and has organic and free range chickens producing eggs.We are also ...
Valentines day sees the launch of National Nest Box Week. Sometimes it feels like each day of the year is allocated to some cause, but we are of course happy to advertise this annual event. Tradition has it that the 14th February is when wild British birds start pairing up before preparing for their...
We have been busy planting ‘whips’ to form an informal hedge for a customer who has needed a natural barrier from the road. Having installed a coppiced Hazel wattle fence, it seemed appropriate to use new Hazel plants in front. They will grow tall, and offer catkins and nuts as they matu...
The Island’s annual hedgelaying competition was held today at ‘Blackwater Hollow’. Having recently relocated from central London to the Isle of Wight; urban to rural, I was very interested to learn how the hedgerows are traditionally managed. It aims to recreate the straggly plants...
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