Newly planted hedge near Horndean
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Newly planted hedge near Horndean by Maigheach-gheal as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 8 Apr 2011
Many of our hedge rows have been lost in recent decades as agricultural practice favoured larger and larger fields to cultivate. There are now grants available to farmers to replant hedgerows, where before, ironically, there were grants to grub them out!