Page 54 • The HERALD • 4th January 2024 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v COVERING SOUTHAMPTON AND NEW FOREST • Patios • Turf • Fencing • Artificial lawns • Decking • Garden structures • Driveways • Clearances • Brickwork • Jet-washing Call now on 07961 234448 to sow the seeds for your new outside living space or email: honeysucklelandscapes1@gmail.com See our previous work at: www.honeysucklelandscapes.com ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ All Aspects of Garden Work Undertaken • Driveways • Paving • Artificial Grass • Turfing • Decking • Fencing • Hedge Cutting • Landscaping Hythe Garden Contractors Family company established 1977 For a free quotation please call 023 8084 3556 or 023 8084 0378 Fred Hurst 023 8084 2191 or 07761 467217 • Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance • Hedge Cutting • Fallen Trees Cleared • Mini Digger Hire with Operator • Property Clearance • Small Demolition • Tractor Flail Cutting FULLY INSURED v FREE QUOTATIONS SPADEWORK Family Landscaping & Fencing Team ] Decking & Natural Sandstone Paving ] Patios ] Driveways ] Block Paving ] Turfing ] All Types of Domestic & Commercial Fencing ] Security Fencing Supplied & Fitted Tel: (023) 8089 4909 Mobile: 07703 566814 u Free Estimates u Fully Insured Planting Begins For Conservation Project The Countryside Charity, CPRE Hampshire launched its agship project ‘ e Hampshire Hedge’ on Tuesday 21st November on the Compton Farm estate just outside Winchester. Ecology students from the University of Sparsholt, land management course were joined by over 80 invited guests to enjoy a day of hedge planting and see demonstrations of the ancient cra of hedge laying. e project has received funding We are keen to work with communities and volunteers along the route. We have organised regular events and would love to hear from people if they want to get involved” To find out more please visit: www. cprehampshire.org. uk/get-involved/ volunteering/cprehampshire-hedgevolunteer/ and sign up to be a Hedgerow Hero! network of hedgerows forming a green corridor of new and restored habitat. e hedgerow is planned to wind its way for about 14 miles (22km) through the central Hampshire parishes and link woodlands, meadows, local nature reserves and Sites of Special Scienti c Interest (SSSIs). Along the route the project will be engaging with the local schools and communities, creating hedge laying traineeships, encouraging volunteer action, running training days in hedge laying, and raising awareness of the importance of hedgerows through talks and events. Hampshire is unique in that it has two national parks and three AONB’s (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in its boundary making up over 40% of its land area. CPRE Hampshire wanted a project to celebrate the highquality landscape and so developed the idea of planting a hedge to link the two national parks together that will provide an important landscape and wildlife feature that can form part of the nature recovery strategy for Hampshire. Ellie Banks, CPRE Hampshire Hedgerow Project O cer explains: “It is great to be starting the planting element of the project, our target is to plant 3 miles of new hedging this year, which is 25,000 whips going into the ground this winter. We will also be laying ½ a mile of existing hedge. Hedge laying involves the cutting and weaving together of saplings to encourage dense new growth at the base. They intermingle to form a natural barrier which provides food and shelter for birds and animals.” More than half of England’s rural hedgerows have been lost since 1945. Ellie adds: “The big problem in this country is that wildlife is fragmented on ‘islands’ and unable to get between those habitats, so hedgerows can provide that connectivity. from National CPRE Hedgerow Heroes project, The Linbury Trust and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. e Hampshire Hedge is a 3-year project that will connect the South Downs National Park with the New Forest National Park by means of a Hedge laying Paul Walton, representing New Forest National Park, Chris Lickley, representing South Downs National Park and Ellie Banks, Hampshire Hedge Project Officer
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