Healthy Hedgerows
Surveying

Free Training at Lake District National Park Authority offices, Murley Moss, and at Strickley Farm, Old Hutton

Wednesday 19 February 10am – 3.15pm

Directions: Murley Moss Business Park, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL https://what3words.com/tins.eager.icons

Free training event for farmers, land owners and land managers on how to survey your farm/land hedges and develop a plan to manage your hedges in a rotation. Defra’s recommended way of accessing grants is to survey your hedgerows using the Healthy Hedgerows method. Megan Gimber from the People’s Trust for Endangered Species, who designed the Healthy Hedgerows App, will lead the morning session. James Robinson will lead the afternoon farm visit to see hedge planting, laying and their overall management. The event will cover:

• How and why hedgerows are such an important habitat and asset with multiple farming benefits.
• What the structure of a good hedge looks like, hedgerow trees, hedge management lifecycle options.
• How we can manage hedges to maintain their health in general – from planting to rejuvenation.
• Look at what new SFIs offer for hedges, and how this works alongside the Capital Grants.
• Healthy Hedgerows Survey App, how it works, what it does, and how simple it is to use to comply with the SFI hedge assessment action (CHRW1).