Hedge Hub Resources

Land-based operations

This course teaches the basic skills and knowledge needed to find a career in agriculture, horticulture or animal care

Hedgerow Habitat Heroes

Plan your own bug hunt and learn to classify animals, plants and insects

Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape

The classic beguiling history of Britain's trees, woods and hedgerows

A historical account of trees and woodland in Britain, including hedgerows

Reconciling Agricultural Production with Biodiversity Conservation

Review of current biodiversity conservation practices

Academic review of the impacts of agricultural production on wildlife and biodiversity

Farming for the future: how agroforestry can deliver for nature and climate

Woodland Trust - policy paper - 2022 report

This paper assesses the benefits of agroforestry on a large scale on farmland in England. It considers how agroforestry systems are already being deployed, and…

The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins

Academic review of the ecology of hedgerows and field margins

Tales of the Irish Hedgerow

A compendium of folklore, biology and general history of the plants and animals that live in and around hedgerows

Hedgerow

River Cottage Handbook No.7

A comprehensive guide for foragers to identify edible plants from hedgerows

A Natural History of the Hedgerow

and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls

An extensive history of British hedgerows, with additional focus on the interactions between the species living in hedgerows

Wildlife Conservation on Farmland: Vol. 1, Managing for Nature on Lowland Farms

Chapter 3: How can field margin management contribute to invertebrate biodiversity, Ch4 Small Mammals on lowland farmland

Examining the challenges facing farmers, conservationists and policy makers to bridge the divide between the theory and practice of conservation on farmland