Category: Landscape
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The Structural Wonder of a Hedge in Winter
Even in winter, hedgerows are working in the landscape. Not only can they prevent snow drift on to roads (a feature or ‘ecosystem service’ I’m keen to explore more in work in Ontario, see 3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts,HedgeCanada Revisited: healing the landscape and connecting communities with a new hedgerow…
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HedgeCanada Revisited: healing the landscape and connecting communities with a new hedgerow story
– Way back in the mists of time I completed a short school project on the Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus. Young Jim had read an article in a magazine with a picture of a tree dressed from root to branch in thousands of Monarchs. He learned about the incredible migration of this beautiful butterfly up and down Central…
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Smeuse, smout and squiggle: the language of hedgerows
Working on a new Citizen Science project Hedgerow Heroes for Surrey Wildlife Trust, I am exploring the connections between people and hedgerows and how we can use past relationships with this important semi-natural habitat to shape future ideas about sense of place and environmental stewardship. One measure of our connectedness to nature is how…
James T Jones 