Tag: HEDGEROWS
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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…
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3 Go to Canada: Hedges, Novel Ecosystems and Damn Fine Donuts
Where I find myself in Ontario Canada introducing the technique of hedge-laying and discovering social-ecological complexity, Novel Ecosystems theory and Community Supported Agriculture along the way I’m writing this blog as US Citizens go to the polls and a baked potato crisps in the oven, getting ready for a date with…
James T Jones 