Learn how to cut and lay a hedge with Jeremy Weiss, a traditional rural services and training specialist.

Date: Thursday 4th and Friday 5th December
Times: 9am – 4pm
Location: Duloe Stone Circle, Duloe, Liskeard PL14 4PN – What3Words: ///shred.stuffy.diplomas

Price: £75 per person

Places on this workshop have been subsidised thanks to funding from the Tanner Phoenix Trust.

The practical element of the course will cover the proper care of hand tools, tool sharpening, safety considerations, cutting and laying the hedge, and securing the hedge using natural crooks.

In addition, attendees will also discuss alternatives to hedge laying, restoring badly neglected hedges, the cultural, historical and environmental importance of hedges, the hedge as a resource, and the use of brash to make biochar.

You are welcome to bring your own tools, but tools will be available to borrow.

Please bring your own lunch and drinks, as well as ensuring that you wear weather-appropriate clothing.

This course is suitable for beginners and improvers.

About the instructor

Jeremy Weiss has been working with hedges for over 25 years. He is an experienced instructor having taught courses for the National Trust, Dartmoor Hill Farm Project, Devon Rural Skills Trust and for his own business, ‘Proper Edges’. He has a first-class honours degree in Environmental Science and a very keen interest in ecology, conservation and traditional countryside management. 

On-street parking is available around Duloe Village. Parking is not available on site.

This event is in aid of Cornwall Heritage Trust.