As members of the National Hedge Laying Society we have skilled people who are able to do hedge laying using the traditional techniques.

This series of photographs shows Paul Beatty laying a hedge in Hatfield town centre similar to the South of England style. 

The hedge is cut and laid over to create a double brush. A single line of stakes 18" apart in the centre of the hedge with the top bound. Both sides of the hedge are trimmed.

Laying hedges is just one of the techniques in managing hedgerows. Other techniques include “Trimming” (cutting with a tractor mounted flail) and “Coppicing” (cutting off at ground level to encourage the hedge to regenerate).

Left unmanaged a hedgerow will continue to grow upwards and outwards and will eventually become a line of trees.