Impact
The Every fence a Hedge project was organised by Chloe Palmer and Christine Harding of Hope Valley Farmers (HVF) and Steve Platt and David Hughes of HVCA. It ran with 8 farms and planted nearly 2000 metres of new hedging. Farming in Protected Landscapes provided funding for fencing and gates, for volunteers, for organisation and for part of the planting. HVCA obtained a generous grant from Breedon, Hope Cement to contribute to the cost of planting.
The Woodland Trust provided all the planting material (whips, guards and stakes) at no cost. They provided an excess of material required by the project. A last minute email to farmers resulted in a further 17 landowners and farmers taking part and planting a further 720 m of hedging and over 400 oaks. The following are the main deliverables.
- Over 2500m of new hedging and 400 oaks
- 25 farms involved in bio-restoration
