Intangible Cultural Heritage

From Beavers to Net Zero

I wrote this short review of Rob Wolton’s excellent book on hedges for the Devon Rural Skills Trust’s (DRST) summer newsletter. As it’s now autumn (or at least feels like autumn) I thought it would be worth re-publishing here. Enjoy.

Eddie Pollard, Max Hooper and Norman Moore’s influential book Hedges (Collins New Naturalist Library, number 58) is now a half-century old and an up-to-date treatment has been long overdue. … Read more

Turf Hedging: In Praise of the Intangible

It was worth stepping back from the worksite and looking from a distance: the farm’s hedges were a dazzle of yellows, browns and greens as the leaves really begin to show autumn is with us.

Easy to forget this is a worked landscape. Easy to forget the hedges and the banks they grow on are the result of a centuries-long cycle of rejuvenation and repair. … Read more