Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Hedgelayers Association

These photographs date for the 1950's and were brought to a hedgelaying awareness day held in January 2012 at Bracelands Adventure Centre.

The Wye Valley AONB unit organised the day to test the interest in forming a local hedgelayers association. The photographs below document that day.

The overgrown hedge at Bracelands

 

 

Cutting back

 

 

Preparing the stakes with a billhook

 

And an axe

Material prepared

Dave Jackson Assessing the next pleacher

On with the task

John Flower with his axe

Alison filling in the gaps

Simon Johnson

 

Job done

 

The day was attended by the Wye Valley AONB volunteers, who were tutore by Dave Jackson, John Flower and Simon Johnson.