This is a great article, thank you. Your information about the wildlife biodiversity value of a hedgerow going up as the hedgerow gets larger jibes with what my research is turning up too, but I have one clarification question:

are any of these heights inclusive of more than just the quickset hedge? (ie: is the bank height being included in these numbers?)

related question:

if a hedgerow bank is 1.5m tall, is that measurement from the general ground plane up, or from the bottom of the ditch up? The difference in those two numbers could be .5m, which seems significant.

Were I near good ol’ bank-and-ditch hedgerows at all, I’d go measure, but I’m not and don’t anticipate being near any for nearly another year.

Thanks for your help,
Molly

Try looking in our Suppliers Directory which you’ll find in the “Owning a Wood” section of the website, or follow this link: http://www.woodlands.co.uk/owning-a-wood/suppliers-directory/ Hedge laying would come under Forestry Contractors. You could also try the Hedgelaying Society which keeps a list of contractors http://www.hedgelaying.org.uk/contract.htm