Want to avoid ripping out an old hedge that’s got leggy and patchy? Here’s what designer Sue Townsend did in a garden with wild planting and an old yew hedge <\/p>

\u00a9 Richard Bloom<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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More on hedges<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hedging plants: 30 of the best plants for a hedge<\/a><\/li>\n
How to care for your hedgerow<\/a><\/li>\n
How and when to trim a hedge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>
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Her clients commissioned a local craftsman, Clive Leeke of The Old Farmyard to revitalise them by laying them in the traditional way. The stems of the existing hedge were partially cut through near the base (being careful not to cut all the way through) and then bent and woven through a framework of 1.8m-high hazel stakes set 50cm apart.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Richard Bloom<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
This practice of partially cutting the stems stimulates new growth at the base, which in turn can be bent and laid into the hazel framework as it grows. To create the arches, multiple cuts were made up the stems to allow them to be bent and twisted over into an arch shape. The whole hedge was finished off with weaving some hazel binding (long pliable shoots) to keep the shape and prevent birds\/animals pulling it apart. Once a year the new shoots in the hedge line are tucked into the framework and any excess growth trimmed off.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Richard Bloom<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nHere\u2019s more on how to lay a hedge<\/a><\/p>\n
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