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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

National Heritage Week runs from 15-23 August 2026! We have some lovely free events in Galway, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare & Dublin. Find more details on ➡️ www.hedgerows.ie/events 🌳 Search all Heritage Week events on www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings. Type "hedgerow" into the key word box.

National Heritage Week with Hedgerows Ireland.

11 am – 12 pm, Saturday 15th August 2026. Craughwell, Co. Galway.

2 - 3.30 pm, Saturday 15th August 2026. Moyvore, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

2.30 - 3.30 pm, Saturday 15th August 2026. Hill of Tara Visitor Centre, Co. Meath.

11.30 am – 12.30 pm, Monday 17th August. Punchestown Racecourse, Co. Kildare.

7.30 - 8.30 pm, Tuesday 18th August 2026. Phibsborough, Co. Dublin.

3 – 4 pm, Friday 21st August 2026. Spire of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath.

8 pm, Wednesday 19th August 2026. Online Webinar, Zoom.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

All-Ireland Hedge Laying Championships on Saturday 26th September 2026! 📍 Oghil, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, W34 RF89 ⏰ Open to spectators from 10-4 pm 🎟️ Free to attend 🏆 Want to compete in the novice or experienced categories? Email info@hedgerows.ie. 🔗 www.hedgerows.ie/hedge-laying-championships

All-Ireland Hedge laying Championships 2026 (digital drawing of a man laying a hedge using a billhook). Saturday 26 September, 10-4pm. Oghil, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, W34 RF89. Exit the M7 at Junction 14. Learn more about this ancient rural art which rejuvenates hedgerows and creates a rich wildlife habitat. Free admission. Everyone welcome. Craft stalls and demos. Family fun. www.hedgerows.ie.

Logos: Hedgerows Ireland; The Heritage Council; Irish Environmental Network; Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join our team! Hedgerows Ireland CLG is seeking a part-time Executive Officer. They will support our operations and help us deliver strategies towards our vision of a network of native hedgerows managed for nature. Closing Date: 5 pm, Friday 9th May. Read more and apply: www.hedgerows.ie/careers

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Due to cancellations, we have 2x spaces available on a hedge laying course in Co. Wexford this Saturday. Spaces are also available for Co. Cork & Tipperary later this month! Book here: hedgerows.ie/events/

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Events - Hedgerows Ireland

Learn more about our All-Ireland Hedge Laying Championships! Beginners Hedge Laying Beginners Hedge Laying Intermediate Hedge Laying Beginners Hedge Laying Introduction to Coppicing Beginners Hedge La...

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Mary & Declan, who took part in our 2024 Championships as beginner hedge layers, were further building up their skills at last weekend's training day in Ranelagh! 👏 Spaces available: 🔹️ Boherbue, Co. Cork on 25th January 🔹️ Clogheen, Co. Tipperary on 1st February Book now on www.hedgerows.ie/events

A person in a cream puffy jacket using a billhook to lay a stem in a hedgerow along a metal fence.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Happy Holidays from Hedgerows Ireland!🎄 Our 2024 training days may be over, but luckily, we have more courses scheduled in January & February. If your New Year's Resolution is to learn a new skill, make sure to explore hedge laying: hedgerows.ie/events/

Hedge Laying Training (background image of two people staking a laid hedge).

Beginner:
- Sat 25th January, Boherbue, Co. Cork
- Sat 1st February, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
- Sat 15th February, Ranelagh, Co. Dublin

Intermediate/Advanced:
- Sat 25th & Sun 26th Jan, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Christmas presents sorted! We're delighted to see a whole chapter on hedgerows & field boundaries in the new Farming for Nature handbook. It covers planting, managing, and rejuvenating hedgerows—plus creating 'bee scrapes' on sunny earth banks at their base for solitary bees 🐝

Farming For Nature Handbook. A practical guide to protecting and restoring nature on your farm. E.E. Hart, B. Barry and B. Dunford.

Black and white illustrations of livestock, birds, soil, and farmland.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Due to illness, there are some spots on a free training day supported by Longford County Council tomorrow in Ballinrooey. Please share with people you know in Longford or if you'd like to join, register here: hedgerows.ie/introduction...

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Introduction to Hedge Laying - Co. Longford - Hedgerows Ireland

Course: Introduction to Hedge LayingTrainer: Eamonn McLoughlinLocation: Ballinrooey, Co. LongfordDates: 14th December 2024Time: 10-3.30 pm Hedge laying is an ancient skill, involving a rejuvenative pr...

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Suzanna @suzannacrampton.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I totally agree. I don’t know how to do those tech lists. I’ve been farming with nature for several decades. I’m happen to be one of 50 Irish farmers who took part & wrote a small piece in the new “Farming With Nature Handbook”. Here’s the list of environmentally aware farmers inside the book cover

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We'd love to connect with more environmental and farming folks from Ireland here on Bluesky! Please drop names & starter packs below. If you have any questions about hedgerow management, we're here to help 😊

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Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water @climatecocentre.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Come and join our team @ulsteruniges.bsky.social as a Research Associate! You'll be part of our Monitoring and Modelling theme of work in Climate+, investigating the effectiveness of nature-based solutions to improve water quality Apply here by Tues 17th of Dec: tinyurl.com/2t99x72v

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Day 4 brings a burst of green to winter's palette. 💚 Can you guess who's behind today's advent window? #RSPBAdvent

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Do you have any questions about the benefits of hedgerows or their management? 💭 Drop them below, and we'll answer as many as we can!

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Another busy weekend of training with over 15 people taking part! At the Naas hedgerow, we spotted 15 new shoots coming off just one stem that was laid last year! This new growth makes a much more dense and well-protected habitat for wildlife 🐦🦔 ➡️ www.hedgerows.ie/events

People laying a hedge with a sign in front that reads:

Hedgerow Undergoing Rejuvenation
Find out more: www.hedgerows.ie/management
The Naas Biodiversity Group is rejuvenating this
hedgerow through hedge laying. Hedgerows are largely human-made features. Eventually, trees reach the end of their natural lifespan and the base becomes gappy.
Hedge laying is a traditional management technique
that partly cuts the stem close to ground level so it
bends without breaking. Regrowth from the cuts thickens the base and rejuvenates the hedgerow; creating a dense, healthy habitat ideal for nesting
wildlife. Mature trees are left at intervals for bird perching posts. Laying can extend the life span of most hedgerow trees almost indefinitely.

1. Stems are cut and laid over
2. New shoots regrow from the base
3. A more dense, healthy habitat in the long term

Naas Biodiversity Group & Kildare County Council logos.

A group for people preparing a hedge for laying by cutting off side branches.

A person using a billhook to lay a stem in a hedgerow. Others are working in the background.

4 people putting binders around stakes on a laid hedge. A tall tree has been left in the middle of the laid hedge. It's a sunny day and there's a tree line in the background.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Steve Bass enjoyed a sunny Sunday at CELT's open day last weekend! He even recruited a little helper to demonstrate how to bind a laid hedge 🐈‍⬛ CELT is also a member of the Irish Environmental Network and provides training in woodland skills and traditional crafts. 📸 by Eleni Kalantzi

Steve demonstrating how binders work on a wooden plank with nails, as a black cat walks along it. There is a white van and fields with trees in the background.

Steve explaining hedge laying while standing in front of a laid hedge.

Steve demonstrating hedge laying with a field and trees in the background.

A wooden sign reading "Celt - Promoting the natural environment and sustainable living" with people chatting in the background.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Learn the craft of hedge laying this weekend! - Beginner Day in Tinamuck, Co. Offaly on Sat 30th Nov (1-day). Book here: hedgerows.ie/introduction... - Intermediate/Advanced Weekend in Celbridge, Co. Kildare on Sat 30th Nov & Sun 1st Dec (2-day). Book here: hedgerows.ie/advanced-hed...

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Introduction to Hedge Laying - Tinamuck, Co. Offaly - Hedgerows Ireland

Course: Introduction to Hedge LayingTrainer: Eamonn McLoughlinLocation: Tinamuck, Co. OffalyDates: 30th November 2024Time: 9.30-3.30 pm Hedge laying is an ancient skill, involving a rejuvenative proce...

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Our hedge laying training days are in full swing! There are still spots for the intermediate/advanced course next weekend. We also have beginner days in Dublin & Wexford in January & February! Start the New Year off strong by learning a new skill 💪 Book here: hedgerows.ie/events/

A group of people standing beside a gappy old hedge that has been laid in Co. Donegal. There are mature trees in the background and the remnants of a stone wall at the hedge.

A group of people watching a person bind a laid hedge in Co. Offaly. There is a woodland in the background and more stakes and binders lying on the ground.

A laid hedge with stakes and binders. Credit to the National Built Heritage Service for the photo!

6 people smiling for a photo while holding hedge laying tools such as slash hooks, a fork, billhook, and chainsaw. There is a laid hedge behind them and it's a cloudy day in Co. Longford.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Visit CELT's free open day near Loughrea, Co. Galway this Sunday, 24th Nov. Steve Bass will speak about hedgerows and the day will also feature traditional crafts, foraging, woodlands, wetlands, and spoken word in tribute to CELT's late co-founder, Bob Wilson. Register: celtnet.org/events/celt-...

www.celtnet.org/events. CELT Open Day. Sun 24 Nov. Hedge Walk with Steve Bass. Plus traditional crafts, foraging, ponds and wetlands talk, forest bathing, and spoken word in tribute to CELT’s co-founder Bob Wilson.

Background image of Rose hips.

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Good news 🎉Our Hands on Hedges DVD has now been converted to a digital format and is available to view on YouTube. The series of five short videos covers how to understand, plant, and manage hedgerows. ➡️ youtube.com/playlist?lis... Let us know what you think!

Photo of pink and orange Spindle berries. White text reading "Hands on Hedges - Watch on YouTube".

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

We recommend planting hedgerows with trees of Irish Provenance—from seeds collected and grown in Ireland. ⏰ Phenology (when they bud-burst, flower and seed) is better adapted to our environment and wildlife. 🦠 Lower disease risk (e.g. Fireblight). ➡️ hedgerows.ie/planting/

Are you planting a hedgerow this winter? Buy Irish Provenance Certified trees!

- Bud-burst, flowers & seeds are adapted to local wildlife.
- Imports increase disease risk (e.g. Fireblight).

www.hedgerows.ie/planting

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Hedgerows Ireland @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hello from Hedgerows Ireland! We're all about the conservation and nature-friendly management of our native hedgerows. Such as this beautiful Hawthorn hedgerow at a tillage farm in Co. Kildare, belonging to the Farming for Nature Ambassador, Tom Tierney.

A Hawthorn hedgerow in bloom along a farm lane with a tillage field on the left.

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