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Hedgelayer Russell Woodham puts the finishing touches to one of the last natural hedges he will cultivate this season.<br />
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Russell has been practising the ancient craft of naturally rejuvenating hedgerows for over 20 years.<br />
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The 54-year-old uses traditional tools of an axe and a billhook to make pleaching cuts in shrubs and small trees to bend them over so their branches grow on horizontally.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Hedgelayer Russell Woodham puts the finishing touches to one of the last natural hedges he will cultivate this season.

Russell has been practising the ancient craft of naturally rejuvenating hedgerows for over 20 years.

The 54-year-old uses traditional tools of an axe and a billhook to make pleaching cuts in shrubs and small trees to bend them over so their branches grow on horizontally.