EVERY GARDEN HAS an edge; it may be a pavement, a road, another garden or a field, and how we frame what we garden is as significant as what we place in the garden itself. A hedge may be containing, enclosing or secluding but in all instances it divides one space from another, usually with woody plants that can take a bit of pruning. The great advantage a hedge has over a fence is that when well-chosen it is self-
renewing, generative and beautiful.
Some hedges in Devon have been in existence for over 400 years. Laid out as boundaries with deep ditches between them forming green lanes, and planted ...
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