Date: 19 February 2026
Start time: 09:45
Location: Storth Village Hall
Organiser: Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape
Email: ciaran@arnside-silverdale.org.uk
Call: 01524 761034
Join us to discover the many ways hedges can benefit your farm, wildlife and the wider environment, and discuss what management approaches help them live up to their impressive potential, from planting all the way to rejuvenation. We’ll discuss the value of assessing hedges, available funding for hedges and how to create a 10-year hedge management plan for your farm.
The talk will be held at Storth Village Hall, Storth Rd, Storth, LA7 7PH, followed by a farm visit - location TBC.
In the morning, we will be in the classroom with People’s Trust for Endangered Species Megan Gimber covering what healthy hedgerows are, available funding for hedge work, and how to develop a 10-year management plan & the benefits of this.
After this we will break for a free hot lunch.
After lunch we’ll take a walk looking at the hedgerows and explore good hedgerow management – the rejuvenation cycle, laying, incremental trimming, climatic considerations.
Our main target audience is farmers, landowners and land managers, or those looking to go into or working in a land-management/hedge management career.
Places for the workshop are limited so please get in touch ASAP to book your place. Please reply by 12th February at the latest to secure your place.