hedge

Hedgerows encourage birds, mammals, and insects and are easy to integrate into a garden.  this Swedish garden scene shows this priniciple.

Honeysuckle berries Lonicera pericylmenum with leaves and showing these bright, shiny berries.

Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum showing two blooms with twisting stems.

Field maple Acer campestre pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash.  Illustration shows winged seeds flushed with red, and spread at species specific wide angle.

Japanese rose Rosa rugosa habit showing mature bush in flower

Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa sketchbook study page and habit sketch

Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa graphite leaflet showing shiny leaflets and dentition on margin

Rosehip cross section sketchbook study showing seeds and remnants of sepals

Hazel showing hazelnut selection and iconic catkins

Hazel tree showing typical shrubby growth pattern and habit

Holly Ilex aquifolium portriat of one leaf, with a focus on the prickles and shine

Sketchbook study of the Beeck, with details of leaf and beech nut

Yew Taxus baccata sprig and detail of lone berry

Holly Ilex aquifolium leaves with a cluster of red berries at the centre

Beech bark study Fagus sylvatica showing a knot

Beech Fagus sylvatica tree outline showing tree shape without leaves

Beech Fagus sylvatica twig in bud and leaf and beechnuts

Steps involved in establishing or laying a new hedge showing digging a trench for compost, planting the hedge plants, pruning them, and keeping the hedge straight

Different shapes you can trim your hedge into including boxy, sloped, and rounded

View of a traditional little house in the northern village of Coxwold with trees behind and wisteria growing up the front