CPRE Hedgerow Heroes project
Hedgerow Walks
Next walk - Pontesbury on Sunday 28th November, 10 to 12.30 (Now fully booked)
See poster below (Click on poster below for a larger pdf version).
To book please contact Sarah Jameson - places are limited and booking is essential.
The walks below have already taken place.
We will be doing more this autumn and winter, including winter hedgerow ID.
Watch this space!
If you would like more information on these walks or the hedgerow project, please sign up to our mailing list here or email Sarah Jameson at admin@cpreshropshire.org.uk
Friday 30th July, 2-4pm
The Plant-lore of our English Hedgerows -
discovering the former uses and folklore of our common hedgerow plants
Walk One (Treverward, near Clun)
With Roy Vickery from the Folklore Society. Roy will run a hedgerow walk in Treverward as well as present a Zoom talk (later in the year) on the fascinating topic of plant folklore. He is a collector of plant folklore - plant names, herbal uses, sayings, legends and plants that were used to foretell the future. Roy has written extensively on plant folklore and his website, Plant Lore, is here.
Link to the walk poster is here.
Places are limited. Book is essential.
Book with Sarah Jameson - admin@cpreshropshire.org.uk
Tuesday 1st June, 10.30 to 12.30
A Walk Around the Hedges: Clun
A stroll around the hedgerows in and around Clun with
Rob Rowe.
We will look at the plant species that live in or in association with hedgerows, and learn about good hedgerow management - and how this leads to a healthy, biodiverse hedge.
Booking essential since places are limited.
Saturday 31st July, 10am to 12 noon
The Plant-lore of our English Hedgerows
- discovering the former uses and folklore of our common hedgerow plants
Walk Two (Bishops Castle)
With Roy Vickery from the Folklore Society. Roy will run a hedgerow walk in Bishops Castle as well as present a Zoom talk (later in the year) on the fascinating topic of plant folklore. He is a collector of plant folklore - plant names, herbal uses, sayings, legends and plants that were used to foretell the future. Roy has written extensively on plant folklore and his website, Plant Lore, is here.
Link to the walk poster is here.
Places are limited. Book is essential.
Book with Sarah Jameson - admin@cpreshropshire.org.uk