Countryside charity bringing hedges back to life

Shropshire volunteers planting hedgerows across countyCPRE Shropshire has more than 20 sites across the county where planting will take place over the winter.

It is the second year of a £75,000 Hedgerow Heroes project, and the first hedge of 2022 was laid 16 miles west of Shrewsbury, near Stapeley Hill The UK is one of the world's most nature-depleted countries - in the bottom 10% globally and last among the G7 group of nations,CPRE Shropshire hopes to plant 3.4 miles of new native mixed species hedgerow in the county, and the charity is also running hedge laying courses.

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