Woodland & field margin management can form a critical part of managing a farm or an estate and there is still government money available to help, although many of the previous schemes such as the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and the Woodland Grant Scheme have come to an end. Some have been replaced whilst others have not. It is worth investigating what funding is currently available before undertaking any work.

We offer services that include thinning, pollarding, dead wood removal and field margin restoration. Many field boundaries and woodlands are populated with multiple Elm stems that have regenerated from the root systems of the original English Elms that fell victim to the Dutch Elm Disease in the early 1970’s. The stems reach approximately 15 years in age and then are attacked by the Elm Bark Beetle and die, consequently falling in to the field or ditch and causing obstruction. We can remove these stems and replant areas with native bare-rooted hedge plants to improve existing hedgerows or create new hedges that are the ‘highways of the countryside’ for so many species of birds, mammals and invertebrates.