Our hedgelaying courses are held during the autumn and winter months of the year. We aim to run the courses on the first Saturday of each month.
If the date clashes with other events then we occasionally move the course to a subsequent Saturday.
The course starts at nine thirty in the morning and finishes at about four o'clock in the afternoon. We break for lunch so you will need
to bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink.
Please note that this season's courses will involve a few Covid-19 related precautions:
- We won't be sharing instructors vehicles to get to the course site – everyone will have to travel in their own transport. We will still meet in the
Village Hall car park but set off in convoy from there to the chosen hedge. Unfortunately class sizes will be limited by the available parking at the site.
- Please bring your own gardening gloves. They will have to be substantial with leather/suede palms and capable of resisting blackthorn. Similarly, eye protection
is a sensible precaution. Bring your own tools (billhook, loppers, pruning saw) if you have them but we will provide all the tools you need if you don't.
All BHHA tools will be Covid sanitized before and after the course.
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As the course takes place outdoors, face coverings won't be required by the BHHA but please do whatever you feel comfortable with.
The hedges we use belong to farmers around the village of Yarcombe in East Devon. The meeting point is usually Yarcombe village hall but we will contact you
with all the location details and exact timings in the week prior to the course.
As noted above, we can provide tools for the day or you are welcome to bring your own. However, we don't expect you to bring a chainsaw. It is much better for us (from a safety point of view) if the use of chainsaws
is restricted to the instructors.
Note that the weather plays a great part in scheduling these courses. If it is too wet then we postpone the course for safety reasons. If this
happens we try to reschedule the course for the following Saturday if possible. It is important to supply a telephone number so we can
contact you at short notice if this needs to happen.
(Also, please bear in mind that the courses are held in the Devon countryside and civilised toilet facilities are not usually available.)
The course costs £45 per person for the day and is payable when your booking is confirmed.
(Sorry but refunds will not normally be possible if you cancel your booking within 7 days of the course taking place.)
Course Dates
Courses will run on the following dates:
- Saturday 9th October 2021 *** COURSE FULL ***
- Saturday 6th November 2021
- Saturday 11th December 2021
- Saturday 8th January 2022
- Saturday 5th February 2022
Booking
We will open up the courses to booking shortly (before the end of August). In the meantime, if you have any queries please email us at
hedgecourses@bhha.info.
To book a course please use the ONLINE BOOKING FORM.
If you have any other question about the hedgelaying courses please fill in the form below and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Alternately, if you prefer, you can talk to George Pidgeon directly.