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Hedge Laying, Coppice Products & Garden Maintenance

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What I Offer

Hedge Laying

The best and most traditional way to rejuvinate hedges and to keep them growing strong.

Coppice Products

Products for crafts or garden projects, all sourced from sustainable land management.

Garden Maintenance

Keeping gardens neat and tidy, or managing gardens for the benefit of wildlife.

Why Use Our Services?

As a craftsman and conservationist, I can provide extra services or advice, and I’m always looking for ways to improve what I do.

My methods are always in keeping with my ethics; minimise pollution and pesticides, and to help nature where I can.

I take pride in my work, using crafts and traditional methods to conserve nature, produce sustainable British grown products, and to preserve traditional crafts.

Email: mercianwoodsman@outlook.com
Call: 07899987506

My Instagram

Here's something I don't get much of a chance to do, even outside of work. As part of a bit of a tidy up in a kitchen and ornamental garden I had the chance to bring this cloud pruning back into shape. I'm enjoying the range of work at the moment, keeping on top of gardens while laying hedges is a nice mix. Hopefully I'll get more chances to get better at this. First hedge of the season on a small holding in Cheshire. It's great to be hedging again, I kept flitting between an old Elwell billhook and a new Morris Knighton pattern because I can't decide and I'm a tool addict. This hedge was mostly hawthorn with a rescued oak tree. Currently taking bookings for hedge laying this season. Restore old hedges, or thicken up gappy ones with a traditional craft. Get in touch for a free quote. I've been trying out the @okatsune.europe sickle (kama) a lot recently, and it's a great tool. It's dealt with comfrey, nettles, even tough dried out stems, grass and whippy hedge growth. There are a couple of ways to use it, hacking or gently pulling it through a bunch of stems. I just wish there was a safe and comfy way to carry it on a belt.