OLSN  Introduction to Hedgelaying Workshops

Ontario Land Skills Network

Introductory Hedgelaying Workshops covering theory and practice of hedgerows and their management

Ignatius Jesuit Centre

On these one day workshops you will learn the basics of hedgerow management and learn how to 'lay' a hedge. Using hand tools- axe, billhook and bow-saw, you will learn to pleach a hedgerow shrub, build the hedge and strengthen it with stakes and binding.We will be continuing work on a section of willow at the St Ignatius Centre in Guelph started in 2023 by kind permission of the Centre.In a seperate two-hour webinar on Thursday 25th 7-9pm we will cover the history and theory of hedgelaying, hedgerow planting and the integration of 'managed' hedgerows into your farm or other land-based system.You can book on either one or both of the Saturday and Sunday dates. We require a minimum of 6 people per day to run the workshop (maximum 8 particpants per day).If the event appears sold out please email- it maybe we have just sold all of the day or weekend tickets!Some concessions are available please contact us.You are automatically included in the Thursday evening webinar when you buy any ticket. Your InstructorsJim Jones is the founder of the <a href="https://www.ontariolandskillsnetwork.org/" title="https://www.ontariolandskillsnetwork.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ontario Land Skills Network</a> and has been hedgelaying since 2009. He is an ecologist by training with over 15 years experience in the UK in Ecology and Conservation, during which time he became a hedgerow specialist working at various organisations including the UK's advisory body on hedgerows called <a href="https://hedgelink.org.uk/" title="https://hedgelink.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hedgelink</a>. Jim set up hedgerow-based citizen-science projects to restore biodiversity and promote good management practice and through training people in this 'endangered' traidtional rural skill. He has been working for the <a href="https://www.ontariolandskillsnetwork.org/hedgelaying-inthe-ontario-landscape" title="https://www.ontariolandskillsnetwork.org/hedgelaying-inthe-ontario-landscape" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hedgelaying In the Ontario Landsacpe Project</a> since 2018 and is also a <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/j28jones" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/j28jones" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PhD Candidate</a> at the University of WaterlooSarah Dolamore is the Farm Manager at the family-run <a href="http://www.mountwolfefarm.ca/" title="http://www.mountwolfefarm.ca/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mount Wolfe Farm</a>. Originally trained as a visual artist (University of Guelph). Sarah decided to become the first of the three generations of her family living at Mount Wolfe to farm. As well as managing an all-year Community-Supported Agriculture service she also runs Mount Wolfe Branch Supply, delivering plant material to The <a href="https://www.thelocalflowercollective.com/" title="https://www.thelocalflowercollective.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Local Flower Collective</a> in Toronto. Sarah l became fascinated by hedgerows and hedgelaying after the Hedgelaying in the Ontario Landsacpe Project held a workshop at the Farm. She took a trip to the UK tin 2017 to learn hedgelaying from hedgelayiing expert Nigel Adams and has since been a co-organiser of all the OLSN Hedgelaying workshops.All equipment and light refresehments will be providedYou will need:Appropriate clothingLunch and snacks NB: This workshop is subject to weather conditions. A full refund will be available should we need to cancel because of poor weather (persistent rain or snow).

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