Megan Gimber (Hedge Geek)
@favcolourgreen.bsky.social
Habitat conservation - hedgerows, woodpasture, veteran trees | Boat dwelling, booze brewing, gin infusing, beekeeping, food loving, adventure seeking feminist.
Optimist.
Optimist.
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A Horrible Truth That Shouldn’t Be….
April 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Horrible Truth That Shouldn’t Be….
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Hedgerow myth busting – (So you think you know hedgerows?)
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Event: Hedgerow myth busting – (So you think you know hedgerows?) - 6th May 2025, 18:00 - The People's Trust For Endangered Species Shop
Hedgerows are an incredible habitat, offering a wide range of environmental as well as on-farm benefits. But in a lot of ways they can be hugely misunderstood
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April 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Hedgerow myth busting – (So you think you know hedgerows?)
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Hedgerow myth busting – (So you think you know hedgerows?)
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What a glorious day to be in Wales!
Im here chatting policy, but couldnt help getting up a bit early to check out the sights
Im here chatting policy, but couldnt help getting up a bit early to check out the sights
April 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What a glorious day to be in Wales!
Im here chatting policy, but couldnt help getting up a bit early to check out the sights
Im here chatting policy, but couldnt help getting up a bit early to check out the sights
Thank you @phoebeweston.bsky.social for such a wonderful and optimistic article on Hedgerows!
It's great to celebrate the wonders we have, appreciate the legacy, and use that to inform our combined future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's great to celebrate the wonders we have, appreciate the legacy, and use that to inform our combined future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges
Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thank you @phoebeweston.bsky.social for such a wonderful and optimistic article on Hedgerows!
It's great to celebrate the wonders we have, appreciate the legacy, and use that to inform our combined future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's great to celebrate the wonders we have, appreciate the legacy, and use that to inform our combined future
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
On a fasconating site visit today
10 points per photo to tell me what you see
10 points per photo to tell me what you see
April 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On a fasconating site visit today
10 points per photo to tell me what you see
10 points per photo to tell me what you see
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Blossom is so often overlooked when we choose a new apple tree, but as this wonderful montage from @thepackingshedtamar on IG shows, some varieties have especially beautiful flowers. Scent also varies greatly from variety to variety.
April 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Blossom is so often overlooked when we choose a new apple tree, but as this wonderful montage from @thepackingshedtamar on IG shows, some varieties have especially beautiful flowers. Scent also varies greatly from variety to variety.
Come on rain! Its dry as a bone on this here bank. And this mini restoration needs water!
April 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Come on rain! Its dry as a bone on this here bank. And this mini restoration needs water!
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Self-professed ‘hedgerow geek’ Megan Gimber is our John Spedan Lewis Emerging Leader Award 2025 winner! She has spent almost a decade advocating for the protection, management, and growth of the UK’s depleted hedgerows.
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April 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Self-professed ‘hedgerow geek’ Megan Gimber is our John Spedan Lewis Emerging Leader Award 2025 winner! She has spent almost a decade advocating for the protection, management, and growth of the UK’s depleted hedgerows.
@ptes-org.bsky.social @favcolourgreen.bsky.social
www.linnean.org/the-...
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What a surprise, a delight, and an honour!
We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of our 2025 Medals and Awards. We’ll be spotlighting each of our amazing awardees from across science, conservation and the arts over the coming days. www.linnean.org/news...
Please like, share and join us in congratulating them all!
Please like, share and join us in congratulating them all!
April 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
What a surprise, a delight, and an honour!
Its always a joy when the hedgebank stitchwort flowers
April 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Its always a joy when the hedgebank stitchwort flowers
One of our new(ish) hedge oak pollards coming back to leaf & looking great
We wanted the oak that popped up, but didnt have the space for a full canopied whopper
This keeps it compact, gives us woodfuel on rotation and makes a great tree
We wanted the oak that popped up, but didnt have the space for a full canopied whopper
This keeps it compact, gives us woodfuel on rotation and makes a great tree
April 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
One of our new(ish) hedge oak pollards coming back to leaf & looking great
We wanted the oak that popped up, but didnt have the space for a full canopied whopper
This keeps it compact, gives us woodfuel on rotation and makes a great tree
We wanted the oak that popped up, but didnt have the space for a full canopied whopper
This keeps it compact, gives us woodfuel on rotation and makes a great tree
Fernhill farm open day was incredible. I got to show people some amazing hedges in a traditional laying cycle. I got to meet the wonderful @thread.and.yarn who has a hedgerow shawl knitting pattern (love!) and even learn about bark-ometers from Andy Rummings
March 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Fernhill farm open day was incredible. I got to show people some amazing hedges in a traditional laying cycle. I got to meet the wonderful @thread.and.yarn who has a hedgerow shawl knitting pattern (love!) and even learn about bark-ometers from Andy Rummings
I'm going to be at the Fernhill farm open day in the mendips today
Ive been to the farm &drooled over their hedges before, do cant wait to be leading 2 sessions tomorrow; one practiacl management for farmers, one general knowledge for the public
Lots going on all day!
Ive been to the farm &drooled over their hedges before, do cant wait to be leading 2 sessions tomorrow; one practiacl management for farmers, one general knowledge for the public
Lots going on all day!
March 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'm going to be at the Fernhill farm open day in the mendips today
Ive been to the farm &drooled over their hedges before, do cant wait to be leading 2 sessions tomorrow; one practiacl management for farmers, one general knowledge for the public
Lots going on all day!
Ive been to the farm &drooled over their hedges before, do cant wait to be leading 2 sessions tomorrow; one practiacl management for farmers, one general knowledge for the public
Lots going on all day!
Happy equinox to those that celebrate!
March 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Happy equinox to those that celebrate!
Can't keep a good beech down!
This one used to be a layed hedge...
This one used to be a layed hedge...
March 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Can't keep a good beech down!
This one used to be a layed hedge...
This one used to be a layed hedge...
@elenapearce.bsky.social A fantastic talk!
I use the open-mosaic wildwood to explain how cultural habitats which mimic this structure are so biologically diverse
It can inform how we manage farmed habitats to integrate more diversity. Not just the structure but the temporal & spatial dynamism
I use the open-mosaic wildwood to explain how cultural habitats which mimic this structure are so biologically diverse
It can inform how we manage farmed habitats to integrate more diversity. Not just the structure but the temporal & spatial dynamism
February 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@elenapearce.bsky.social A fantastic talk!
I use the open-mosaic wildwood to explain how cultural habitats which mimic this structure are so biologically diverse
It can inform how we manage farmed habitats to integrate more diversity. Not just the structure but the temporal & spatial dynamism
I use the open-mosaic wildwood to explain how cultural habitats which mimic this structure are so biologically diverse
It can inform how we manage farmed habitats to integrate more diversity. Not just the structure but the temporal & spatial dynamism
I passed a worm this morning, worming its way down a concrete underpass. Itd progressed 3m since I passed it earlier
Instincts were failing it. There was nothing for it down there.
To the confusion & disgust of passers by, i took it to a scrap of grass, to face other town dangers
Instincts were failing it. There was nothing for it down there.
To the confusion & disgust of passers by, i took it to a scrap of grass, to face other town dangers
February 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I passed a worm this morning, worming its way down a concrete underpass. Itd progressed 3m since I passed it earlier
Instincts were failing it. There was nothing for it down there.
To the confusion & disgust of passers by, i took it to a scrap of grass, to face other town dangers
Instincts were failing it. There was nothing for it down there.
To the confusion & disgust of passers by, i took it to a scrap of grass, to face other town dangers
Today is the 40th South of England hedgelaying competition!
More excitingly, its my husband (TomTheHedgelayer)s first time competing
Its misty. The skylarks are singing. Its already more exciting than it has any business being
More excitingly, its my husband (TomTheHedgelayer)s first time competing
Its misty. The skylarks are singing. Its already more exciting than it has any business being
February 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Today is the 40th South of England hedgelaying competition!
More excitingly, its my husband (TomTheHedgelayer)s first time competing
Its misty. The skylarks are singing. Its already more exciting than it has any business being
More excitingly, its my husband (TomTheHedgelayer)s first time competing
Its misty. The skylarks are singing. Its already more exciting than it has any business being
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@favcolourgreen.bsky.social Our latest bit of hedgelaying (with last year's on the right) - looking forward to nature bursting forth! 🪻
January 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@favcolourgreen.bsky.social Our latest bit of hedgelaying (with last year's on the right) - looking forward to nature bursting forth! 🪻
Today I'm at a hedgelaying competition (as a spectator!) in Cambridge on @linesmartin.bsky.social farm
They're laying a young maiden hedge. This will thicken it right out from the base, make it a lot more robust, better for wildlife etc
Also a great time to get those damn spirals removed
They're laying a young maiden hedge. This will thicken it right out from the base, make it a lot more robust, better for wildlife etc
Also a great time to get those damn spirals removed
February 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today I'm at a hedgelaying competition (as a spectator!) in Cambridge on @linesmartin.bsky.social farm
They're laying a young maiden hedge. This will thicken it right out from the base, make it a lot more robust, better for wildlife etc
Also a great time to get those damn spirals removed
They're laying a young maiden hedge. This will thicken it right out from the base, make it a lot more robust, better for wildlife etc
Also a great time to get those damn spirals removed
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Next month, Thursday 6 February: Rootstock, a future farming conference for the South West. Looking forward to speakers including Minette Batters, Hodmedods' Josiah Meldrum, @howemill.bsky.social, @jamesgyke.bsky.social, @no1farmerjake.bsky.social rootstock.ag #Agroecology #Devon #Cornwall
Rootstock - Rootstock
rootstock.ag
January 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Next month, Thursday 6 February: Rootstock, a future farming conference for the South West. Looking forward to speakers including Minette Batters, Hodmedods' Josiah Meldrum, @howemill.bsky.social, @jamesgyke.bsky.social, @no1farmerjake.bsky.social rootstock.ag #Agroecology #Devon #Cornwall
For hedges, capital grants cover:
Planting
Laying
Coppicing
Fencing
Gapping up
All of which are essential, all of which are currently on hold with the capital grants freeze.
It's my biggest hope for 2025 that these are re-instated ASAP to reduce the wider damaging impacts:
A🧵
Planting
Laying
Coppicing
Fencing
Gapping up
All of which are essential, all of which are currently on hold with the capital grants freeze.
It's my biggest hope for 2025 that these are re-instated ASAP to reduce the wider damaging impacts:
A🧵
January 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
For hedges, capital grants cover:
Planting
Laying
Coppicing
Fencing
Gapping up
All of which are essential, all of which are currently on hold with the capital grants freeze.
It's my biggest hope for 2025 that these are re-instated ASAP to reduce the wider damaging impacts:
A🧵
Planting
Laying
Coppicing
Fencing
Gapping up
All of which are essential, all of which are currently on hold with the capital grants freeze.
It's my biggest hope for 2025 that these are re-instated ASAP to reduce the wider damaging impacts:
A🧵
An absolute treat today, hedge Workshop in a medevil "barn" then a walk around some ancient hedges cut from the wild woods themselves in 11th Century. The history, heritage and value in here is astonishing
December 5, 2024 at 7:38 PM
An absolute treat today, hedge Workshop in a medevil "barn" then a walk around some ancient hedges cut from the wild woods themselves in 11th Century. The history, heritage and value in here is astonishing
Wednesday farm cluster group near Newton Abbott
Lovely thick elm/holly/hazel/hawthorn/spindle/blackthorn/ash hedges
Old pleachers & stone faced banks
Old oak tree-line hedges replanted & restored
Whole new hedge banks
& hot pasties all round for lunch!
Lovely thick elm/holly/hazel/hawthorn/spindle/blackthorn/ash hedges
Old pleachers & stone faced banks
Old oak tree-line hedges replanted & restored
Whole new hedge banks
& hot pasties all round for lunch!
November 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Wednesday farm cluster group near Newton Abbott
Lovely thick elm/holly/hazel/hawthorn/spindle/blackthorn/ash hedges
Old pleachers & stone faced banks
Old oak tree-line hedges replanted & restored
Whole new hedge banks
& hot pasties all round for lunch!
Lovely thick elm/holly/hazel/hawthorn/spindle/blackthorn/ash hedges
Old pleachers & stone faced banks
Old oak tree-line hedges replanted & restored
Whole new hedge banks
& hot pasties all round for lunch!