Hedge Laying Course
HEDGE LAYING TRAINING DAY
Greenlawdean Farm, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, TD10 6XP
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025 (9.15AM-4.00PM)
Professional Hedge Laying Instructor & Contractor; Graeme Walker is running his hedge laying training course on Saturday 27 September, for beginners. Spaces are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis. To book a place please contact us via the website : https://set-aside.co.uk.
The course fee is £85 per person and must be paid in advance to secure your place. (BACS details below). Courses are normally over-subscribed and your place cannot be held otherwise.
Instructors – Graeme Walker & Mike Wade. Both are professionally Accredited by the National Hedge Laying Society, with decades of experience in commercial hedge laying, consultancy services, training, competitions, as well as Press, TV and Radio appearances.
Course Outline –
- 9.15 am meet (prompt) for a 9.30 am start – Assemble at the main barn which will be sign-posted. Short introduction to hedge laying benefits, practice, styles, hand-tools and equipment.
- 10.00 am – Preparing, pleaching, laying and building 6 yard sections of hedge in South-of-England style under supervision (working in pairs).
- 12.00 noon – Lunch – Bring your own please. Tea and cake will be provided.
- 1.00 pm – Resume hedge cutting/laying and begin staking & binding under supervision.
- c.4.00 pm – Round-up of the day’s instruction, and admire your completed hedge ! Questions and close.
Health &Safety
Please note – participants are to bring their own: protective eye-glasses, or face screens, or chainsaw helmet; heavy leather gloves (stout welder’s gauntlets are affordable and best); sturdy boots (no trainers).
A chainsaw helmet offers the best head, ear and face protection – but a baseball cap/tweed cap or similar will offer some head protection. (We will have spare eye protection and gauntlets in case you forget).
Be aware that hedge laying is a physically demanding craft and carries the risk of injury from thorns and extremely sharp edge-tools. All efforts will be taken to ensure safe practice is adhered to at all times during the course. Trainees must understand that they participate in the course at their own risk and the organisers will not be responsible for injury arising from misuse of tools or failure to follow safe working practices. (Don’t worry – we are fully insured and rarely have any incidents!)
All hand-tools and materials will be provided, ie, axes, saws, slashers, bill hooks, Hazel binders and stakes. Feel free to bring your own tools if you wish – we can examine and discuss these, and sometimes we find they are even be usable! Trainees will NOT be using chainsaws.
Course Payments, BACS:-
Acc. Name: GT Walker t/a ‘Walker Forge & Design’
Acc. No: 20903582
Sort Code: 20-45-18
NB: The National Hedge Laying Society is offering awards for young trainees (under 30 years of age) to encourage attendance at a training course.
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