WHAT I DO

I will lay your Hedge, Build or repair your Dry stone walling or plant new hedges.

Hedgelaying, Planting, Drystone Walling, Garden features, House stonework, hedgelaying, teaching, illustrated talks, Training in Hedgelaying, Stonework, Drystone Walling

I live and work in the North York Moors area



I'm a qualified hedgelayer and have laid hedges in Ireland, Holland and in the UK. I'm also a drystone waller and have built houses (and walls), garden features, gate entrances in Ireland, Australia and in England.

I've been told I'm a bit of walling and hedgelaying nerd. But I don't mind it because it's normal. Doesn't everyone stop and take pictures of these when they are on holiday?

Some of the site contains my work along with pictures of hedges, walls and walling features from places I've visited. It should be pretty obvious which is my work.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Trees and Walls

Trees and walls don't generally mix.  Trees close to a wall will normally push the wall over as they grow or get rocked by the wind.  To avoid cutting down trees in or near walls which the owner doesn't want removed there are a couple of methods..  

Here's one method, spotted in the Yorkshire Dales.  In this case the waller has run the wall as close as he needed to the tree and left a gap with properly built wall ends.  I've also seen a wall built around a tree.  Either way it needs to be at least two or three feet away from the base of the tree.  Any gap which stock might escape through can simply stopped up by using a small amount of timber.  


If roots are a problem on their own then it is normal to bridge them with stone to avoid the possibility of the root or new roots lifting any foundation stones.




ber or wire fencing.

 

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