Hedge laying at Battlemead Jan 2026

40+ volunteers ✔
4 full days of laying ✔
100m+ of wildlife hedge laid ✔
Many cups of tea drunk ✔
100s of kind comments and questions from passers by ✔

The Braywick Rangers led 2 weekends of hedge laying with volunteers this winter. Laying a hedge helps thicken it, making it a corridor and habitat for a lot of wildlife, as well as looking attractive, producing a natural stock barrier and giving shade. Thanks everyone who was involved in our effort this winter, including Wild Maidenhead, WildCookham, Windsor and Maidenhead Conservation Volunteers and Good Gym. We are excited to see how the hedge looks this summer!