Teagasc Hedgerow Week 2021
On Monday, 6 December, the state of Ireland’s hedgerows, both quantity and quality, will be addressed by a panel including research, county councils and hedgerow non-governmental organisations.
The panel on Tuesday, 7 December will address the biodiversity of hedges including how birds, bats, bees, butterflies and other wildlife use hedges including ecological experts and the All Ireland Pollinator Plan.
On Wednesday, 8 December Francis Quigley, Teagasc Machinery Specialist will be involved in a discussion on hedgerow management with a panel of people with an interest in hedge cutting: hedge cutting contractors, farmer organisations and the NPWS.
Thursday, 9 December will focus on food from hedges, with a panel of foraging experts from research to private enterprise.
Teagasc Hedgerow Week will conclude with the Signpost webinar on Friday, 10 December where the topic will be the value of native provenance trees and hedging stock and how to reduce health risks to them with Joe Gowran, CEO Woodlands of Ireland and Maria Cullen, Chair of the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists (SIPP).
Whatever inspires people to take an interest in Ireland’s hedges, Catherine Keena hopes that Teagasc Hedgerow Week 2021 will help to ensure this generation leaves a positive legacy for farms, the Irish countryside and the environment.
The full week’s activities, written articles and videos can be followed at www.teagasc.ie/hedgerowweek2021 and on Teagasc Daily and the Teagasc social media channels, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
