Verges, Ditches & Hedges Conference
The Middle Marches conference on Verges, Ditches & Hedges took place in Norbury, South Shropshire on 18th November 2022.
Aims of the Conference:
The conference focussed on the subject of Shropshire’s road verges, hedges and ditches and their role and importance in our county’s landscape – and how we might manage them better.
Conference Resources
The full programme and speaker information can be found here.
For a final report on this Conference click here.
A taster video with highlights from the conference can be viewed here.
Below are links to the presentations given on the day (links open as pdfs). We would like to thank the speakers for letting us upload their presentations and allowing us to share them here.
- Wild Waterways, Drains and Ditches
(Pete Lambert, Head of Land and Water, Shropshire Wildlife Trust – 5.5MB) - Verge management: how councils can save money and increase wildlife
(Dr Phil Sterling, FCIEEM – 15.5MB) - Nigel Adams
Website and You Tube - Hedgerow surveys in the Stepping Stones area
(Simon Cooter & Rob Rowe – 5.8MB) - Utilisation of Roadside Verge Arisings
(Alex Wilcox-Brook, Severn Wye – 2.4MB) - Maintaining Shropshire’s Verges
(Andy Wilde – Shropshire Highways – 376KB)
Other resources:
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Address
Enterprise House, Station Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AQ
Email us
info@middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk
Telephone
01743 891492 (Dr Richard Keymer)