Sustainability has quickly become an integral part of gardening. This ranges from composting green waste, planting only native species, recycling materials, to cutting out harmful chemicals.
If you only adopt one method to make your garden greener, however, then planting a wildlife-friendly hedge can have a transformative effect on your garden’s ecosystem. Hedges have so much to offer: they provide safe spots for insects to lay their eggs with the leaves offering food for caterpillars and larvae; thorny varieties provide birds and mammals with protection from predators and safe