A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls by John Wright Groundswell Speaker 2024 it celebrates them—because women’s health

it celebrates them—because women’s health deserves nothing less than honesty and care

he observes the season unfold around him

While he can muzzle miscreants

That night

Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet

A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls by John Wright Groundswell Speaker 2024 it celebrates them—because women’s healthIt is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we might dream about foraging for mushrooms or collecting wayside nettles for soup, most of us are unaware of quite how profoundly hedgerows have shaped the history of our landscape and our fellow species. One of Britain's best