Hedgerow Heroes: here’s the chance to do something really special

Hedgerows are the unsung heroes of the British countryside.

They are iconic features and an important part of our heritage. They support wildlife by providing habitat, shelter and food and by forming green corridors that reduce fragmentation. They also provide security in the form of biodiverse boundaries and help to address the climate crisis by capturing carbon. The beautiful shifting seasonal colours of native hedgerows have defined rural landscapes for centuries.

Along with other CPRE branches across the country, CPRE Kent are delighted to announce that we’ll be taking action to help restore and plant new hedgerows across the county this year as part of the larger Hedgerow Heroes project. Our work will help to hit CPRE’s target of increasing hedgerow cover in England by 40 per cent before 2050.

Following a shout-out for sites earlier in 2025, and via working with the Countryside Management Partnership (CMP) teams, we’ve been able to earmark more than three and half miles of hedgerow to plant and/or restore. That’s some 28,000 hedgerow trees that we’ll be involved with in planting before March 2026. With the CMPs, we’ll be working on 14 sites from Dartford to Dover and everywhere in between.

Would you like to help plant a hedgerow near you?  Planting dates will soon be announced, so please follow our e-newsletter (email info@cprekent.org.uk to subscribe if you do not already do so) and/or follow our social-media channels for upcoming information about planting dates and locations. Alternatively, email us to register your interest.

Get out and about, have fun, meet new people and help us plant hedgerows this autumn and winter.