Dover Hedge Guides | How-to and Local Knowledge

What thrives on downland rendzinas at pH 7.5 to 8.0, and what will chlorose and die.

The SAC, Natural England assent and the Habitats Regulations line for cliff-adjacent gardens.

The 2023 renaming from AONB, and the strengthened s.85 CRoW duty as of 26 December 2023.

The 6-week rule, the 75 mm at 1.5 m threshold, and the trees-only scope you often see misquoted.

Griselinia, Elaeagnus, Escallonia, Olearia and the two-line hedge that shelters your inner formal planting.

Why cypress won't regenerate from brown wood, and how to bring a 5 m runaway back to something you can live with.

Spotting it, containing it, and the two most sensible replacement species after infection.

Now common resident across the south-east; how to spot the damage and what actually works on a hedge scale.

Nesting window, chalk drought stress, coastal salt burn and box pathogen peaks month by month.

How Part 8 of the ASB Act 2003 actually works, and the current DDC complaint fee position.

Projected 90 to 98% ash loss across GB. What that means for hedgerow-standard ash near a Dover property.

The Nov to Feb window, first-summer irrigation, and a species mix that matches the ground.

Hedge guides for Dover and east Kent.