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career: board fences, living hawthorn hedges and even ditches that functioned as cattle guards,” says the estate’s Web site.
In Jefferson’s Garden Book he noted planting trees, privet and thorns in November 1812 — all great hedgerow-making plants.
Although modern technology has diminished the use of hedgerows on farms and private landscapes, they still retain great benefits to wildlife and society alike. ‘"The uses of hedgerows may be as barriers, as a background for perennials, as a formal lnw to divide up areas o£ a property or to mark the limits of a property,” notes Peter Warren, Extension agent for horticulture for Albemarle County.
“Benefits to the landowner,” continues Warren, “mostly flow from ... their ability to reduce street noise and prevent access, but hedges do pro
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