research > material investigation and propagation

awareness > impacts of hedgerows

restoration > standing hedgerows

implementation > new growth hedgerows

a creative endeavor that uses artistic inquiry to (re)search what forms environmental conservation can take and how it is rooted in our cultural, social, and historical experience. We’re here to begin a conversation.

hedge·row

noun

noun: hedgerow; plural noun: hedgerows

  1. a hedge of wild shrubs and trees, typically bordering a road or field.

Choke cherry in bloom. @logue.house @shf1848 @shepardsettlementfarm
Golden/ clove currant in our ‘new’ hedgerow install project.
Starting seed propagation with the overwintered Osage oranges , ‘hedge apples’. The fruits were left outside overwinter, where cold moist stratification could take place naturally. The seeds have been place in seed starting soil, and will
We have 60 varieties of native wildflowers we will be seeding for 2023. They will be planted in many locations throughout the properties both Shf1848 in the hamlet of Borodino, and The Shepards Settlement Farm . We are excited to create these grow &
Came across this beautiful red elderberry plant on one of the back roads. It makes an amazing understory planting. Ordered some seeds, and propagating for the 2023 growing season. •soaked the seeds for 24 hrs. •added seeds and water to
Apples collected from our hedgerows. Variety’s unknown’ We have given them names for seed saving and propagating purposes. From left to right ‘sheep nose pond’ , ‘Frame Hill’, ‘SSF common crab’.
Ski the hedgerow
Accidental still life. Hedgerow haul of tiny crab apples and grapes #inthehedgerow @shf1848 @mofoster_

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