Volunteers from the Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee (TWEEC) two weeks ago hit the Health Valley Trail. Their mission: transform the section behind the fire hall from a dense sea of invasive buckthorn into a thriving area of native saplings and a unique dead hedge.
Instead of discarding the uprooted buckthorn, the team gathered the branches to construct a dead hedge along a portion of the trail. Also known as a dry hedge, a dead hedge is a natural barrier made from dead organic materials such as branches, twigs and garden prunings stacked or woven between two parallel rows of upright wooden stakes.
