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The British hedge section is excellent. More detail! This art was never exported to the colonies, where all was more rough-and-ready. In the U.S. we'd call these 'hedgerows." How do Brits distinguish between such 'laid hedges' as these in agricultural work and garden hedges? Wetman 08:54, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The main difference is one of function. A developped layed hedge will keep a bull in its pasture. This is accomplished by the twisting of brances and the growing strength over time. A garden hedge is typically achieved by cutting a hege in shape. Then again, there is nothing in stopping you from laying a hedge in a garden.. GerardM 09:21, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The term hedgerow is also used in the UK. It would specifically imply a functional, field hedge, whereas "hedge" could be either that or a garden hedge. seglea 19:39, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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What is the point in referring back to the disambiguation page. With a title like Hedge (gardening) it SHOULD be clear and, you do not get here by accident ?? GerardM 10:26, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

general Wiki principles are to refer back to disambigs... you COULD get here by accident because we put in links like [[hedge (gardening)|hedge]], so all the reader sees is "hedge". If the link to the disambig page isn't there, the user is then left helpless.

Change this name

Hedge ( Gardening) is a poor title for this article when most hedges are used in agriculture not gardens. I suggest it be changed to something like :-

• Hedge (vegetation) or
• Hedge (boundary) or
• Hedge (barrier)

What do people think? Lumos3 18:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Exactly my thought, too, Lumos3 (why I came to this talk page, in fact). I would support a move to Hedge (boundary). -- Picapica 17:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

"Boundary" and "barrier" are both good, "barrier" slightly more specific. "Gardening" thoughtlessly reflected my own POV.--Wetman 03:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

On second thoughts, I agree that Hedge (barrier) is the best option. Will make the move as soon as I have had time to edit the main lead-in. -- Picapica 13:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Barrier?

Not sure if this is the best option as most people wouldn't think of it as a barrier, definitely not the first word that comes to my mind. I'm not exactly sure what it should be, but there is definitely something wrong with Barrier. Maybe in a gardener's perspective, it seems fine, but for the general populace, it is the wrong word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alank47 (talk • contribs) 15:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Live fencing

The definitions of live fencing and hedges are similar. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to know if a live fence is a subset of a hedge, a hedge is a subset of a live fence, or if they are the same thing - but I feel it should be addressed and both articles adjusted to the conclusion reached. JMBryant (talk) 06:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

To quote the ref given in live fencing [1]:

The International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) currently defines live fencing as, "a way of establishing a boundary by planting a line of trees and/or shrubs at relatively close spacing and by fixing wires to them." (Huxley, P. 1997. Glossary for agroforestry. ICRAF, Kenya.)

A hedge doesn't usually have wires fixed to it. It's designed to form a barrier without wire. Wire is sometimes added to neglected hedges to make them stockproof, but this has to be removed again if the hedge is subsequently laid. Qwfp (talk) 07:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Broken reference

The reference http://www.gardenroots.co.uk seems to be broken now. --Mortense (talk) 13:21, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Hedge not the same as a hedgerow

The differences ought to be made more distinct, and they could even have seperate articles. A manicured garden hedge, usually one species small and not very old, is very different to a rough untidy centuries-old hedgrerow beside an agricultural field. Hedgerows serve as refuges and corridors for wildlife and wild-plant life. They have a variety of shrubs, trees, and weeds in them. The article lacks a photo of a typical hedgerow. 92.15.14.99 (talk) 12:21, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

"hedgerow, n.: A row of bushes forming a hedge, with the trees, etc. growing in it; a line of hedge."(OED). Doesn't sound all that distinct to me. Qwfp (talk) 15:31, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

In culture/folklore

Shouldn't there be a section on this? See here for some connotations of 'hedge' and the symbolism it contained. Malick78 (talk) 18:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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Above Start-Class?

I love this article. I think it's better than start-class. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment Anonymous-232 (talk) 15:15, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Anonymous-232 Your comment triggered our article re-evaluation system. The system (me, a random lady) has assigned a new grade (C class) to the article. It possibly qualifies for B class but I'll leave that for someone else another day. jengod (talk) 15:41, 4 June 2023 (UTC)