The process of making or maintaining a hedge by weaving partly cut branches through the upright stems of a row of shrubs.
树篱修築；树篱保养
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We still have walling and hedge-laying competitions but we also go bowling and go-karting.
The poet was asked to write a series of 12 poems, which resonate with sense of place and reflect the farming calendar, such as hay-making, harvest, hedge-laying and lambing.
Interviewed by the Guardian in 1991, he attributed his limp to ‘an old hedge-laying wound’; it was in fact a skiing injury.
I have attended training courses on hedge-laying, which is a far better way of maintaining a hedge, encouraging wildlife, and creating wildlife corridors.
The director said he felt the big turn-out reflected the growing popularity of the traditional craft: ‘We think there's a steady increase in people interested in hedge-laying.’
He said if the scheme was successful, and enough people were interested, environmentalism could be extended to other activities, such as hedge-laying, dry stone walling and tree coppicing.
Volunteers were also invited along to help with various projects round the farm, including painting and repair work, hedge-laying and cleaning the farmyards.
The fair features stalls selling a variety of country wares and exhibitions and demonstrations of crafts such as hedge-laying and cookery.
Demonstrations of the traditional skill of hedge-laying can be enjoyed later this month.
Today hedge-laying and hurdle-weaving are rarely seen on farms.