All through the winter the farm worker went hedging.
They will pay for up to 70 per cent of the cost of hedging, walling, river management, weeding and mowing of grass in villages where stock has been excluded.
‘The grants will pay for up to 70% of the cost of hedging, walling, river management, weeding and mowing of grass areas where livestock has been excluded,’ he added.
Synonyms
smooth talk, flattery, blarney, blandishments, honeyed words
1.1Bushes and shrubs planted to form hedges.
（为筑树篱而种植的）树篱灌木
dense shrubbery and tall hedging offers concealment
Example sentencesExamples
The front lawned garden has mature hedging while the driveway provides parking for three cars.
This is an important job as these attractive small shrubs, often used as low hedging, will quickly become woody if left unpruned.
Plants used for hedging are also planted closer together and the usual practice is to shear the plants into shape.
Height varies from less than a foot to more than 3 feet, making some species useful as ground covers and others as deciduous hedging.
Unfortunately, hedgehogs are nomadic and difficult to attract into a garden, but a pile of logs and dense native hedging will give them somewhere to hide.
This meant that when any hedging grew the flowerbeds would be hidden.
The lawned front garden is surrounded by high hedging and offers off-street parking.
Other features include extensive hedging, shrubs and colourful annuals.
There were plans to improve the hedging and install some large pipes in the grass bank.
High hedging and large flowerbeds border the manicured central lawn.
The rubbish was commercial: second hand clothing and pruned hedging and trees.
Fresh cut flowers, organic vegetables, crafts and willow works as well as hedging plants and a shrub or nursery area are all on display.
The rear garden, which is lawned and bordered by mature hedging, includes a spacious double garage with a remote control roller shutter and vehicular access.
A one acre garden to the rear is bordered by mature shrubs and trees while the front garden is quite private and screened from the road by tall hedging.
The front garden, which has side and front hedging, has a large side lawn with flowerbeds.
Sheltered by trees and shrubbery, with mature hedging on both sides, it has an extensive patio and is pleasantly secluded.
The front garden has a lawn set behind high hedging.
The gardens have mature trees, a fountain and hedging.
The property's walled front garden features a tiled entrance porch, two side lawns and high hedging.
With the exception of box - which remains hugely popular in both traditional and modern planting schemes - the use of medium and small-scale hedging within the garden is relatively rare.