An environmental group recruits volunteers to plant the hedges on Dorset's Jubilee Trail.
Campaigners want the hedge to stretch the length of the Jubilee Trail, pictured here near Milton Abbas
The project, named the Great Big Dorset Hedge, would see the greenery cover the 90 miles of the Jubilee Trail. Dorset CAN, which is made up of members including community groups and town councils, said it was creating a map to identify the hedges that already exist and where new ones can be added.The group has identified the Jubilee Trail as the starting point for its ambitious projectJenny Morisetti, a Dorset CAN team coordinator, said many hedgerows were removed in the last century for agricultural reasons, such as for allowing easier movement of farming machinery and vehicles.
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