Anyone have experience with the Woodland Trust MOREhedges scheme?

[Turnip]

I'm thinking of getting natural borders for my fields and stumbled across the MOREhedges scheme from the Woodland Trust.

Plant Hedges on Your Land with MOREhedges - Woodland Trust

Our MOREhedges scheme includes saplings, advice and funding for new hedging projects of 100 metres or more.

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

Before I apply I wanted to see if there are people who have had experiences with this scheme? There is a requirement to plant a tree every 6 meters but I'm happy with that.

 

[Hay Farmer]

Slow, site visit report full of mistakes, final offer expensive, offer terms too restrictive. Apart from that, great.

Just went and bought the trees myself for less money than their offer, and now free to do what I want.

 

[Turnip]

@Hay Farmer thanks for this info. Will see what alternatives we have locally and compare the costs.

 

[Landrover]

Cheaper to buy them yourself !

 

[Worsall]

I was going to take an offer up, but didn't like the small print clause that allowed them to come and inspect the trees for a long period after, and possible liability issues. Totally understandable, but not for me.

 

[Turnip]

Got the results back from the MOREhedges application, they will cover 75% of the material costs (plants/canes/protective sleeves) which puts it at a cost way below any local suppliers. Will dig into the small-print more before finally accepting the offer but looks like one that will be difficult not to take.