Thursday 27th and Friday 28th February
10am – 2pm
Read more about this survey here: Penwith Farms Survey Page
Some of our wonderful landscape-volunteering trainees repaired a hedge on Chypraze Farm in the summer during an Introduction Course. Now, we’d like to revisit the farm and take a good look at this and the other hedges. This farm is our most coastal location with stunning views and the beautiful Portheras beach nearby. The hedges here are full of history and border onto wild land abundant with wildlife. Whilst the farm is productive with beef herds, many of the old hedges are becoming so low that they no longer contain the cattle without extra measures. We’re really excited to see whether these hedges can still tell us about the use of this farm over time and whether they still contain and distinctive signs of competitions, hedge furniture or other usage. We’re also interested to see which wildlife they support compared to a more immaculate hedge.
Please be sure to book both or one of these days by contacting us below – we have a limited capacity for how many people we can take onto this farm.
Andrew Cockshaw and Cherish Maxwell from CREST will train volunteers on the day in everything they need to know for a fun and successful survey, the farmer and people who volunteer and work on the farm will provide us with further insights.
We’ll be embracing the winter, encouraging everyone to wrap up warm and bring their thermos as we take a good walk around several historic hedges on each farm. We’ll be sharing insights and stories from the farmers that tell us how these hedges were made, how they were used and any local folklore that feeds into our survey.
CHYPRAZE FARM DIRECTIONS
Chypraze Farm, Morvah, Penzance TR19 7TU
Google link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/t1Sp7xEcBqpkodhc8
Farm website: https://chyprazefarm.co.uk
Directions: From Penzance, take the route through Heamoor and Madron and follow signposts for Morvah to the B3306 and turn left towards Morvah. After driving through Morvah, you will see a signpost to your right for Chypraze Farm Butchery and Shop. If you see Yew Tree Gallery, you’ve gone too far and need to turn back towards Morvah. Take this turning to the car park at the bottom of the dead-end road (usually used for Portheras Beach, but owned by the farm.)
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