LEVEL BEST

Based in the magnificent Somerset Levels, English Hurdle has revived the ancient art of hurdle making using specially grown willow withies

Words by OLIVIA TEMPLE   Photographs by MARK BOLTON

Above: Pruning living willow for a fence; kept wet, willow stays pliable;
Nigel Hector, fifth from right, back, and son James, second from right, with some of their skilled staff; the many uses of living willow in the garden.

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