THE landscape will be improved at a beauty spot thanks a £10,000 donation.
The funding has been given to the National Trust to plant and maintain two blossom hedges on the Golden Cap Estate.
Over the next three years the Trust is hoping to plant 1,500-metres of native species blossom hedge, located along historic hedgerow boundaries on the coastal downland between Seatown and Eype.
Golden Cap Estate hedge planting – L-R: Anthony Parsons, son of the late Derek Parsons, and association chairman Mike Nicks Picture: Golden Cap Association
It will form part of a network of hedges and will be planted with hardy, blossoming species such as blackthorn, hawthorn and crab apple and will be visible from neighbouring villages, the South West Coast Path and the A35. A second hedge will be planted at Thorncombe Beacon.
The planting of the hedges has been made possible by a donation of £7,500 from the Golden Cap Association plus a £2,500 legacy from the late Derek Parsons, the association’s former chairman and president.
The association was founded to support the…
