Bart has a comprehensive vision of his plots, with the ambition to create kilometers of hedges in Bonsin (Somme-Leuze). His goal is to strengthen biodiversity by connecting the hedges to the woodlands and to the alignments existing, thus allowing species to move from one environment to another.

Hedge planted in 2024 with the support of PlantC.

Bart is taking action for biodiversity.

For 2025, we are doing it again!

During our meeting in 2024, Bart impressed us with his ambitious hedge project spanning kilometers. In 2024, he planted nearly 2 km of hedges along the perimeter of his plots with us. We wish to continue the project with a 380-meter linear native hedge in a single row.

Aerial view of the future hedge’s location

380 m linear hedge (projection).

The Planting

The planting took place in November 2025. PlantC was able to inspect the site. Following modifications to sections to allow more access points to the plots, an additional 60 m section was determined (cutting across a runoff axis), along the chicken coop.

View of the section with projection shown in blue line in the background.

 

Additional 60 m section.

Why do the plants have a blue tint? This is a repellent that we apply in certain cases when we know the herbivore pressure (wildlife such as deer) is extremely high. It is a substance that has a deterrent effect through taste, mouthfeel, smell, color, or touch for the animal. In other words, we limit damage related to browsing, rubbing, and bark stripping. In a few months, its effect will have faded.

Main objective
Ecological Network

Hedge

  • Planting / installation period
    2025
  • Number of trees
    542
  • Meters of hedge
    380 m
  • Carbon
    28.68 T of carbon sequestered over 20 years

List of selected species

Hawthorn
Bloodtwig Dogwood
Dog Rose
Hazel
Hornbeam
Guelder rose