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How to Make a Nest

Build a child-friendly "dead hedge" for biodiversity and carbon capture

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Julie Witmer
Aug 21, 2024
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A process photo of the making our Nest—a dead hedge out of fallen sticks from our Woodland Garden.
A process photo of the making our Nest—a dead hedge out of fallen sticks from our Woodland Garden.

“…Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, ‘Stay awhile.’
The light flows from their branches….”

🌿 Mary Oliver, When I am Among the Trees

Make a Nest

Have you ever wondered what to do with all of those sticks that keep falling from your old trees?…

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