About the event

Bury Literature Festival x Festival of Nature

Hedges are the stitches that hold the British countryside together. Yet, while we fawn over oak trees and wax poetic about chalk streams, the humble hedgerow - ""these ribbons of thorn and barb"" - often goes overlooked.

Britain's hedgerows are among the most biodiverse and culturally rich habitats in the world - and they are disappearing. In Words From The Hedge, Richard Negus writes about hedges with a passion, precision and lyricism that transforms the familiar into the extraordinary.

With an introduction from our partners at Suffolk Wildlife Trust, this event explores what hedgerows mean to the farmers, walkers, naturalists and writers who have loved them - and what we stand to lose if they continue to vanish from our landscape. 

Format: Presentation & Q&A

Themes: Non-Fiction, Adults, New Voices, Climate Focus, Local Interest

Access: Live Captioning

Suffolk Wildlife Trust Members and Bury Literature Festival Newsletter Subscribers early booking open from 1st June 2026. 

General sale 1st July 2026.