Land management contractor for the South West
Hedgerow, tree, habitat and agroforestry establishment across the South West. Lefthand Land Management combines ecological understanding with practical delivery to help farms, estates and conservation projects create landscapes that work better for people, production and wildlife.
Land management that considers the whole system
Good land management is rarely about one isolated feature. A hedge can provide shelter, stock control, habitat and a future crop. Trees can improve the resilience of a farm while creating structure across the landscape. Habitat work succeeds when it fits the way the land is actually used.
Lefthand works with landowners and professional advisers to plan and deliver practical improvements that complement existing operations. Our focus is not simply completing the work, but establishing features that can be managed successfully for years to come.
Our Services
A hedgerow is a working infrastructure as well as valuable habitat. Well-managed hedges provide shelter, boundary structure, wildlife corridors, browse and future hedgerow trees.
Services include conservation hedgelaying, restoration of neglected or gappy hedges, new hedge planting, coppicing, selective clearance, hedgerow-tree establishment, guards, protection and establishment maintenance.
We favour practical, conservation-led work that retains useful structure and creates a hedge that can continue to develop under an appropriate cutting and management cycle.
Agroforestry needs to work as part of a farm, not simply occupy space within it. Establishment must account for machinery, livestock, access, future management and the productive role of the trees and understorey.
Lefthand supports practical implementation through site discussions, row layout and setting out, ground preparation, planting, protection, understorey establishment and early maintenance. We can work directly with the farmer or alongside an agronomist, forester or agroforestry designer.
We establish trees and woody habitats around the needs of the site, the surrounding land use and the intended long-term outcome. Projects can include native trees, mixed scrub, traditional or productive orchards, wood pasture, in-field trees, shelter planting and habitat plugs.
Services can cover setting out, site preparation, planting, stakes, guards, mulch, livestock or wildlife protection, completion records and replacement planting.
For BNG and planning-led projects, Lefthand can deliver work to an approved habitat, ecological or landscape specification and provide clear records of what was installed.
Planting is only the beginning of establishment. Weed competition, browsing, failed guards, drought and inappropriate cutting can quickly undermine a well-designed project.
Lefthand provides scheduled inspections, vegetation management, replacement planting, guard and stake maintenance, formative pruning, selective clearance and ongoing habitat management. Multi-year maintenance can be included when a project needs reliable continuity.
