Hedge Britannia - Hugh Barker

Hedge enthusiast Hugh Barker journeyed across Britain to explore its
remarkable variety of gardens and hedgerows. He discovered how hedges
are among our most ancient monuments, met hedge laying champions and
topiary fanatics, and saw the lengths to which some people will go just to
annoy the neighbours. Hugh explains how the garden hedge became
associated with paradise, why the British army planted a barrier hedge
hundreds of miles long in India, and how the notorious enclosures during
the Industrial Revolution turned the country upside-down. Informative,
revealing and anecdotal, it's a sweeping history of Britain as you've
never seen it before.