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Fields & Forests

Hedgerows: A year in the busiest quiet place in the countryside

Edwin Marsh · narrated by Rowan Whitmore

2026

5h 5m
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You will spend a year inside a hedgerow, that narrow strip where field meets field and life gathers in layers. Rowan Whitmore reads with the patience of someone who has stood for hours watching light move through branches. You will learn how blackthorn blooms before its leaves appear, how soil holds the memory of centuries, and how rain sounds different on hawthorn than it does on elder. The chapters unfold like seasons themselves, from the stillness of winter standing to the bustle of berries and the birds who come for them. Edwin Marsh writes with close attention to what most walkers pass by. Let this be your invitation to slow down and listen.

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21 chapters

  1. 1Standing Still4m
  2. 2Chapter 1: Standing at the Edge21m
  3. 3Chapter 2: What a Hedgerow Actually Is21m
  4. 4Chapter 3: The Soil Remembers16m
  5. 5Chapter 4: April and the Blackthorn14m
  6. 6Chapter 5: The Sound of Rain on Different Leaves18m
  7. 7Chapter 6: The Bank in Sun19m
  8. 8Chapter 7: Berries and Who Arrives for Them18m
  9. 9Chapter 8: The Run at Dusk22m
  10. 10Chapter 9: Spider Season16m
  11. 11Chapter 10: The Leaves Let Go18m
  12. 12Chapter 11: Holly and the Hard Months12m
  13. 13Chapter 12: The Same Place in Fog16m
  14. 14Chapter 13: Walking the Line19m
  15. 15Chapter 14: A Year in One Yard of Bank20m
  16. 16Chapter 15: The Notebook and the Pencil19m
  17. 17Chapter 16: Returning13m
  18. 18Chapter 17: When the Hedge Is Cut12m
  19. 19Walking Back4m
  20. 20About the Author1m
  21. 21Where to Go From Here1m
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