In article , messageboards@j-
towill.co.uk says...

I have extensive hedging which Father Time has decreed I need to get
someone to cut it for me.
I have just had it extensively cut, now I plan to get it trimmed twice a
year so that it is kept reasonably tidy. The hedges are holly, beech and
hawthorn, with odds and ends mixed in.
When would be the best months to have it cut, to keep it tidy and under
control?

I cut my mainly beech hedge in August/September (did it last
week). It is worth noting that if you cur the sides of a beech
hedge back too hard, then although the leaves remain through
the winter the hedge can get very open and see through and let
the wind through!

Farm hedges are not allowed to be cut between 1st March to 31st
July in England. In Wales, and England from next year cutting
can not start until 1st September.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales