Hedges

Cheap n cheerful hedging 

The basic material is pound shop pan scrubbers which are very similar to 'Scotch-Brite' scouring pads but a fraction of the price. 

The process is pretty obvious, you cut it into scale hedge sized strips, scradge[1] it up with a sharp point such as a needle in a pin vice , dibble it with pva glue and apply scatter material of choice. Nice neat hedges don't need much scruffing up, but for unruly wild growth, you can claw at it mercilessly, pulling the material into lumps, bumps, and random 'twigs'

I find glue is best stippled on not too thickly, and the scatter shouldn't be too thick' so that the base material shows through. You could pehaps blow a little well thinned dark brown acrylic along the lower edge to represent the roots. It pays to experiment.

If you want long lengths of hedging, glue the strips end to end before scradging and the joints will disappear 

For 0 gauge (7mm) hedges, I double the pan scrubber over and secure it with Uhu. The end result looks somewhat better in 7mm  than in smaller scales, (see crossing keepers cottage.)

[1] is 'scradge' a real word? it should be and it fits anyway.