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Selection of Willow Basketmaking Resources |
Willow
Cuttings and Plants
Willow
Cuttings - English Basketry Willows (USA)
Variety of basketry willow cuttings for basketry, biomass, furniture, trellis and
hurdles, available from Bonnie Gale of Norwich, NY.
Willow Cuttings -
Christine Baker of The Dancing Trees (UK)
Several varieties of basketry willows from this basketmaker from
England.
Willow Cuttings - Dunbar
Gardens (USA)
Katherine Lewis is a willow basketmaker located in the Skagit Valley of
Washington State. She has a small farm named Dunbar Gardens where she grows much
of the willow used in her baskets. She offers finished baskets, willow basketry
supplies, willow basketry workshops and willow basket making demonstrations.
Willow
Cuttings and Living Rods - West Wales Willows (UK)
Wide selection of varieties of willow that you can grow for many purposes,
including rough and fine basketry. Also many photos for identification and
growing tips.
Willow Cuttings -
The Willow Bank (UK)
This nursery is able to ship cuttings year round because of the use of cold storage.
Willow Cuttings - Willow Dreams
Farm
English basketry willow cuttings in a selection of varieties available in the Spring
of 1999 from this Kentucky, USA farm.
Willow Growers -
Somerset Levels and Moors
English company offers a listing of commercial growers in the UK. Photos of the
processing of the rods.
Willow Plants - Heronswood Nursery LTD.
(USA)
Willow cultivars available, mostly on-site, from this nursery in Kingston, Washington.
Willow Plants - Bluestone
Nursery (USA and Canada)
Willows are sold in the Spring as unrooted 8" cuttings and as plugs (rooted
cuttings) which are available throughout the growing season. Willow cuttings are
shipped from March 1 to June 15. Willow plugs are shipped throughout the growing
season. Willow rods are shipped from approximately mid-March to mid-May. Several
varieties have colorful
barks
as shown on Bluestem Nursery's site. The site also features a lot of
informational content on willow cultivation and uses in basketry, environmental
sculpture, living willow structures and furniture. There even is an article on
the magical properties of "willow
water".
Willow Glen Nursery (USA)
Lee Zieke Lee, a willow expert and her husband, Lindsay,
own Willow Glen Nursery, 3512 Lost Mile Road, in Decorah, Iowa.
Willow
Growing Instruction
Making Willow Cuttings
Explanation by Bonnie Gale in the 1997 American Willow Growers Network Newsletter.
Notes On Planting
Tips on establishing and maintaining a willow bed from The Willow Bank.
Willow Growing Instruction
Tips on how to plant and care for your willow cuttings.
Willow
Cultivation Advice
Cultivation instructions and advice for planting living willow garden structures
and establishing willow beds. Care and preservation of dried willow sculptures
for home and garden from the Dancing Trees gallery of garden art and sculpture
in Brooke, Oakham.
Willow
Gardening Tips
From P. Allen Smith Gardens.
Willow
Positioning Guide
Willow
Rods
Cultivated
Willow Rods - English Basketry Willows
Brown, white and buff rods in a variety of lengths, both at retail and wholesale
prices. Books, patterns, kits, tools and finished baskets by Bonnie Gale.
Willow
Rods - Willow Dreams Farm
Basketry willow rods in buff, white and natural available from Ron and Bobbie Harrison
at their Kentucky farm.
Musgrove Willows
Established willow growers on the Somerset Levels, UK. Ships
internationally. Web site features pictures of willow products, willow growing
and harvesting.
Additional
Willow Resources
American Willow
Growers Network
Founded in 1988 by Bonnie Gale this is a network of people with an interest in willow.
Membership includes an annual Newsletter and access to Network information and cuttings.
English Hurdle
Willow company in Somerset, England.
Lars Clausen's
Piliforum
This site is written in Danish, but there are numerous pictures that can be appreciated
without knowing the language. The garden sculptures in the gallery are particularly
intriguing.
Somerset Levels Basket and Craft Centre
Straw
Wattles
West
Wales Willows
White Willow Field
Willow Bank Installations
Photographic essay of environmental installations such as living fences, tunnels and
sculpture on public and private lands. Slow loading because of graphic intensity, but a
visual treat.
Willow
Botanical and Common Names
Willow Pool Designs
Steve Fuller and Simone Siegan of Cumbria, England.
Willow
Towers
Learn how to weave a tower for your garden plants.
Willows and Wetlands Visitors Center
Willow Wattles For Stream Conservation
Willow Basketry Subject Index
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