Grow your own willow!

Living willow season happens once a year! Its a very exciting time for anyone who enjoys planting and growing! When you grow willow, it’s the time of year where everything starts fresh after coppicing! We anxiously away for buds and then tiny leaves to appear!

Planting willow takes a little planting! Living willow orders typically open up in October of the year before you intend to plant. To ensure the best selection, order early!

If you are considering a cutting garden your planting site must provide at least 1/2 day sun, must have access to a water source for weekly deep watering when planted, and be away from septic systems and building foundations.

This fast growing plant can be coppiced (cut down) yearly for a continual supply of weaving rods, or left to grow for two or three years to produce thicker, longer rods suitable for furniture making. Once these larger rods are cut to the ground this miraculous plant just keeps on growing! 

Willow cuttings are a great way to start a basketry garden or plant a large area such as a stream bank for erosion control or extensive area for windbreak or privacy. 

Cuttings AVAILABLE IN CANADA ONLY - SALES TO THE USA MAY BE AVALABLE IN 2024.

If you are looking for dried willow for basketry or crafts, please click the link below! We do have Dried Willow available, not to be confused with LIVE willow cuttings!

Living Willow Workshops

Willow is a wonderful material to work with, extremely strong but very flexible, which makes it ideal for weaving in both structural patterns or random weaves. 

Living willow trees and heart shaped trees are offered as workshops each year in April. These gorgeous trees are created in our workshop in a pot so that you can transport them home and care for them in a sheltered location until the roots are established and they are ready to transplant into the ground. The first season they will require some pruning on the trunk and careful watering but subsequent years you can enjoy the new growth in the summer and winter months and just trim it back on top in early spring to create new shoots again.  

Learn more about our Living Willow Trees:

Keep an eye on the workshops tab for available classes.