Growing Willow in an Urban Garden

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Growing Willow in an Urban Garden

  • date: February 15, 2025
  • time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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    • This workshop is part of a 21 Acres Guest Artist Series. We are pleased to make our space available to a handful of local artists to teach their creative classes. 

    Willow loves the Pacific Northwest – not too hot, not too cold and lots of water. With at least 30 native species and 100’s of non-native cultivars to choose from – consider adding fast growing, dynamic, and resilient willow to your urban garden. No, I’m not talking about the swaying branches of weeping willow. 

    I’m talking about its smaller multi-stemmed Salix relatives that can offer color, coverage, garden support materials, and basketry or wild crafting supplies. There are hundreds of willow species and hundreds more cultivars – so many willows to get to know.

    Learn more about how willow grows, what it needs to thrive, how to keep it happy (and not in your sewer!), and ways you can take advantage of its plentiful and annually renewable rods: trellises, living fences, wattle fences, cloches, homemade rooting hormone, obelisks, shade, bark, baskets, bean teepees, wreathes, winter interest, cut flowers, and more.

    Locally grown organic willow cuttings (several varieties) will be available for sale. $2/cutting (industry standard is $2.50-$3.50 per cutting plus shipping) while supplies last.

    The fee is $15. Click the link below to register directly with the teacher, Erin Cox. 

    About your teacher: Erin Cox is a talented and knowledgeable weaver, crafter and artist with a special reverence for plants. She honors the cultural significance of farms, which historically have provided much more than food, including baskets, trellises, medicine, wool, and more. Her classes showcase a variety of unique weaving projects, leveraging some plants that you’ll see here on the farm. You can follow her on her budding Instagram account or visit her at  www.fieldandforestcrafts.com 

    Register Here