On this regenerative farm in a small tucked away valley, there are currently 10 thousand willow plants. These include over 50 different heritage varities from Europe alongside native and wild willows being collected and cultivated. The willow grown here is ideal for use in basketry, living structures, land remediation, floristry, and bark harvesting.
Willow is cut annually, made into cuttings for planting, or dried and sorted for use in basket making.
Classes in how to grow willow are offered annually and in the future basketry classes will be held at the farm in a beautiful outdoor pavilion.
Each year many travel to Willowbrook to help in the annual harvest and learn how tend to the willows for use in basketry. If you would like to know more about what happens at the farm please sign up for our newsletter.
Live Whole Rod Willow Cuttings
Please reach out if you are in need of live whole rod willows for use in Living Installations, Living Fences, or Riparian Buffer Management and Soil Erosion.
Please note that shipping may not be an option. We offer pick up and drop off services in New York, on a case by case basis.
We can offer the following willows known for riparian management: Salix interior, Salix purpurea “Streamco”, Salix Dasyclados
We have Rubykins, which makes beautiful living fences. Leaves stay on until December as they love colder climates.
Just some varieties growing at Willowbrook
S. Purpurea “Polish Purple”
S. Purpurea “Vermont Red”
S. Purpurea “Dickey Meadows”
S. Purpurea “Michigan Green”
S. Purpurea “Americana X”
S. Purpurea “Oka”
S. Purpurea “Hutchinson’s Red”
S. Purpurea “Frances Red”
S. Purpurea “Streamco”
S. Purpurea “Packing Twine”
S. Purpurea “Green Edna”
S. Purpurea “Bleu”
S. Purpurea “Brittany Green”
S. Purpurea “Green Dicks”
S. Purpurea “Dark Dicks”
S. Purpurea “Light Dicks”
S. Rubra “Hutchinsons Yellow”
S. Purpurea x Daphnoides
S. Koriyanagi “Rubykins”
S. Rubra “Harrison’s B”
S. Americana
S. Acutifolia
S. Fragilis “Belgian Red”
S. Alba f. Vitellina “Flame”
Wild Crumhorn NY
S. interior “Honey Willow” - Wild Wisconsin
