Some basket-makers plant their own willow patches. If you plan to do this, be sure to fence in your willows to help prevent deer browsing.

GARDENING, GERRY DALY Among trees, willows are one of the best known, even to those who know little of plants or gardening. The willow has carried such an importance from earlier times as the ...

Five millions of dollars' worth of basket willow are annually imported at a cost of from $100 to $250 per ton. It can be produ ced here, it is said, for $50 a ton.

I still address the basket material and the basket aesthetic.” Once she’d zeroed in on basketry, Joy’s next task was to find a suitable material to weave with. “I didn’t start with willow.

An adaptive species. The willow trees are some of the few nonnative plants at the nonprofit’s property in Hellam Township, York County. Native varieties like black willow grow on the farm, but ...