I was very excited to see that a Willow Cathedral has been built in Taunton. I’ve been reading about Marcel Kabler’s creations in Germany for years.
I’ve finally dragged the family back out into the countryside: we moved back into “Hollywood Cottage” on Feb 19th. New contact details: Llwyncelyn, Ffarmers, Llanwrda, SA19 8NZ; 01558 650472.
Being iced-in and unable to get out into the fields and earn some dosh, I’m been having a think about some of the ways I make a living and some of the new ways I could explore. Being a big […]
By getting up on the hill by sunrise, Lisa and I mananged to get 120 trees planted before we decided to retreat from the snow and get home while we could! That’s 2720 so far, 3280 to go.
After much paper work, book learning, investigations, converstations and “OMG, what am I taking on here!” Lisa and I are on the verge of planting up Bryn Helyg Coed! I’ve just finished the planting plan: 6000 native broadleaves planted over […]
We’ve managed to go out with a bang again this year with the largest structure so far: a large tunnel enclosing a 5m area with three off-shoot tunnels and domes using 1100 rods. More information on the Living Willow Wales […]
I recently popped out and put the finsihing touches to Llanon School’s Living Willow Fish by firming the ground around the rods (the ground has been too hard up to now) and finishing off with woodchip. There is more information […]
After the very unfriendly willow planting weather that has compressed the entire planting season into four very busy weeks, we’re finally away. We’ve just finished our largest structure to date, a 400 square foot willow maze of tunnels in the […]
Living Willow Wales (me and Lisa) did our first willow stall back on Oct 10th 2009 at the Lampeter Apple Day, and lots of fun it was too! Getting everything together was hard work but it seemed to be appreciated. And […]