What makes a Wonder Tree?

With willows it is the blend of beauty, diversity, adaptability, but above all usefulness whichmarksthem aside from many other temperate trees.

You can’t deny the tremendous virtues of oak and beech but when you plant these trees you are growing them for the future. With willow, you can watch a tree mature to full size within your own life time, or alternatively you can cut it down every year and it will produce new shoots that can be used as the raw material for any number of useful products and activities.

I hope you can take a while to have a good look around our website. You will hopefully realise that the Wondertree project is about much more than just selling willows and wood products. The main aim is to educate people about willows (and other Wonder trees) and get them using these materials as a renewable resource for teaching fundamentals of plant life, conservation and sustainability.

We have produced 101 activities of things to do with willows and these are gradually being added to the website. They are completely free and cover all aspects of willow use. 

I hope you enjoy my website and get as much enjoyment out of growing willows for use and ornament as I do.