KREM

Historic willow tree in Finch Arboretum to be removed

SPOKANE, Wash. — After much love and wear, the historic white willow tree in the John A. Finch Arboretum is going to be removed. Earlier this spring, City of Spokane Parks & Recreation staff noticed a ...
The Boston Globe

Friends of the Public Garden: ‘We are a democracy in trees and dirt’

Boston’s parks create space for people of all types to get out of their pixelated bubbles and, simply, be together. Earlier this month, a fierce spring storm brought down a 65-year-old white willow ...
KREM

Survey for "What Should We Do With the Willow?" is out now

SPOKANE, Wash. — The City of Spokane's Park and Recreations wants your input on what to do with the white willow tree at the John A. Finch Arboretum after it is removed. Some of the options to replace ...
Chillicothe Gazette

Let's Grow: All about the Willow trees

You don’t have to be a tree expert to recognize a “Weeping Willow” tree. Native to China, Salix babylonica, commonly called weeping willow or Babylon weeping willow, is a medium to large shade tree ...
Lansing State Journal

'Whoa, there's one!' Why big trees are cool and how you can help find the biggest in Michigan

LANSING – Along Sycamore Creek, south of Potter Park Zoo, stands a white willow so massive that it's on the National Register of Champion Trees. With a girth of 389 inches, the whopper willow dwarfs ...
PBS

Willow Christmas Trees

Basket weaver Jo Campbell-Amsler shows us how to weave decorative willow Christmas trees. ‘Tis the season for crafting, with basket weaver Jo Campbell-Amsler showing us how to weave decorative willow ...