Second Open Weekend - 16 & 17 November 2024
Come and see our National Willow Collection and talk to us about your requirements for planting willow
View our range of WILLOW WORKSHOPS - available to book
Taught by Justine Burgess. Available in Carmarthen, Myddfai, Llandysul and on our Willow Farm in Gwernogle SA32 7SA. Private Workshops also available.
LIVING WILLOW CUTTINGS - Available to pre-order NOW until end March 2025. Posted from January 2025.
Grown in Wales on our willow farm without pesticides. **We only ship to the UK** (If you are in the EU, please contact Hannah for a range of cuttings: https://www.hannavanaelst.com/)
LIVING WILLOW KITS - COLLECTION ONLY. Available to pre-order NOW. Collection from January 2025.
Domes, Tepees, Fedges, Arches, Tunnels and Arbors. Fedge = hedge and fence combined!
Justine Burgess Baskets at West Wales Willows
Hand woven willow baskets made with our own willow
We also make Fire side Bellows: Burgess Fire Bellows
Traditional handmade fire side bellows using Welsh Ash, Scottish Elm and English Oak
West Wales Willows - Helyg Gorllewin Cymru. Our annual open weekend is happening 4/5/6 October 2024. Come and visit the willow fields, see our weaving studio and have a cuppa! Details here: https://westwaleswillows.co.uk/open-weekend/
Willow Weavers and Growers based in a small valley, halfway up a mountain in Wales. Willow Workshops Also Available.
West Wales Willows - Helyg Gorllewin Cymru
Willow Workshops and Living Willow
Justine Burgess at West Wales Willows - Willow Baskets and Items
** Sorry, we do not currently supply dry willow rods for weaving **
Welcome to our world of willow! Established in 2000, West Wales Willows is now owned by Justine & Alan Burgess.
In 2019, we were awarded National Plant Collection status for Salix/Willow by Plant Heritage.
Located in Carmarthenshire, West Wales Willows offers online supplies of living cuttings and rods to grow your own willow for basket weaving, short rotation coppicing as fuel for your woodburner, early nectar for bees, ornamental uses and living structures such as arches, domes and tunnels.
We also offer a wide range of willow weaving workshops.
The climate here is ideal for willow plants - enough moisture (simply called "rain" by some people) all year round, intermingled with periods of glorious sunshine and blue sky, giving the willows what they need to grow into lovely strong rods.
Willow trees ("withies") have for a long time been part of the local flora, as is mirrored in local place names like "Withybush".
Besides being used for baskets of different types, lobster pots were the main product manufactured from withies in this area.
