Resources

Willows in the service of man – Ken Stott OBE.

This article was a huge inspiration for the Wondertree project. It is a scholarly piece that looks at the many uses of the genus Salix.

Reproduced with kind permission from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Willows: Plant Profile – Kevin Lindegaard

A 10 page plant profile that appeared in the February 2009 edition of BBC Gardens Illustrated magazine. The article includes fabulous photos by Jason Ingram.

Reproduced with kind permission from BBC Gardens Illustrated.

Somerset Willow:  A guide to Somerset Willow – Past & Present Leaflet

Informative leaflet produced by Somerset Willow in Partnership.

Willows

Leaflet produced by the Countryside Agency and the Cambridge Greenbelt project providing information on planting and managing pollard willows.

Breeding Willows for Biomass

Article in Aspects of Applied Biology presented at the AAB conference Biomass and Energy Crops in March 1997.

Home Grown Energy

An article focussing on five UK farmers who are growing short rotation coppice willows to provide their own heating needs. Published in Farmers’ Weekly in April 2005.

Chop energy costs with a biomass boiler?

Small scale self supply of energy crops for rural properties. Published in Farmers’ Weekly in November 2008.