Rolls of harvested willow bark. Image courtesy of Guild member Molly Steadman.

Date and time: Saturday, June 8, 2024. 10 am PDT

Location: CBBG’s willow plot at Our Table Cooperative Farm, 13390 SW Morgan Rd, Sherwood, OR 97140.

Cost: Free

Description: Learn how to harvest willow bark and take some home! Due to the limited amount of willow grown for bark, there will not be large amounts available. But you will learn how to harvest and be able to take some home. Please meet at the fenced willow plot, located at Our Table Cooperative Farm.

Directions to the willow plot: The entrance leads to Our Table store where you turn right. Drive down the dirt road past the hoop houses, composting area, and blueberries (all on your left). Then turn left into the small parking lot. The willow plot is to the left (east of the parking lot).

Tools needed: Chair, sharp knife, gardening clippers/pruners, string for tying bark bundles

Clothing: Comfortable clothing for that day’s harvest. Hat, sunscreen, kneeling pad if you wish (unless you will be standing and using one of our portable tables to peel your bark).

No sign up is required. Guild members only though, please. If you are not a Guild member, but would like to become one, please click here.

Image courtesy of Molly Steadman.