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    A WAY WITH Willow

    Aug 27, 2021 6 minutes
    By Wendy Gregory

    Willow farmer and artist Howard Peller not only grows 100,000 plants in more than 100 varieties of willow on his 140-acre farm in Roseville, Ohio, but he crafts and builds with the willow as well.

    “Farming willow and making baskets and other woven objects exemplifies the way I personally link an agrarian way of life with an artisanal handcraft,” he says. “I use the willow I grow on our farm to make baskets and garden structures that serve as useful and purposeful objects in everyday life.”

    At their Muskingum County willow farm, about an hour east of Columbus, Ohio, Peller and his wife, ceramic artist Maddy Fraioli, pursue ceramics and basket weaving in the rich tradition of the Appalachian region. Their farm includes 25 acres of flower and vegetable gardens that are surrounded by willow fencing, beehives, ponds, two studios, barns, and a farmhouse. They call it Living Willow Farm, and it has been

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