Chicken Shelter Kit
CODE: KCS10 10ft Kit
This kit contains 10 x 8ft rods for the arches
that are stuck in the ground at both ends!
Plus 10 x 8ft finer rods for diagonal weaving.
Basic instructions included.
order as many 10ft lengths as you need!
PRICE: $165.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Large Harlequin Tree Kit
CODE: KHQ32 Large Harlequin Tree Kit
as above but with 32 x 6ft rods
we supply 150 rubber ties
PRICE: $264.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Harlequin Tree Kit
CODE: KHQ18 Harlequin Tree Kit
This Harlequin Tree was made in 2012 and the photos show it a year later. These can be grown in containers (fancier than my nursery pot I hope!) or directly in the ground.
The kit consists of 18 of slender 6ft rods
we supply 100 rubber ties
Planting instructions
PRICE $165.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Simple TeePee
CODE: KSITP Simple TeePee
Our Simple TeePee is 6ft in diameter and about 6.5ft high
We supply:
12 heavy rods ~96in for verticals
24 medium rods 84-96in for weavers
Building Instructions: we give directions how to build your TeePee
This is what you will need to purchase:
1 piece 10ft square 6 mil black polyethylene
12 rust-resistant metal staples to hold down the plastic
We supply 100 rubber ties are they are only available in wholesale
PRICE: $286.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Simple Tunnel 30ft
CODE: KTU30 Simple Tunnel 30ft
50 heavy rods ~96in for verticals
80 medium rods 84-96in for weavers
18 medium rods for horizontals
Building Instructions: we list what you will need to purchase:
6 pieces 12x2ft 6mil black polyethylene
marked where to make holes for the rods.
rust-resistant metal staples to hold down the plastic
we supply 300 rubber ties
PRICE: $1140.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Simple Tunnel 20ft
CODE: KTU20 Simple Tunnel 20ft
34 heavy rods ~96in verticals
64 medium rods 84-96in for weavers
12 medium rods for horizontals
Building Instructions: we list what you will need to purchase:
(black polyethylene and staples)
4 pieces 12 x 2ft 4 or 6 mil black polyethylene
48 rust-resistant metal staples to hold down the plastic
We will supply 200 rubber ties for fastening the rods together.
PRICE: $748.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Simple Tunnel/Arch 10ft
CODE: KTU10 Simple Tunnel 10ft
This Tunnel is 10 ft long, 5ft wide and 5ft high
18 heavy rods ~96in for verticals
32 medium rods 84-96in for weavers
6 medium rods for horizontals
Building Instructions: we list what you will need to purchase:
(black polyethylene and staples)
2 pieces 12 x 2ft 4 or 6 mil black polyethylene
24 rust-resistant metal staples to hold down the plastic
We supply the 100 rubber ties
Building directions
PRICE: $475.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Harlequin Fedge 10ft
The Harlequin Fedge comes in 10 ft lengths and 5 to 7ft high.
The kit to make this fedge includes the following:
2 braided vertical rods (3/braid) ~96in for ends
24 medium rods ~96in for the weavers
Building Instructions: we list what you will need to purchase:
(black polyethylene and staples, if needed)
we provide 100 rubber ties
CODE: KDF10 Harlequin Fedge 10ft
PRICE: $260.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
Harlequin Fedge 20ft
CODE: KDF20 Harlequin Fedge 20ft
PRICE: $495.00
Harlequin Fedge 30ft
CODE: KDF30 Harlequin Fedge 30ft
PRICE: $640.00
sorry, sold out
Simple Dome with 2ft Tunnel
CODE: KSDTU Item Name: Simple Dome with Tunnel
Add to the above Simple Dome kit:
8 medium rods ~96in
Building Instructions: we list what you will need to purchase:
(black polyethylene and staples)
PRICE: $351.00
Shipping charges will be calculated and invoiced when ready to ship.
If you would like a longer entrance tunnel; order 2,4,6 more rods
Simple Dome
CODE: KSIMD Item Name: Simple Dome
Our simple dome is 7ft across and about 5ft high in the center.
The rods used to make this dome includes the following:
12 heavy rods ~96in for verticals
24 medium rods ~96in for the diagonal weavers
We supply the rubber ties
Building Instructions: we list what you will need to purchase:
(black polyethylene and staples)
PRICE: $295.00
Shipping charges for the rods will be calculated
and invoiced when the rods are ready to ship.
The Wonderful World of Willows
Vermont Willow Nursery
Do It Yourself Living Willow Structures
Willows are unique in that they will root no matter how a long a cutting is used; a long cutting is a rod and they can be used to make living structures. Just stick them in the ground in a preset pattern, then tie them together to form the structure.
The fresher/greener the rod, the better chance for survival. Let us know if deer, elk etc. are a problem in your area.
For 2020 we have changed these kits so we don't have to cut/ship polyethylene and staples; we ask you to buy locally.
We send detailed instructions about what you need to buy and exactly how to plant and tie the rods in your structure.
This Harlequin Fedge was created in late winter 2012. It is 5ft high and 20ft long.
We used S. myrsinifolia 'Blackskin' for its showy winter stems and shiny dark green foliage.
This tunnel/arch was built in June 2013 from 14ft rods! We can't ship this length of rod, so the tunnels we offer are narrower and shorter; unless you pick them up at the nursery!
Our simple dome was built in May 2013. At right: the same dome in early October. Our autumns are always this beautiful! Lucky us!
A pair of simple domes with tunnel entrances, similar to the one we offer.
Photograph courtesy of
Kids just love playing in Willow Structures!
COMPLEX DOME WITH TUNNEL >
we can quote you on a similar kit.
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A simple arch linking different garden spaces.
Photograph courtesy of
The arch above and at right require longer rods that we can ship, but you can plant our 96in rods and wait a year for them to grow before tying them together at the top!
Please order tunnel kits and let us know
whether you want to make an arch out of them!
If you live near enough to pick them up, then you may select whatever lengths we have available at the time!
A simple arch in the UK
This willow structure was created by Woodside Services in Gloucestershire UK and is similar to what you can expect from our Willow TeePee Kit.
Created by Steve Fuller in the UK, this living willow structure
is a hybrid between a dome and a teepee. Steve used longer rods than we can ship!
Chicken Shelters in the garden of friend and customer Don Statham in New York State.
As you can see the chickens eat the willows on the sides, but the roofs are intact to hide these lovely ladies from hungry hawks!
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If you would like a higher or wider structure, here's what to do: Plant the rods vertically and allow them to grow as tall as you need. Then tie them together in 1-2 years!
Creative Use of Willows for the Comer Playground beside the Chicago Children's Hospital.
Tunnels and an open-faced Dome created by Clauss Brothers with our Salix miyabeana for a wonderful new playground for hospitalized Kids.
These photos were taken a few weeks after planting and all the rods are producing new leaves. Hopefully we will get more photos as these structures mature.
2012 Harlequin tree
2019 Michael creating a Harlequin tree. It took 1 hour to build. 20 x 8ft rods.
Same tree in Autumn. All side shoots stripped. Donated to our Fairfield Library Auction. Sold for $150.00!