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2021 Plant Sale!
Posted by on April 22, 2021
Greetings Friends!
We hope this message finds you and yours well and having a nice summery spring!
We are offering nursery plants for pickup downtown Jeffersonville or at the farm in Johnson, in the Old North End of Burlington, and possibly delivery to limited locations in Southern VT or Western MA.
We presently intend to offer our 14th annual Permaculture Design Certification course July 18- July 30 in person and hands-on, at Willow Crossing Farm, at the intersections of the Lamoille River, the Long Trail, and the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. The course will run with a limited group size, ensure your space by registering now! As always, we can offer full scholarships for income-eligible VT state residents and are happy to work with folks from out of state to make the course more accessible.
We’re excited to offer the following plants from our nursery- as always please ask if you are looking for anything in particular, and search through past years plant sale pages for more information on varieties and a sampling of the many things we offer different years. With Covid complicating many endeavors on the farm and in our community, we greatly appreciate your patience with this year’s list and getting orders together. We will have an expanded menu of options (including wholesale quantity pricing) available for spring 2022, and can begin taking reservations, now. (We also really need help updating our web and social media presence!)
With limited capacity this spring we expect to sell out of most offerings. Pick up starts Tuesday April 27.
All proceeds support floodplain reforestation, resilience, productive habitat stewardship, and insect and wildlife sanctuary at Willow Crossing Farm.
Please inquire about ‘bulk’ pricing (10 or more plants in any combination) or ‘wholesale pricing’ (10x or 100x etc of the same variety). This is great for folks establishing hedgerows, windbreaks, shelterbelts, orchards, vineyards, or looking to begin commercial production of these Vermont-proven fruits, nuts, berries, and vines.
BARE ROOT is a naked tree and wants to be planted as soon as possible, prices are determined by size (diameter caliper or ~height) and rarity of tree or variety. Please arrange pickup as soon as possible.
POTS are ONE GALLON and $20 EACH unless otherwise stated. They would love to be planted into their permanent home sooner than later but can ‘hang out’ for several weeks if necessary.
Please reserve your quantities ASAP, as we imagine most of these will sell out quickly.
Plants are available for pickup BY APPOINTMENT- with contact free transactions. Pickup can be arranged in Johnson, Jeffersonville, or the ONE in Burlington. Because some plants are at the farm, or in greenhouses, or cold storage- please call or email to confirm availability and arrange a time and ensure the right location to get your plants, and allow me time to gather your order- I’m available by phone or email to make an appointment.
We will try to hold trees, but without cash in hand (venmo: @earthsurfing) there are no guarantees- first come first served, especially with bare root as we want them planted asap. Feel free to PayPal Friends and Family or Facebook Messenger money for a guaranteed reservation.
CORNELIAN CHERRIES
A beautiful, super early flowering cold hardy edible dogwood- with beautiful flowers and delicious pest-free fruit. Large 3-5′ bare root plants $40 each “Elegant”, “Pioneer”, “Red Star”, “Red Dawn”, “Yellow” need more than one variety for cross-pollination
HONEYBERRIES / HASKAPS: All $20 Each
A very hardy and unique shrub, Honeyberry is an edible species of Honeysuckle with sweet and tasty fruit- presently being developed as a commercial crop through the coldest parts of the world. Valued for its tasty, blueberry-like fruit, its extremely early ripening, often two weeks before strawberries, and its exceptional hardiness, to minus 40 degrees F., or below. Great for fresh eating, juicing, and preserves. Has approximately 5x the anti-oxidants of blueberries!
“Arora”, “Czech 17”, “Indigo Gem”, “Indigo Treat” (requires more than one variety for pollination)
NUT TREES:
HAZELNUTS/ HAZELBERTS-
This is the earliest of all nut trees to bear nuts. One of our favorites for a future crop in VT, now well into production here at Willow Crossing, these multi-stemmed trees will begin to bear nuts in as little as 3 years from planting. They also make nice hedges, living fences, privacy screens, or snow fence, and have attractive fall foliage.
Pollen-Controlled Cross (bare root): $20 each
WALNUT FAMILY:
BLACK WALNUTS- The most valuable lumber tree in the the northeastern forest, and long-lived producer of delicious nuts. Mature trees can be tapped for syrup, a favorite for silvopasture design. Not recommended near areas where tomatoes or potatoes are grown. Proven VT Hardy 3-4′ Bare Root Tree $25
BUTTERNUT– Our native and endangered ‘white walnut’ Bare Root seedling trees 2-3′ $25
CARPATHIAN WALNUT (Juglans regia) 2-3′ bare root: $25 (*experimental in Lamoille county, proven in champlain and CT river)
SHAGBARK HICKORY: 6-12″ bare root $15-20
NORTHERN PECAN: 1-2′ bare root $25 (*experimental in Lamoille county, proven in champlain and CT river)
American Chestnut: 6-12′ bare root $15-20
Black Locust: 2-3′ bare root $15-20 Super fast growing Nitrogen Fixer, edible flowers, rot resistant wood, high btu firewood.
VINES:
HARDY KIWIS- Hardy, Fuzzless, and even Sweeter! One Gallon Pots $20
-FEMALES: “KEN”S RED”, “Geneva 3”, “MICHIGAN STATE”, ANNA, CHANGBAI, Requires at least one male.
-‘CLARK’ and ‘MEADER’ MALE- 1 gallon pots. $20 3/5″ potted males $15 1 male needed for every 8 females, depending on pattern.
SCHISANDRA: Eastern Prince: gallon pots $20, ~self-fertile
The ‘Five Flavor Berry’- selection of self-fertile Magnolia Vine from the Vavilov Institute at Vladivostok, Eastern Prince Schisandra Vine™ bears good crops of large, tasty fruit. Eastern Prince™ Schisandra Vine is hardy to minus 35 degrees F., USDA Zone 3. This particular variety is bears clusters of lightly fragrant, magnolia-like flowers. The snow-white flowers are followed by striking, crimson berries which have a tart and very distinctive taste and aroma. The fruit makes tasty, vitamin-rich juice and preserves, and the dried leaves, shoots, and roots are used to make a refreshing and stimulating tea.
HOPS: 3.5″ pots $12 “Alpha Aroma” or “Brewer’s Gold”
FRUIT TREES/ BUSHES:
ELDERBERRIES a favorite native for its medicinally valuable delicious berries and showy flowers. Source of syrups, wine, pies, and fritters 3.5″ pots $12: “Adams”, “Ranch”, “Bob Gordon”, “Wyldwood”, and “Wild”.
Paw Paw: 1-2′ bare root $20
SEA BERRIES: Nitrogen-fixing hardy superfood fruit! “Amber Dawn” 1 gallon pots,
FIGS: 3.5″ potted rooted cuttings $10 ‘LSU’; One Gallon Pots ‘Chicago Hardy’ $25
RIBES
‘JOSTABERRY’ BLACK CURRANT x GOOSEBERRY- One gallon pots
A unique cross of Gooseberry and Black Currant, Jostaberry is the most vigorous of all our Currant varieties. A very disease resistant and easy to grow small shrub, Jostaberry produces very large, jet black, sweet-tart fruit, high in Vitamin C and good for fresh eating and excellent for jams and jellies.
GOJI BERRY: Crimson Star: Gallon Pots $20, Phoenix Tears small pots $10 ~zone 5 hardy. Commercial variety, edible leaves also! ~self-fertile
ARONIA- One Gallon Pots $20 “Nero” and “Viking”
An easy to grow, productive small shrub, Nero grows 3- 4 ft. in height and bears abundant crops of large, jet-black berries, good for juice and wine. A beautiful ornamental, you’ll enjoy Nero’s abundant clusters of very dark blue fruit and striking, bright red, fall foliage.
8-10′ Seedling Rootstock Plums, Pears, Antanovka Apples available $200 and up. FALL
PEARS: 1 gallon pot grafted trees ‘Bartlett’ $30
NITROGEN FIXERS:
SEA BERRY: A Nitrogen Fixing Fruit Tree- know for its medicine/ super-food / nutraceutical properties.
BLACK LOCUST: 2-3′ $15-20
Inquire about wholesale pricing (10x plants or 100x plants) for orchards, windbreaks, Shelterbelts, and production systems. Inquire about Lemons and other citrus, Tea and Maté plants, and other unique plants.
CANNABIS: Please contact us for seeds, seedlings, clones, or flats of starts of CBD hemp. We also have organic flower and pre-rolls. We are offering cloning services for a limited number of ‘adult use’ strains for legal grows (21+, please) $25 each cloning fee Durban Kush x Venom OG; DK x Pineapple Punch; Gelato; Forbidden Fruit x Gelato; Granola Funk; Starfighter Wookie; Blueberry Muffins x Runtz; Garlic Cookies.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? Let us know- we have more than is listed here, including scionwood and seed. Feel free to reserve things for fall 2021 or spring 22
HOW TO ORDER? The best way to ask questions is to send an email to KEITH@PROSPECTROCK.ORG, TEXT, or CALL (802) 734-1129. The best way to send money is Venmo (@earthsurfing), Paypal Friends and Family, Check, or Paypal purchase, Credit Card over the phone (in order of preference).
– ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION –
A reminder- enrollment is open for our 14th ANNUAL FARM AND WILDERNESS IMMERSION PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION and full scholarships available for income-eligible Vermont State Residents. Please invite friends and family members who may be interested in immersing for two weeks in Vermont!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR FAMILY FARM and SHARING THIS!
Wishing you and yours health and resilience!
Keith and Family
Willow Crossing Farm is Vermont’s Longest Running Permaculture and Agroforestry Research and Demonstration Farm- Contact us for Design Consultations and Design/ Build Services.
2020 Plant Sale!
Posted by on April 25, 2020
Hello and Happy Spring!
2020 List! Order NOW for pickup (downtown Jeffersonville or Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson) beginning May 5
Greetings Friends!
We hope this message finds you and yours well and making the most of these very interesting times.
At this point, all spring workshops, events, and tours are cancelled. We are offering nursery plants for pickup downtown Jeffersonville or at the farm in Johnson, and contact-free delivery to limited locations (likely: Burlington, VT; Plymouth, NH; Northampton; MA).
We presently intend to offer our 13th annual Permaculture Design Certification course July 19- July 31 in person and hands-on, at Willow Crossing Farm, at the intersections of the Lamoille River, the Long Trail, and the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail.
We’re excited to offer the following plants from our nursery- as always please ask if you are looking for anything in particular, and search through past years plant sale pages for more information on varieties and a sampling of the many things we offer different years. With limited capacity this spring we expect to sell out of most offerings in just a few days. Pick up starts Tuesday May 5.
All proceeds support floodplain reforestation, resilience, productive habitat stewardship, and insect and wildlife sanctuary at Willow Crossing Farm.
Please inquire about ‘bulk’ pricing (10 or more plants in any combination) or ‘wholesalepricing’ (10x or 100x etc of the same plant/ variety). This is great for folks establishing hedgerows, windbreaks, shelterbelts, orchards, vineyards, or looking to begin commercial production of these Vermont-proven fruits, nuts, berries, and vines.
BARE ROOT is a naked tree and wants to be planted as soon as possible, prices are determined by size (diameter caliper or ~height) and rarity of tree or variety. Please arrange pickup as soon as possible.
POTS are ONE GALLON and $20 EACH unless otherwise stated. They would love to be planted into their permanent home sooner than later but can ‘hang out’ for several weeks if necessary.
Please reserve your quantities ASAP, as we imagine most of these will sell out quickly.
Plants are available for pickup BY APPOINTMENT- with contact free transactions. I may be delivering some plants into Burlington, Plymouth, NH and Northampton, MA. Some are at the farm, some are in cold storage downtown Jeffersonville- so please call or email to confirm availability and arrange a time and ensure the right location to get your plants.
We’ll announce more ‘open hours’ for plant pick-ups soon, and are usually available by phone or email to make an appointment to meet for a plant pick up.
We will try to hold trees, but without cash in hand (venmo: @earthsurfing) there are no guarantees- first come first served, especially with bare root as we want them planted asap. Feel free to PayPal Friends and Family or Facebook Messenger money for a guaranteed reservation.
NUT TREES:
HAZELNUTS/ HAZELBERTS-
This is the earliest of all nut trees to bear nuts. One of our favorites for a future crop in VT, now well into production here at Willow Crossing, these multi-stemmed trees will begin to bear nuts in as little as 3 years from planting. They also make nice hedges, living fences, privacy screens, or snow fence, and have attractive fall foliage.
Selected Seedlings (bare root): $15 Sold Out
Pollen-Controlled Cross (bare root): $20 each
PINENUTS-
We finally are able to release some of our favorite trees for an evergreen windbreak- the producers of PINENUTS. Almost all Pinenuts in the supermarket are Korean Pinenuts grown in China. A beautiful tree with whorls of dark-green needles, this very hardy Pine is an attractive and stately tree planted singly or in groups. Its large and tasty nuts are gathered in Korea and eastern Russia and are greatly prized for their rich flavor, nutritional value, and high economic worth.
Bare Root: $15 One Gallon Pots: $20 10′-12’+ Trees: $300-800/ ea
WALNUT FAMILY:
BLACK WALNUTS- The most valuable lumber tree in the the northeastern forest, and long-lived producer of delicious nuts. Mature trees can be tapped for syrup, a favorite for silvopasture design. Not recommended near areas where tomatoes or potatoes are grown. Proven VT Hardy
3-4′ Bare Root Tree $20
BUTTERNUT– Our native and endanged ‘white walnut’ Bare Root seedling trees 3-4′ $25
BUTTERHEART (BUARTNUT)- A disease resistant hybrid of Heartnut with our native endangered Butternut- this beautiful specimen tree exhibits ‘hybrid vigor’ once rooted, and bears tremendous amounts of delicious nuts. Come by the farm to see one flowering this spring. Proven VT Hardy order for spring 2021
CHINESE CHESTNUT: 2-3′ Bare Root Seedling Tree $15
CARPATHIAN/ MANREGION WALNUT- SOLD OUT Please write to express interest, as there may be some left over.
VINES:
HARDY KIWIS- Hardy, Fuzzless, and even Sweeter! One Gallon Pots $20
-FEMALES: KEN”S RED, HARDY RED, MICHIGAN STATE, ANNA Requires 1:8 M:F for pollination.
-‘ANDREY’ MALE- An extra hardy Russian male, suitable to pollinate all female Hardy Kiwis. 1 male needed for every 8 females, depending on pattern.
SCHISANDRA: Eastern Prince: gallon pots $20, ~self-fertile
The ‘Five Flavor Berry’- selection of self-fertile Magnolia Vine from the Vavilov Institute at Vladivostok, Eastern Prince Schisandra Vine™ bears good crops of large, tasty fruit. Eastern Prince™ Schisandra Vine is hardy to minus 35 degrees F., USDA Zone 3. This particular variety is bears clusters of lightly fragrant, magnolia-like flowers. The snow-white flowers are followed by striking, crimson berries which have a tart and very distinctive taste and aroma. The fruit makes tasty, vitamin-rich juice and preserves, and the dried leaves, shoots, and roots are used to make a refreshing and stimulating tea.
HOPS: CASCADE $12/ Rhizome
GRAPES: KING OF THE NORTH 3 year vines $20
FRUIT TREES/ BUSHES:
CHERRY: (All Bare Root Cherries $25)
Compact Stella: 3/4″ caliper bare root trees. A naturally dwarfing ~self-fertile ~black cherry *marginally hardy*
Lapins: 1/4″-1/2″ bare root grafted on Colt semi-dwarf, ~self-fertile
Kristin: 1″ caliper bare root grafted on Colt semi dwarf
Northstar: 5 gallon pots $50
BLUEBERRY: PATRIOT- 2′ bare root $25 The proven winner for northern Vermont and one of the best cultivars for edible landscapes/ ornamentals with great form color, and berries, of course!
‘LIBERTY’ APPLE– 3/8′-1/2″ diameter caliper grafted bare root trees $20 
Grow Liberty Apple and enjoy freedom from apple scab and other diseases! The Liberty Apple Tree bears large, attractive, bright red fruit with sweet, flavorful, crisp and juicy flesh. One of the best disease-resistant varieties, Liberty Apple is great for eating fresh and baking. Liberty ripens in mid to late September and stores well until January. On semi-dwarf Rootstock.
FIGS: One Gallon Pots $20
‘VERN’S BROWN TURKEY’ FIG- One Gallon Pots $20
To distinguish this variety from less reliable varieties also called Brown
Turkey, its named after garden writer Vern Nelson. Vern’s Brown Turkey has proven itself a reliable and productive variety. It bears large, sweet and flavorful, dark brown figs with light amber flesh.
CHICAGO HARDY FIG- One of the most prolific figs to grow in cold areas of the northern U.S. The fall fruits are born on the new canes that grow during the summer, a plant with 4 new stem growths can produce up to 150 purplish brown figs. The figs are of excellent flavor. Stem hardy to 10 degrees F (-20 degrees C), root hardy to -20 degrees F (-28 degrees C). Zones 5 – 10.
LSU PURPLE
‘JOSTABERRY’ BLACK CURRANT x GOOSEBERRY- 3-5′ Bare Root Shrubs $25
A unique cross of Gooseberry and Black Currant, Jostaberry is the most vigorous of all our Currant varieties. A very disease resistant and easy to grow small shrub, Jostaberry produces very large, jet black, sweet-tart fruit, high in Vitamin C and good for fresh eating and excellent for jams and jellies.
CONSORT BLACK CURRANT: 24″+ Bare root. $15 each
RED LAKE RED CURRANT: 24″+ Bare root. $15 each
GOOSEBERRY: 24″+ Bare root. $15/ each PIXWELL and CAPTIVATOR
ELDERBERRY: Adams and Ranch small pots $10/ each 2′ bare root seedlings $15
GOJI BERRY: Crimson Star: Gallon Pots $20, Phoenix Tears small pots $10 ~zone 5 hardy. Commercial variety, edible leaves also! ~self-fertile
SERVICEBERRY: SASKATOON 2-3′ Bare Root Trees $20
‘NERO’ ARONIA– One Gallon Pots $20
An easy to grow, productive small shrub, Nero grows 3- 4 ft. in height and bears abundant crops of large, jet-black berries, good for juice and wine. A beautiful ornamental, you’ll enjoy Nero’s abundant clusters of very dark blue fruit and striking, bright red, fall foliage.
HONEYBERRIES / HASKAPS: All $20 Each SOLD OUT
A very hardy and unique small shrub, Honeyberry is an edible species of Honeysuckle with sweet and tasty fruit- presently being developed as a commercial crop through the coldest parts of the world. Valued for its tasty, blueberry-like fruit, its extremely early ripening, often two weeks before strawberries, and its exceptional hardiness, to minus 40 degrees F., or below. Great for fresh eating, juicing, and preserves. Has approximately 5x the anti-oxidants of blueberries!
Blue Hokkaido: 1-2′ Bare Root; Blue Moon: 2-3′ Bare Root; Blue Pacific: 1-3′ Bare Root
NATIVE AMERICAN PLUMS: Bare Root Trees 2-3′ $20 Dig your own $10 each
8-10′ Seedling Rootstock Plums, Pears available $100 and up.
PEARS: 1/4″ caliper grafted trees ‘Bartlett’ $20
IMPROVED MEYER LEMON: 5 Gallon Pots $50 SOLD OUT
STRAWBERRIES: Albion $3/ crown
PURPLE ASPARAGUS: $5/ plant
NITROGEN FIXERS:
GOUMI: $20 Red Gem: 2-3′ Bare Root; Sweet Scarlet: One Gallon Pots SOLD OUT
SEA BERRY: A Nitrogen Fixing Fruit Tree- know for its medicine/ super-food / nutraceutical properties.
Females: Frugana: 3-4′ bare root trees $25; Leikora: Gallon Pots $20; Orange Glow: 2-3′ Bare Root Trees $20; Radiant: 1-2′ Bare Root Trees $20 Male: Gallon Pots $20
BLACK LOCUST: 3-4′ Bare Root $15
Inquire about wholesale pricing (10x plants or 100x plants) for orchards, windbreaks, Shelterbelts, and production systems. Inquire about Lemons and other citrus, Tea and Maté plants, and other unique plants.
CANNABIS: Please contact us for seeds, seedlings, clones, or flats of starts of CBD hemp. We also have organic flower and pre-rolls.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? Let us know- we have more than is listed here, including scionwood and seed.
HOW TO ORDER? The best way to ask questions is to send an email to KEITH@PROSPECTROCK.ORG, TEXT, or CALL (802) 734-1129. The best way to send money is Venmo (@earthsurfing), Paypal Friends and Family, Check, or Paypal purchase, Credit Card over the phone (in order of preference).
– ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION –
A reminder- enrollment is open for our 13th ANNUAL FARM AND WILDERNESS IMMERSION PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION and full scholarships available for income-eligible Vermont State Residents. Please invite friends and family members who may be interested in immersing for two weeks in Vermont!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR FAMILY FARM and SHARING THIS!
Wishing you and yours health and resilience!
Keith and Family
Willow Crossing Farm is Vermont’s Longest Running Permaculture and Agroforestry Research and Demonstration Farm- Contact us for Design Consultations and Design/ Build Services.
Sacred Plant Medicine Retreat- Open CannaCamp Sessions for FARM WEEK!
Posted by on August 9, 2019
Hope the summer is treating you well! This sunday starts our Second Annual Regenerative Cannabis Certificate Course, and we’re very happy to welcome the public to FREE and OPEN PRESENTATIONS from some of our favorite guests! Details below.
ALSO! SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUCE a SACRED PLANT MEDICINE RETREAT SEPTEMBER 28-29 with Rochelle Baca and Patrick McAndrew! Read ‘below the photo’ for more details and RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW.
As a part of FARM WEEK and as a public offering of the Regenerative Cannabis Certificate Course (its not too late to join or get on the list for next year’s offering), we will be offering Industrial Hemp and Regenerative Cannabis education to community Free of Charge almost every night next week!
ALL EVENING PRESENTATIONS begin at 7:30 PM in the YURT at WILLOW CROSSING FARM. Please RSVP IN ADVANCE if you would like to join us for farm sourced dinner ($10-15 suggested sliding scale) served at 6 pm.
Monday August 12: Hemp Fabrics and the Social Ecology of Fashion with Kelly McDowell
Wednesday August 14: VERMONT CANNABIS NURSES ASSOCIATION Jessilyn Dolan shares about the potential for therapeutic cannabis through direct relationship to ecologically regenerative growers.
Thursday August 15: Hands on SACRED PLANT MEDICINE MAKING under the full moon with ROCHELLE BACA, one of the northeast’s foremost clinical herbalist specializing in custom blending cannabis and herbal compliments for custom-tailored medicines.
Friday August 16 at 2 pm: ELI HARRINGTON will give a COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS to course graduates and share unique insight into the present and future regulatory and emerging market landscapes for hemp, medical, and adult use cannabis.
~Sacred Plant Medicine Retreat!~
September 28-29 Willow Crossing Farm, Johnson, VT
Join us for an immersive retreat with one of the northeast’s foremost clinical cannaherbalists.
Sacred Plant Medicine Retreat Weekend at Willow Crossing Farm led and fed by Rochelle Baca and Alan Fleischner, kirtan and yoga with Patrick McAndrew, and host Keith Morris grounding the plant in ethnobotanical and ecological context.
Register now! Space is limited, this will be an intimate immersion. https://prospectrockpermaculture.wordpress.com/sacred-plant-medicine-retreat-registration/
We will begin with an Opening Ceremony followed by a Sacred Plant-Infused dinner. Over dinner, we can all get to know each other a little better. After Dinner, there will be beautiful music performed by Patrick McAndrew where we can listen to sweet melodies, prepare to camp for the night and drift into Sacred Plant provided dreams.
Upon awakening in the AM, there will be yoga with Patrick McAndrew. After yoga, there will be a light breakfast followed by a tour of the Willow Crossings Farm gardens by Keith Morris.
Lunch will be served at noontime which will lead into a Sacred Plant Medicine making class with Rochelle Baca. Rochelle will show you how to create tincture, salves, teas and how to use Sacred Plant in our everyday lives in eating. This will be followed by a Closing Ceremony.
About the site:
WIllow Crossing Farm is the longest running permaculture and agroforestry research farm in Vermont and hosts one of the region’s most diverse collections of fruits, nuts, berries, vines, medicinal herbs, and ethnobotanically important plants. We produce organic Cannabidiol Rich smokable hemp, Cannabis Nursery Starts, and other plant medicines and nursery plants. It is the birthplace of the Medicine Womyn Retreat and Prospect Rock Permaculture.
We are productive habitat fostering wildlife refuge and pollinator sanctuary, and located along the Lamoille River, and intersect with the Rail Trail and the long trail. Travel to the retreat by boat or bike is recommended and earns a tuition discount incentive! ✨
About our hosts–
Patrick McAndrew–
Patrick is a Yogini and beyond. He is a walking, talking, talented, musical, Spiritual being here to help us on our journey and he teaches yoga like no other! A certified Kripalu yoga teacher, Patrick has been practicing yoga since his teens. Patrick brings the magic of the ages into a gentle and lively practice that is completely relevant to today. He uses unique postural sequences, deep devotion and a light hearted sense of humor to help each student connect to yoga’s history, philosophy and community.
Like a modern male incarnation of Saraswati (the Hindu Goddess of music and knowledge), Patrick leads Kirtan (call-and response ecstatic chanting) and often accompanies yoga classes on guitar, harmonium and ukulele. He shares his love of life through music and movement. We are beyond honored to have Patrick join us this weekend.
Learn more about Patrick here ~ https://www.evolutionvt.com/patrick-mcandrew/
and here…
http://www.patrickmcandrew.com
Rochelle Baca–
Rochelle has been teaching Sacred Plant Cannabis Medicine Making classes throughout the Northeast. Rochelle has taught Cannabis classes at the New England Women’s Herbal Conference and the Healing Power of Cannabis Conference. She has also had her Cannabis writings published in the Essential Herbal Magazine. Rochelle, as well, teaches Rosemary Gladstar’s Science and Art of Herbalism 10-month Herbal Certification Class.
Rochelle continues to deepen her spiritual connection with Cannabis, working with clients, making Sacred Plant Cannabis Medicine, and teaching others about the healing energy of this powerful plant ally and how they can make their own medicine.
Rochelle, along with having studied with Rosemary Gladstar, has furthered her education with many well known Herbalists to nurture her quest for knowledge including Anne Marie Tedeschi (Infinite Roots Herbal Creations), Megan Brown (Harvest Moon Herbals), Nancy Phillips (Heartsong Farm), Margi Flint (Earthsong Herbals) and Advanced Herbal Studies with Melanie Rose Schofield (Earthwalk School of Herbal Traditions). In addition, Rochelle has studied Shamanic Techniques with Dr. Rocio Alarcón, of The Lamoe Center in Ecuador, whose encouragement has facilitated Rochelle’s sharing her Sacred Plant Medicine wisdom with a wider audience.
To learn more about Rochelle, click here…
https://www.sacredplantteachings.com
Keith Morris–
Keith Morris has been an ‘out of the closet’ cannabis activist since 1992, and lifelong ecology and native rights activist. Since 1996 has applied his love of nature, culture and experience with direct action towards permaculture and ecological design . Since 2000, he has worked professionally as a designer, builder and grower of ecologically-appropriate permaculture systems in cities and countrysides around the world. He’s started the permaculture education programs at the University of Vermont, the Yestermorrow Design Build School, St. Mike’s College, Sterling College, Paul Smiths College, USAID and elsewhere and worked as an activist and on behalf of just and ecologically regenerative food & medicine systems in New Zealand, Mexico, Chistiana, Holland, Chile, Argentina, Nigeria, and Ghana.
Keith is the founder of Willow Crossing Farm and Prospect Rock Permaculture. Most importantly, Keith is a father to two wonderful daughters and he educates (and learns constantly from) the next generation. We are honored to be able to utilize his structures and plantings to hold our experience, and to let this sacred ancient Abnaki farmland support us all.
Learn more about Willow Crossing Farm: www.WillowCrossing.org
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, September 28th 2019
4:00 pm – Opening Ceremony
5:00 pm – CBD-infused Organic Dinner with vegan & gluten-free options
7:00 pm – ? – Music
Sleep under the stars✨
Yurt accommodations may be possible. Also lovely B & Bs in the immediate vicinity.
Sunday, September 29th 2019
8:00 am – Yoga with Patrick
9:00 am – Organic Breakfast with vegan and gluten-free options
10:30 am – Gardens Tour with Keith Morris
12:00 pm – Lunch
1:00 pm – Sacred Plant Medicine making with Rochelle
3:00 pm – Closing Ceremony
Sacred Plant is here and she is showing us exactly where we want to be and where we should be. It is time to start building communities evolving around helping and healing each other while showing the healing power of Sacred Plant!
This is healing to us and the great Mother Earth!
$275- suggested donation. Advance registration required.
$50 Deposit secures your space- it will be a limited, intimate group.
REGISTER OR RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW! 🌿❤️🌿
2018 Plant Sale!
Posted by on April 8, 2019
Hello and Happy Spring!
This list is previous year’s prices and offerings. From now on- the most up to date list can always be found directly at http://www.AgroForestryNursery.com
We’re happy to (finally) announce the plants we’ll have available this year- please get your order in ASAP as quantities are limited- apologies for our delay in getting this out! Please inquire about ‘bulk’ pricing (10 or more plants in any combination) or ‘wholesale pricing’ (10 or more of the same plant/ variety). This are great for folks establishing hedgerows, windbreaks, shelterbelts, orchards, vineyards, or looking to begin commercial production of these Vermont-proven fruits, nuts, berries, and vines. Wholesale quantities are limited to only some of our plants.
BARE ROOT is a naked tree and wants to be planted as soon as possible, prices are determined by size (diameter caliper or length) and rarity of tree or variety. Please arrange pickup as soon as possible.
POTS are ONE GALLON and $20 EACH unless otherwise stated. They would love to be planted into their permanent home sooner than later but can ‘hang out’ for several weeks if necessary.
Please reserve your quantities ASAP, as we imagine most of these will sell out quickly.
Plants are available for pickup BY APPOINTMENT- I may be delivering some plants into Burlington, some are at the farm, some are in cold storage downtown Jeffersonville- so please call or email to confirm availability and arrange a time and ensure the right location to get your plants.
SUNDAY MAY 7 we will host a farm tour, and then a ‘urban homestead/ apothecary’ tour downtown Jeffersonville, where folks can view mature examples of the plants we’ll have for sale, Pine Nuts, Hazels, and Currants will be available for pickup, fruit trees and other pots will be available after this Monday May 8. Stay tuned for details- I will continually update this page with availability.
We’ll announce more ‘open hours’ for plant pick-ups soon, and are usually available by phone or email to make an appointment to meet for a plant pick up.
We will try to hold trees, but without cash in hand there are no guarantees- first come first served, especially with bare root as we want them planted asap. Feel free to PayPal or Facebook Messenger money for a guaranteed reservation.
NUT TREES:
HAZELNUTS/ HAZELBERTS-
This is the earliest of all nut trees to bear nuts. One of our favorites for a future crop in VT, now well into production here at Willow Crossing, these multi-stemmed trees will begin to bear nuts in as little as 3 years from planting. They also make nice hedges, living fences, privacy screens, or snow fence, and have attractive fall foliage.
Selected Seedlings (bare root): $15
Pollen-Controlled Cross (bare root): $20
PINENUTS-
We finally are able to release some of our favorite trees for an evergreen windbreak- the producers of PINENUTS. Almost all Pinenuts in the supermarket are Korean Pinenuts grown in China. A beautiful tree with whorls of dark-green needles, this very hardy Pine is an attractive and stately tree planted singly or in groups. Its large and tasty nuts are gathered in Korea and eastern Russia and are greatly prized for their rich flavor, nutritional value, and high economic worth.
Bare Root: $15 One Gallon Pots: $20 8′ + Trees: $500
WALNUT FAMILY:
BLACK WALNUTS- The most valuable lumber tree in the the northeastern forest, and long-lived producer of delicious nuts. Mature trees can be tapped for syrup, a favorite for silvopasture design. Not recommended near areas where tomatoes or potatoes are grown. Proven VT Hardy
3-4′ Bare Root Tree $20
BUTTERHEART (BUARTNUT)- A disease resistant hybrid of Heartnut with our native endangered Butternut- this beautiful specimen tree exhibits ‘hybrid vigor’ once rooted, and bears tremendous amounts of delicious nuts. Come by the farm to see one flowering this spring. Proven VT Hardy
4-5′ Bare Root Tree $25
CARPATHIAN/ MANREGION WALNUT- SOLD OUT Please write to express interest, as there may be some left over.
VINES:
HARDY KIWIS- Hardy, Fuzzless, and even Sweeter! One Gallon Pots $20
-KEN”S RED- This delicious female cultivar bears abundant crops of grape-sized, red skinned ,and red fleshed fruit. Requires male for pollination.
-74/49- A favorite variety for ‘kiwi berry’ production- this female cultivars bears heavy crops of large green and deliciously flavored fruit. Requires male.
-‘ANDREY’ MALE- An extra hardy Russian male, suitable to pollinate all female Hardy Kiwis. 1 male needed for every 8 females, depending on pattern. Optimal pollination with 1 male for every 5 females.
MAYPOP PASSIONFLOWER-
This attractive and very hardy perennial vine features abundant, showy, pinkish purple flowers from July until frost. Following the flowers are greenish yellow fruit with the delicious and sprightly taste of tropical Passionfruit. Can be experimented with as a ‘dieback perennial’, but we take ours inside for the winter. Self Fertile
One Gallon Pots $20
FRUIT TREES:
‘LAPINS’ CHERRY- 5/8″ dia. Bare Root Trees $25
Very large, dark purple, delicious and self-fertile, Lapins is one of the best
Cherries available. From brilliant white blossoms to the dark red fruit to beautiful foliage in fall, this tree provides multi-seaon interest. Introduced by Dr. Lapins at the Summerland Research Station in British Columbia, Canada, Lapins is a favorite with commercial growers. Lapins is also an easy to grow and very productive variety for the home gardener.
‘SPITZENBERG’ APPLE- 5/8″ dia. Bare Root Trees $25
An attractive, bright red fruit heirloom with crisp, aromatic flesh and rich
sweet-tart flavor, Spitzenberg is reputed to be Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple. Great eaten fresh and in baked goods, Spitzenberg also makes tasty cider. Spitzenberg ripens in early to mid October and stores well until spring. Semi-dwarf 12-16′
‘WINECRISP’ APPLE- 5/8″ dia. Bare Root Trees $25
This beautiful, deep red patented variety is receiving rave reviews from all who try it. WineCrisp™ fruit is large, sweet, firm, juicy and full of flavor. The tree is totally free of Apple Scab and resistant to most other Apple diseases. Recently introduced from a long-term university breeding program, this very productive variety ripens in late September and can be stored for several months. Semi-Dwarf Rootstock 12-16′
‘GREEN GAGE’ PLUM- 3/4″ dia. Bare Root Trees $30
The standard for plum quality since the 17th century, Green Gage Plum is one of a group of classic and highly prized European Plum varieties. Green Gage bears large crops of yellowish green, juicy, firm and tender, oval fruit . Very sweet and richly flavorful, Green Gage is great for fresh eating, baking, preserves, and canning.
‘SUNFLOWER’ PAWPAW- One Gallon Pots $25
The largest fruit native to north america! One of our most popular and reliable varieties, Sunflower Pawpaw bears good crops of very large, sweet and delicious fruit. Sunflower won First Prize at the 2010 Ohio Pawpaw Festival. Experimental in the colder parts of VT.
‘VERN’S BROWN TURKEY’ FIG- One Gallon Pots $20
To distinguish this variety from less reliable varieties also called Brown
Turkey, its named after garden writer Vern Nelson. Vern’s Brown Turkey has proven itself a reliable and productive variety. It bears large, sweet and flavorful, dark brown figs with light amber flesh, often producing two crops a year.
‘JOSTABERRY’ BLACK CURRANT x GOOSEBERRY- 3-4′ Bare Root Shrubs $20
A unique cross of Gooseberry and Black Currant, Jostaberry is the most vigorous of all our Currant varieties. A very disease resistant and easy to grow small shrub, Jostaberry produces very large, jet black, sweet-tart fruit, high in Vitamin C and good for fresh eating and excellent for jams and jellies.
‘UKRAINE’ HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY- 2-3′ Bare Root Shrubs $20
This valuable and attractive shrub is prized for its medicinal properties, fruit, and ornamental value. Ukraine™ Highbush Cranberry features large clusters of snow-white flowers in the spring followed in September by bright red berries and striking reddish orange foliage. After frost removes their bitterness, the berries are used for preserves, candy and baked goods. The flowers, fruit and seeds are used in herbal medicine as a fever reducer, to lower blood pressure and treat heart disease. Ukraine™ was selected for its abundant crops of high quality fruit and its colorful, orange-red fall foliage. It often begins bearing the 2nd year after planting.
‘VIKING’ ARONIA- One Gallon Pots $20
An attractive, vigorous, and productive small shrub, Viking Aronia is a popular commercial variety in Europe. Viking bears abundant crops of large,almost black berries which make tasty and nutritious juice, wine, and ‘raisins’. Viking’s lustrous, dark green foliage turns a beautiful fire-engine red in the fall.
HONEYBERRIES / HASKAPS:
A very hardy and unique small shrub, Honeyberry is an edible species of Honeysuckle with sweet and tasty fruit- presently being developed as a commercial crop through the coldest parts of the world. Valued for its tasty, blueberry-like fruit, its extremely early ripening, often two weeks before strawberries, and its exceptional hardiness, to minus 40 degrees F., or below. Great for fresh eating, juicing, and preserves. Has approximately 5x the anti-oxidants of blueberries!
1-2′ Bare Root Shrubs $20 ‘BLUE VELVET’ and ‘BLUE MOON’
MULLBERRIES– bare root $15 more details soon
BLUEBERRIES– All of our blueberries this year are coming from collaboration with our good friends and neighbors at Johnson’s Waterman Orchards. They are ERICOID INNOCULATED– a fungal symbiont on blueberries.
NELSON and BLUERAY: Bare root 18-30″ with well-developed root systems $20
BLUECROP and BLUEJAY: Potted, 24-40″, bearing age $45
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ERBERRIES: ‘BERRY HILL’ and ‘COOMER’ 1 gallon pots $20
BLACK LOCUST: 3-4′ Bare Root $15
SIBERIAN PEA SHRUB:
GINGER STARTS! Will be available later this spring- reserve now $5/ plant.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? Let us know- we have more than is listed here.
This page will contantly be updated this spring. I have – white and red currants, northern pecans, hickories, chinese chestnuts, saskatoons (serviceberries) all getting graded and priced this coming week.
HOW TO ORDER? The best way to order or ask questions is to send an email to KEITH@PROSPECTROCK.ORG.
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Permaculture and Cannabis at Willow Crossing Farm
Posted by on February 8, 2019
Permaculture and Cannabis at Willow Crossing
Greetings friends and happy February! As we turn the corner towards longer days, the scent of spring is in the air and seeds are being sown. 🌱🌿
Apologies we haven’t been on the computer much at all this winter- and the website is almost entirely out of date at this point. We’re in the process of a total re-launch and update, and welcome feedback or consultation from any folks in our network who are particularly web-savvy. We’re also eager for more testimonials from students; nursery customers; herbalists using our plant medicines; and attendees of concerts, retreats, or other events- please feel free to share your positive experiences with us directly or via reviews on google or facebook pages! Lastly- we’re always interested in great photos of your designs, design implementations, or from events on the farm (or elsewhere).
As most of you know, CBD hemp has taken a central role in our medicinal herb production the past few years. We’re excited and honored that our pioneering work is being recognized, and we have been working closely with Vermont’s Agency of Agriculture in providing education to farmers, processors, and patients, and now most recently with US Congressman Peter Welch with the federal legalization of hemp and CBD in the 2018 Farm Bill.
In keeping with our original mission and vision- we continue to advocate for how hemp can be produced with zero-minimal tillage (zero tillage for all 2018 field production!); used to sequester atmoshperic carbon; create habitiat; protect our rivers, lakes, and streams; and contribute to farmland preservation and economic viability.
I’ll be sharing our successes and other lessons and advocating for the potential for Regenerative Cannabis at the following upcoming events:
Friday February 8: UVM Hemp Conference. Hilton, Burlington, VT
CONFERENCE FULL LIVESTREAM HERE
Wednesday February 13: Cannabis in the Capitol. Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT.
February 16-18: 37th Annual NOFA VT Winter Conference, Burlington, VT
March 1-3: The Science of Organic Regenerative Cannabis Cultivation Conference. Portland, ME
Saturday March 16: 17th Annual NOFA NH Winter Conference, Concord, NH
March 22-24: The Science of Organic Regenerative Cannabis Cultivation Conference. Ann Arbor, MI
We will be offering our annual PRUNING WORKSHOP, GRAFTING WORKSHOP AND SCIONWOOD EXCHANGE, and NURSERY SALES with 2019 dates and details soon to be announced. Please call or email to express interest and reserve your space or plants. There will be a limited number of giant (8’+), well-branched seedling plums, pears, and Antanovka apples available, as well as a limited quantity of some 8-10’ Pine Nut Trees. As always, we will have an incredible diversity of other fruits, nuts, berries, and vines. We will also offer state licensed high CBD hemp starts, and adult-use cannabis propagation services (maximum 6 plants).
2019 dates for our PermaCannaCulture residential intensive cannabis camp will be announced soon! We’ll also be hosting our favorite herbalists for a MEDICINE MAKING SERIES!
The 12th annual Permaculture Design Certification Course will be July 21- August 2, and registration is open! We are proud to offer full scholarships to income-eligible Vermont state residents.
We have a few concerts and mini-festivals in the works… stay tuned!
Our own ORGANIC WILLOW CROSSING GROW CBD is available in RAW FLOWER- now legal to ship to all 50 states!
$60 / oz ~5000 mg/ oz ‘Ceiba’ strain flower
WIth love and lengthening days,
Keith, Family, and Crew
(802) 734-1129
Keith@ProspectRock.org
(Ask about chef and veggie production partnership opportunities, or 2019 Internship / Apprenticeship programs in Hemp and Natural Building
Last Call for Canna Camp & July 1 w Heady Vermont!
Posted by on June 22, 2018
Sunday June 24 – July 1 is the first week long, farm-based, application of permaculture principles and ethics to the commercial production of CBD, hemp, and Medical and Recreational Cannabis
July 1 we host Heady Vermont’s
LEGALIZATION CELEBRATION at Willow Crossing Farm
A week-long farm-based residential intensive immersion, which culminates with VIP access to Heady Vermont‘s Legalization Celebration at Willow Crossing Farm on July 1!
A participatory introduction to the industry, economy, and ecology of Herb- and a conscious co-creative contribution to the future of organic, regenerative, and farm-based cannabis eco-social entrepreneurship!*
REGISTER HERE Facebook Event Page
Evening sessions will be free and open to the public- please subscribe and follow us on social media for updates.
Start: Dinner Sunday night, June 24 at Willow Crossing Farm.
Monday–Friday: Course, Practice, Industry Tours
Abbreviated Course Outline:
An introduction to the plant and its history –
Carbon Farming, Social Entrpreneurship, Regenerative Farm Economies (PermaCannaCulture)
Organic Growing
Outdoor
Indoor
Breeding, seed (fiber, seed oil, industrial hemp, CBD, dispensaries, etc.)
Propagation
Harvest
‘Commercial’ Cultivation
Greenhouses
Light Dep
Beds and Soil Building
Irrigation
Adding Value
Edibles, Oils, Rosin, Extracts
CBD: Maple, candy, chocolate, etc.
Frontiers
Carbon Extraction, Ethanol and more
Testing
Chefs/ Herbalists –
Friday: Course Completes!
Saturday: Optional Tours or day off with meals for cannacampers and crew / prep day for SUNDAY! Mentor and network behind the scenes with vendors, exhibitors, and assist production crew in preparation for….
Sunday July 1 is ‘Legal Day’ for Vermont
Willow Crossing Farm will host Heady Vermont’s ‘Legalization Celebration‘ with bands, vendors, exhibitions, genetics swap, workshops, guest chef edibles, pizza oven, etc.
Course participants will be intimately familiar with the farm by July 1 and help as ‘inhabitant hosts’ and / or apprentices to business / mentors met during the course (if so desired).
TUITION:
$600 includes all 3 farm-sourced meals per day, camping on the farm, Heady Vermont membership, and VIP / Backstage (Green Room) access to Legalization Celebration at Willow Crossing Farm!
About the Instructors
JT is an organic cannabis farmer in Humboldt County, California, one of the nation’s oldest and largest legal cannabis marketplaces. Orginally from Vermont, he has spent the last decade as a cultivator for medical marijuana patients and consultant for commercial cannabis operations within the Emerald Triangle.
Don Jardon has been a professional grower for over 30 years and has had his flowers featured repeatedly in High Times and celebrated in Cannabis cups around the world.
Keith Morris is an international farm and farm infrastructure designer, and professional educator.
Willow Crossing Farm is Vermont’s longest running permaculture site and tree crops research farm. We presently produce the highest quality state-licensed Organic CBD Hemp Sinsemilla Flowers, and partner with Northern Roots Nursery in producing hemp clones and potted plants, Soil Rebel / Wild Branch Foods in producing Organic CBD oil and other products, and Medicine Womyn Healing Arts in producing a variety of herbal medicines. (Contact me for fresh CBD Flowers, Starts, Oil, or Tincture!)
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LEGALIZATION CELEBRATION at Willow Crossing Farm July 1
Following the Vermont legislature’s historic bill legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults, and Vermont Governor Phil Scott signing the bill into law, Heady Vermont will host a celebration for members and the general public on July 1 – the day legalization goes into effect – at Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson, Vermont.
The event will feature onsite camping and swimming, FREE shuttle transportation from Burlington an exhibition of local Vermont vendors including growers, CBD producers and more, live music, disc golf, yoga, a genetics exchange, food vendors, local beer, free cannabis growing demonstrations, and door prizes.
Paypal https://www.paypal.me/earthsurfing $35 for subscriber rate!
This event is 21+. All attendees must show ID at the door.
Live music by the Homegrown All Stars, Barika, The Tenderbellies, Conscious Roots and Honeytwist.
Thanks to sponsor Phylos Bioscience! For sponsorship info please email ad@headyvermont.com.
ADMISSION: Tickets are $50 for the general public and FREE for Heady Vermont Members.
More info, including vendor signup, is at http://www.headyvermont.com/celebration.
Sunday in NH: Nuts and Cannabis!
Posted by on March 16, 2018
Nuts for the Northeast and Organic Cannabis-
Keith Morris at NOFA NH Sunday, March 18, 2018
106 Village Street Concord, NH 03303
Nuts for the Northeast
Since the dawn of time, nuts have been some of the most important food plants for human beings. Nut trees and shrubs offer some of the most nutrient dense foods, provide habitat, show the potential for a ‘carbon-negative’ and flood resilient agriculture, and are economically valuable for a variety of products in addition to nuts themselves.
Join with grower and international farm designer Keith Morris to explore the fascinating ecology and mythology of a few nut trees particularly suited to growing on farms and in neighborhoods throughout in the northeast. We’ll focus of hardy proven nuts, and introduce some of the breeding, trailing, and hybridizing happening at Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson, VT to select for disease resistance, organic production, high quality timber, oils, medicinal properties, and to migrate some important nuts typically grown in warmer regions. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding and appreciation of some trees commonly found in towns and hillsides, and be introduced to promising less common nuts.
Organic Cannabis
Long cultivated for seed, oil, fiber, medicine, and its intoxicating effects-the cannabis plant has a fascinating history and offers tremendous agricultural potential. With various types of legalization possible in New Hampshire and surrounding us in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Canada, we’ll explore this plant with a particular eye towards CBD (Cannabidinol) and the rapidly expanding legal recreational industry. While serving to introduce some basics to folks new to the plant and its growth, this workshop will also offer valuable information to more experienced growers, exploring the present and possible future legal nuances and its potential role in regenerative agriculture on small farms, market gardens, homesteads, and with small indoor growers.
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Keith Morris is the founder of Willow Crossing Farm- Vermont’s longest running Permaculture/ Agroforestry Research Site- producing fruits, nuts, eggs, herbs, nursery plants, solar power, farm dinners, educational events, kids programs, nature and yoga education with local schools, and small farm-based music festivals. Willow Crossing has been implemented entirely debt-free, and without pre-existing capital- through sweat equity and deliberate financial permaculture/ community-supported social design. Off farm, Keith helps growers and communities design appropriate infrastructure to make food systems more regenerative, resilient, and connected; and started the Permaculture Education programs at the University of Vermont, Sterling College, the Yestermorrow Design Build School, St. Mikes College, and Paul Smiths College, and with the USAID Farmer to Farmer Program.
Willow Crossing Farm is Vermont’s longest established permaculture research and education facility, and a debt-free ‘financial permaculture’ working family farm. We host one of the most diverse collections of tree crops in the northeast, offer farm-based dining and educational opportunities to the local communities, and host annual events that attract people from across the country and a surprising variety of international students. We grow a variety of fruits, nuts, berries, and vines in an organic nursery; experiment with new crops, techniques, and regenerative farm infrastructure; manage production to create wildlife refuge and pollinator sanctuary; and have been focused on developing ‘productive buffers’ to reforest floodplain and riverside banks with marketable production.
Rising Appalachia is coming back to the farm!
AND we’re hosting an affordable 1 week intensive Permaculture Action Camp!
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Pruning the Forest Garden- March 31 REGISTER NOW
Hands-on in Vermont’s most diverse collection of Fruits, Nuts, Berries, and Vines!
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7th Annual Grafting Workshop and Scionwood Exchange- April 7, 2018 REGISTER NOW
Learn how to make more of your favorite apples, plums, peaches, pears, and more- and go home with your own grafted fruit tree!
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An unparalleled learning experience- with the most experienced teaching team in the northeast and beyond!
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FRUIT, NUT, BERRIES, VINES, and MEDICINAL HERB PLANT SALE! Pre-orders open now, for pick up beginning April 23.
Thank you for reading and sharing with your friends and networks! Look forward to seeing you.
Best,
Keith and Family
Come to LIFE! Spring 2018 🌱🌿🌳
Posted by on February 28, 2018
FOUR EVENTS WITH RISING APPALACHIA!
PERMACULTURE ACTION DAY!
May 20, 2018 Willow Crossing Farm Johnson, VT
FREE & OPEN to the PUBLIC. 🎉 ALL AGES & ABILITIES
We’re honored to be joined again on the farm by our dear friends and deep inspiration RISING APPALACHIA on Sunday May 20, after two nights of shows at Burlington’s Higher Ground on May 18 & 19. We join in celebration, in service of the Earth, and to deepen our connections to each other and ecology!
Please SUBSCRIBE here to be kept in the loop with schedule and details coming later this week! Join the conversation on the Event Page.
What’s a ‘Permaculture Action Day’?? Check some footage from a recent one in NOLA:
Come to Life Permaculture Action Camp
May 14 – May 20
The Come to Life Permaculture Action Camp in Johnson and Burlington, VT combines a Permaculture Action Course, Rising Appalachia’s Friday & Saturday night concerts at Higher Ground, and the Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia at Willow Crossing Farm.
Peia will be opening Friday Night’s concert, and Arouna Diarra will be opening Saturday.
With Ryan Rising of Permaculture Action Network (a 2011 Prospect Rock Permaculture Design Course Graduate), Keith Morris (founder of Prospect Rock Permaculture and Willow Crossing Farm), Robyn Mello of the Philadelphia Orchard Project, and other very special guests! Join the conversation with participants on the Event Page.
The Action Camp Training includes tickets to Rising Appalachia at Higher Ground: Friday, May 18th and Saturday, May 19th at Higher Ground in Burlington, VT, and puts you in the heart of the action as a skilled facilitator of the Permaculture Action Day w/ Rising Appalachia: Sunday, May 20th at Willow Crossing Farm
The Permaculture Action Course will cover both ecological design science and regenerative earth-based practices, as well as social permaculture and community building skills! Expanding upon the resolutely empowering tool of permaculture design, the Permaculture Action Course is designed to send you back out into the world with the facilitation and organizing skills, as well as the design and implementation skills, to take agency in your life and bring about a more just and regenerative world for all.
Topics include:
- Intro to Permaculture: Principles, Ethics, and Design
- The Permaculture Design Process including Site Analysis & Assessment
- Edible Forest Gardens & Food Forests
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief
- Rapid Deployment Compost Toilets
- Water Filtration
- Food Collection and Cooking
- Direct Action and Community Mobilizations
- Permaculture Disaster Relief and First Responder (PERMACOPRS INTERNATIONAL)
- Social Permaculture & Alternative Economies
- Facilitation & Decision Making
- Organizing Action Days
- Participatory Ecology
- Farm Tour
- Water Catchment, Filtration
- Village Scale Compost Toilets and Regenerative Waste Management
- Natural Building
- Alternative Energy
- Regenerative Festival / Action Camp Organizing
Practice hands on and lead Permaculture Action activities in:
Best Practices for Ecological Culture of Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Vegetables, and Medicines
Tree Planting, River Bank Stabilization, and Ecologically Regenerative Earthworks
Mushroom Inoculation, Fruit & Nut Tree Pruning Organic Management
Natural Building, Earthen Plasters, Renewable Energy, Passive Solar Greenhouses
Registration Fee:
Registration for the Permaculture Action Camp is at a sliding scale of $350-900. Suggested tuition is $600. This includes three organic meals a day for four days; up to 8 days of camping on the farm; four full days of hands on training in a beautiful yurt, barn, and outdoor classrooms, and deep inclusion in the Permaculture Action Day w/Rising Appalachia as co-facilitators on Sunday, May 20th.
Your registration fee also includes VIP guest concert tickets to Friday and Saturday night’s Rising Appalachia shows in Burlington!
Please keep in mind: $600 covers the real cost of your participation in the course. Paying at the high end of the sliding scale at $900 subsidizes others’ participation in the course who can’t afford to attend otherwise. Paying at the low end of the scale is welcome (we want your participation!) but please be aware that paying toward the middle range ensures that facilitators and cooks are compensated, project materials are paid for, and everyone involved is taken care of!
If you have any questions, including registration details, alternative lodging accommodations, work trade possibilities, or facilitating additional offerings at the Action Day- please contact Keith@ProspectRock.org or (802) 734-1129
If you want to support low income students, gender/racial diversity in permaculture, and scholarships for those who cannot afford to attend, please write to make a tax deductible contribution!
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Pruning the Edible Forest Garden March 31
Posted by on February 23, 2018
Hands on- Fruit and Nut Tree Pruning
A day long exploration of the science and practice of ecological tree crop management for diverse yields.
Willow Crossing Farm
Johnson, VT
SUNDAY, March 31
10 am – 4 pm
Join Tree Farmer Keith Morris for a day of hands-on practice with fruit and nut tree pruning, in a diverse permaculture forest garden setting. Spend the morning in the large yurt learning the science and ecology of how trees lose limbs and ‘heal’, and explore the deep traditions of how humans beings observe and interact with this phenomenon.
We’ll synthesize a variety of pruning ideas, strategies, and techniques to help you develop your own philosophy, understanding, and confidence to go out and work with trees in your landscape in a regenerative and yielding way. After lunch and some hot cider we’ll go outside to explore one of VT’s oldest permaculture designed food forests- a reforestation of old pasture and hayfield in the floodplain of the Lamoille River.
We’ll briefly tour ‘Productive Buffers’, wildlife corridors, and stop to work in zones of Plums, Apples, Peaches, Pears, Berries, Vines, Hazelnuts, Walnuts, and more– driven by the group’s interest, and discussing pruning techniques for trees both young and old. We’ll look at and evaluate previous years of pruning decisions and ensuing consequences, and explore some natural tree injuries and healing responses, helping participants to better understand the implications of our pruning decisions over varying periods of time. We’ll finish the day practicing with different tools to cut wood cleanly- with an eye towards maximizing production, fruit quality, ease of future maintenance, and minimizing pest and disease pressure. We’ll also set the stage for top-working, multi-variety grafting, species changes (i.e.. Peaches on Plum roots), and other forms of propagation. In preparation for our April 7 Grafting Workshop and Scionwood Exchange We’ll also prune mature, bearing Hazelnuts and manage black locust, walnut, butternut/ buartnut, pecans, and more for nuts, firewood, high-value lumber, succession, aesthetics, and other long-term aims.
We’ll pass around, demonstrate, and allow you to trial favorite tools, including pruners, saws, pole saws, etc.; speak to their selection and maintenance, and discuss hygienic practices to promote orchard health and reduce cross-contamination.
This workshop kicks off our series for 2018!
Please enter your email in the box on the right hand side of the page, or ‘like’ us on Facebook to get the calendar and details for our other offerings such as: fruit tree grafting (April 7), nursery plant sale, natural beekeeping workshop, nut production, diverse understory planting, spring development for gravity fed irrigation, natural building, compost heat, season extension, earth oven construction, stone masonry, and more. Our Nursery Plant Sale pre-orders are open now, with plant pick ups scheduled to begin April 23.
Our 2018 Permaculture Design Certification Course will be offered July 22- August 3, and they are filling quickly. Applications for our Advanced Permaculture Design / Build /Grow / Teach internship, and APDC guided portfolio development will now be accepted on a rolling basis!
Event is $40-60 suggested donation/ sliding scale, including warm or cold cider during lunch and a round of hard cider tasting (21 and over) afterwards. No one will be refused for lack of funds.
*We are looking for photographers or videographers to help document the event, or create a short educational video.*
Please pre-register, and dress to spend the day outdoors.
We’ll need your email address if you’re planning on coming because the weather will determine where we’ll have people park. Feel free to bring your *clean, sterile, and sharp* pruners and saws.
Felco’s F 13s- the pruner of choice for large hands, or thick branches
Keith Morris has been collecting and experimenting with rare fruit and nut trees for 20 years, and teaches ecological design throughout the northeast. He has worked to help create resilient, diverse, socially just, and economically viable food systems around the world since 1996. Please spread the word to potentially interested friends and networks. Thank you for your support of our work!
Thanks, Keith and Crew Willow Crossing Farm www.willowcrossing.org
For rideshares, conversation, or sharing with facebook friends- please visit the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/270680720016950/
You can view some photos from last years event HERE.
Grafting Workshop and Scionwood Exchange
Posted by on February 21, 2018
It’s really starting to feel like SPRING!
Please Join our
7th ANNUAL Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop and Scionwood Exchange!
At Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson, VT
April 7 10am – 2pm 2018
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Join us for a day of hands-on fruit tree grafting! We’ll begin the day in the classroom understanding the science of grafting, and practice bench-grafting apples, pears, plums, and other stone fruits.
Everyone will have the opportunity to graft their own trees to take home!
After lunch, we’ll go out and tour grafted and ‘multi-grafted’ fruit trees (including peaches grafted onto plums) and ‘top work’ multiple varieties onto pears, apples, plums, and other stone fruit. We’ll discuss some pruning basics, different grafting strategies for ‘fruit salad trees’, healing damaged trees, reworking new varieties, revitalizing old orchards, enhancing cross-pollination, and space considerations. We’ll also look at and evaluate both successful and failed past grafts.
We’ll contextualize our work in briefly telling some history of our farm and touring our incredibly diverse collection of nuts, berries, vines, nitrogen-fixing plants, and debt-free natural buildings. We’ll also explore the incredible history of grafting, the range of grafting possibilities, and practice with professional grafting tools which make for more successful grafts by novices and experts alike.
Each attendant will leave with an apple or pear variety of their choosing on semi-dwarf or standard rootstock, or a stone fruit variety of their choosing on native american plum rootstock.
$60 suggested donation sliding scale includes cider and tea, and your own grafted fruit trees to take home. No one will be refused for lack of funds, but everyone must pre-register.
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Due to the popularity of this event, you must PRE REGISTER HERE. There is a possibility of another event later in April, please send an email to express your interest.
Please RSVP by filling out the registration form and submitting payment via paypal (Keith@ProspectRock.org), Facebook Messenger (easiest), or sending a check to:
‘Prospect Rock Permaculture’
P.O. Box 426
Jeffersonville, VT 05464
We must get your email address from you, as the weather will determine where we park cars. and we will also send you some information about how to best collect scion wood if you want to propagate some favorite fruit trees.
The workshop will be taught by:
Nicko Rubin is the owner of East Hill Tree Farm, where he has been growing and propagating hardy fruits and nuts in the foothills of the Groton Mountains. He completed the master’s program for sustainable landscape design at the Conway School.
Dave Johnson is a timber framer with a passion for fruit trees. His competence with sharp tools and wood translate readily into many successful grafts and a legacy of multi-grafted old wild apples throughout the hills of Vermont.
Keith Morris has been collecting and experimenting with rare fruits, nuts, and medicinal plants since 1996, and is professor of ecological design at the University of Vermont. He’s slowly built his family’s farm debt-free with sweat equity and has contributed to creating resilient and diverse food systems on 5 continents.
Thank you,
Keith
(802) 734-1129
Willow Crossing Farm
Johnson, VT
http://www.WillowCrossing.org
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