About us
Katherine Lewis & Steve Lospalluto are Dunbar Gardens
Katherine Lewis is a willow basketmaker in the Skagit Valley of Washington State, USA. She has a small farm where she and her husband Steve Lospalluto grow much of the willow used in her baskets allowing her to choose the quality, color, and texture of her weaving materials. Katherine’s goal is to weave willow baskets that are functional and durable while reflecting the natural beauty of the willows.
Please visit our website www.dunbargardens.com to find out more about Katherine’s willow baskets, her basketry classes, our small farm in the Pacific Northwest, and how to buy our products.
You can appreciate Katherine for the fine baskets in the blog photos and blame Steve for the content, photos, and execution of the blog and website. Thanks for your interest!
look for the hanging basket sign
16586 Dunbar Road
Mount Vernon, Washington 98273
360-428-3076
I am so excited about finding this site.I am way over here in Pittsburgh. I live in a neighborhood with many abandoned yards. I am hoping to establish a teaching craft garden. One of the things I would love to grow is willow for basket making. Of course I know nothing about willow and less about how to make baskets. I myself work in clay and have a love for the material sensibility. In a former life I was schooled in the form follows function religion and my late teacher Makoto Yabe helped curate a show called Kindred Spirits referring to Shaker and a Japanese Craft Aesthetic. So you know I love your work.
Is there any chance of yinz (Pittsburgh for you plural), Giving any classes or workshops out this way. I love the idea of going that way but my first travel Goal is Scotland.
Also How many bushes make how many of what kind of baskets. Say each participant gets one bush. Also My best skill is color. I would love to start with basics of several kinds so people could learn the differences.
If you could make some recommendations. Thank you Joanie King. PS Guess what: I have a budget.