Wicker material ready for use at Villaines les Rochers near Tours in the Loire Valley

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Wicker material ready for use at Villaines les Rochers. Osier is the variety of willow cultivated and harvested every year. More than 200 varieties of willows grow on the French ground, but only about ten among them are used for basketry. Osier likes grounds situated close to waterways. In Indre-et-Loire, some thirty hectares are dedicated to its cultivation, on the edge of the Loire and Indre rivers, and in the Villaines-les-Rochers valley. A basket worker needs about 50 to 60 acres of osier beds to produce the necessary raw materials each year.

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Size: 3477px × 5217px
Location: Villaines les Rochers, Tours, Loire, France
Photo credit: © David Hansford / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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