You may remember our friend Trudy from Monday’s story about Bim Willow’s tree-making workshop. Trudy was our neighbor and sister in arms that morning; we shared laughs and suggestions while struggling to coerce our willow branches into anything resembling a tree. (Reminder: It takes a village to make a holiday …
When I first brought my tree home (left) my husband said it looked like it belonged at Burning Man. I blinged it up for inside and Ellen decorated hers (right) for the outdoors. Not sure they’ll ask us to decorate holiday windows on State Street, but it was fun.
Bim Willow sounds like the name of a charming character in a delightful children’s fairy tale. Instead, he’s a taskmaster of tree-limbed furniture whose not-so-whimsical workshop we attended one early Saturday morning in November. The Chicago Botanic Garden, which hosted the session, offers classes in everything from drawing to yoga to nature-walking. …