Working With Nature, Not Against It.
INTRODUCING
The Willow Walk will be more than a beautiful place. Willows are naturally adapted to life beside water. Once established, their extensive roots help bind riverbank soil together, slow erosion and create a stronger living edge along the water.
ROOTS THAT PROTECT OUR RIVER
Willows are naturally adapted to life beside water. Once established, their extensive roots help bind riverbank soil together, slow erosion and create a stronger living edge along the water.
The Willow Walk will combine that practical ecological work with a more beautiful public experience. As the trees grow, they will shade portions of the river, soften the riverfront landscape and create habitat along the existing walking corridor.
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Some erosion sites may still require additional engineering or structural work. Trees alone cannot solve every stormwater problem. But where conditions are appropriate, living roots can become part of the long-term solution.
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We are planting something beautiful because it works—and because Laurens deserves a riverfront that becomes better with age.
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Little River Renewal: Working With Nature, Not Against It
That is why the City’s Little River Willow Walk is not simply a landscaping project. It is part of the river’s restoration.
Clemson Cooperative Extension specifically identifies willow trees among some of the best natural solutions to achieve streambank repair.​
