This charming little 2-acre park includes a playground, a basketball court, three individual picnic sites, and a multi-purpose playfield.
There are around 400 species of willows worldwide. Most willows are very short-lived. A 70 year old willow is a very old tree, only a few live to be more than 100 years old. The white willow is the largest species of willow trees and grows to 100 feet tall. A compound isolated from the bark, called "salicin" is used in the production of very popular and widely used drug, aspirin. Willow trees are used in the manufacturing of baskets, fishing nets, furniture and toys, as well as being used to make charcoal (for drawing).
Willow is also a 1998 action advanture film (and one of my personal favorites) directed by Ron Howard. George Lucas specifically wrote this film for Warwick Davis after meeting him on the set of Return of the Jedi. The film had the largest ever casting call for little people at the time, between 225 and 240 actors were hired for the film. It was also the first feature film to use the "morphing" process developed by Industrial Light & Magic.
Now that you know more willow facts than you will ever need, see if you can find the hidden cache here at Willows Park.