Garden Club committee seeks to control erosion along Santiam River

To someone who may have walked along the trail near Riverview Park on Oct. 25, they would have noticed an unusual sight: a handful of people sticking twigs in the ground.

Khaidyn Patterson-Ramsey makes a hole in the ground to plant a willow cutting while Dace Phearson, at left, watches. Photos by Sarah Brown

Those twigs, it is expected, will grow into a lush grouping of vegetation, something of a barrier between the South Santiam…