diff --git a/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainer.kt b/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainer.kt
index 80308ccd74..81b6f23bc9 100644
--- a/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainer.kt
+++ b/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainer.kt
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ package app.cash.redwood.layout.uiview
 
 import app.cash.redwood.Modifier
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.Constraint
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.CrossAxisAlignment
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.MainAxisAlignment
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.Overflow
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Column
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Row
 import app.cash.redwood.ui.Default
 import app.cash.redwood.ui.Density
+import app.cash.redwood.ui.Margin
 import app.cash.redwood.ui.Px
 import app.cash.redwood.widget.ChangeListener
 import app.cash.redwood.widget.ResizableWidget
@@ -31,15 +36,61 @@ import kotlinx.cinterop.convert
 import platform.UIKit.UIView
 import platform.darwin.NSInteger
 
-internal class UIViewFlexContainer(
-  direction: FlexDirection,
-) : YogaFlexContainer<UIView>,
+internal class UIViewColumn :
+  Column<UIView>,
   ResizableWidget<UIView>,
   ChangeListener {
-  private val yogaView: YogaUIView = YogaUIView()
+  private val container = UIViewFlexContainer(FlexDirection.Column)
+
+  override val value: UIView get() = container.value
+  override var modifier by container::modifier
+  override val children get() = container.children
+  override var sizeListener by container::sizeListener
+
+  override fun width(width: Constraint) = container.width(width)
+  override fun height(height: Constraint) = container.height(height)
+  override fun margin(margin: Margin) = container.margin(margin)
+  override fun overflow(overflow: Overflow) = container.overflow(overflow)
+  override fun horizontalAlignment(horizontalAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment) = container.crossAxisAlignment(horizontalAlignment)
+  override fun verticalAlignment(verticalAlignment: MainAxisAlignment) = container.mainAxisAlignment(verticalAlignment)
+  override fun onScroll(onScroll: ((Px) -> Unit)?) = container.onScroll(onScroll)
+  override fun onEndChanges() = container.onEndChanges()
+}
+
+internal class UIViewRow :
+  Row<UIView>,
+  ResizableWidget<UIView>,
+  ChangeListener {
+  private val container = UIViewFlexContainer(FlexDirection.Row)
+
+  override val value: UIView get() = container.value
+  override var modifier by container::modifier
+  override val children get() = container.children
+  override var sizeListener by container::sizeListener
+
+  override fun width(width: Constraint) = container.width(width)
+  override fun height(height: Constraint) = container.height(height)
+  override fun margin(margin: Margin) = container.margin(margin)
+  override fun overflow(overflow: Overflow) = container.overflow(overflow)
+  override fun horizontalAlignment(horizontalAlignment: MainAxisAlignment) = container.mainAxisAlignment(horizontalAlignment)
+  override fun verticalAlignment(verticalAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment) = container.crossAxisAlignment(verticalAlignment)
+  override fun onScroll(onScroll: ((Px) -> Unit)?) = container.onScroll(onScroll)
+  override fun onEndChanges() = container.onEndChanges()
+}
+
+internal class UIViewFlexContainer(
+  direction: FlexDirection,
+) : YogaFlexContainer<UIView> {
+  private val yogaView: YogaUIView = YogaUIView().apply {
+    rootNode.flexDirection = direction
+  }
+
   override val rootNode: Node get() = yogaView.rootNode
   override val density: Density get() = Density.Default
+
   override val value: UIView get() = yogaView
+  override var modifier: Modifier = Modifier
+
   override val children: UIViewChildren = UIViewChildren(
     container = value,
     insert = { index, widget ->
@@ -68,13 +119,8 @@ internal class UIViewFlexContainer(
     },
     invalidateSize = ::invalidateSize,
   )
-  override var modifier: Modifier = Modifier
 
-  override var sizeListener: SizeListener? = null
-
-  init {
-    yogaView.rootNode.flexDirection = direction
-  }
+  var sizeListener: SizeListener? = null
 
   override fun width(width: Constraint) {
     yogaView.widthConstraint = width
@@ -92,7 +138,7 @@ internal class UIViewFlexContainer(
     yogaView.onScroll = onScroll
   }
 
-  override fun onEndChanges() {
+  fun onEndChanges() {
     invalidateSize()
   }
 
diff --git a/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory.kt b/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory.kt
index 1cbb7651ff..7a35e87a59 100644
--- a/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory.kt
+++ b/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory.kt
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Column
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.RedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Row
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Spacer
-import app.cash.redwood.yoga.FlexDirection
 import platform.UIKit.UIView
 
 @ObjCName("UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory", exact = true)
 public class UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory : RedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory<UIView> {
   override fun Box(): Box<UIView> = UIViewBox()
-  override fun Column(): Column<UIView> = UIViewFlexContainer(FlexDirection.Column)
-  override fun Row(): Row<UIView> = UIViewFlexContainer(FlexDirection.Row)
+  override fun Column(): Column<UIView> = UIViewColumn()
+  override fun Row(): Row<UIView> = UIViewRow()
   override fun Spacer(): Spacer<UIView> = UIViewSpacer()
 }
diff --git a/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonTest/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainerTest.kt b/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonTest/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainerTest.kt
index dd39353108..e5403eadad 100644
--- a/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonTest/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainerTest.kt
+++ b/redwood-layout-uiview/src/commonTest/kotlin/app/cash/redwood/layout/uiview/UIViewFlexContainerTest.kt
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ import app.cash.redwood.layout.AbstractFlexContainerTest
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.TestFlexContainer
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.Constraint
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.CrossAxisAlignment
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.api.Overflow
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Column
+import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Row
 import app.cash.redwood.layout.widget.Spacer
 import app.cash.redwood.snapshot.testing.UIViewSnapshotCallback
 import app.cash.redwood.snapshot.testing.UIViewSnapshotter
 import app.cash.redwood.snapshot.testing.UIViewTestWidgetFactory
 import app.cash.redwood.snapshot.testing.toUIColor
 import app.cash.redwood.ui.Px
-import app.cash.redwood.widget.ChangeListener
 import app.cash.redwood.widget.ResizableWidget
 import app.cash.redwood.widget.ResizableWidget.SizeListener
 import app.cash.redwood.widget.Widget
@@ -66,9 +68,15 @@ class UIViewFlexContainerTest(
     }
   }
 
-  override fun row() = flexContainer(FlexDirection.Row)
+  override fun row(): Row<UIView> = UIViewRow().apply {
+    value.backgroundColor = defaultBackgroundColor.toUIColor()
+    applyDefaults()
+  }
 
-  override fun column() = flexContainer(FlexDirection.Column)
+  override fun column(): Column<UIView> = UIViewColumn().apply {
+    value.backgroundColor = defaultBackgroundColor.toUIColor()
+    applyDefaults()
+  }
 
   override fun spacer(backgroundColor: Int): Spacer<UIView> {
     return UIViewRedwoodLayoutWidgetFactory().Spacer()
@@ -81,11 +89,15 @@ class UIViewFlexContainerTest(
     private val delegate: UIViewFlexContainer,
   ) : TestFlexContainer<UIView>,
     ResizableWidget<UIView>,
-    YogaFlexContainer<UIView> by delegate,
-    ChangeListener by delegate {
+    YogaFlexContainer<UIView> by delegate {
     override var sizeListener: SizeListener? by delegate::sizeListener
 
-    override val children: Widget.Children<UIView> = delegate.children
+    override val value: UIView get() = delegate.value
+    override var modifier by delegate::modifier
+    override val children: Widget.Children<UIView> get() = delegate.children
+    override fun width(width: Constraint) = delegate.width(width)
+    override fun height(height: Constraint) = delegate.height(height)
+    override fun overflow(overflow: Overflow) = delegate.overflow(overflow)
 
     init {
       value.backgroundColor = UIColor(red = 0.0, green = 0.0, blue = 1.0, alpha = 0.2)
@@ -98,6 +110,8 @@ class UIViewFlexContainerTest(
     override fun scroll(offset: Px) {
       (delegate.value as UIScrollView).setContentOffset(cValue { y = offset.value }, false)
     }
+
+    override fun onEndChanges() = delegate.onEndChanges()
   }
 
   override fun snapshotter(widget: UIView) = UIViewSnapshotter.framed(callback, widget)