Resources & Partners
Partners
Local
Camellia Forest Garden (Chapel Hill) - Nationally known Camellia nursery and also gracious host to Brightside Bamboo's nursery
Naked Fruits (Carrboro) Residential and farm-scale permaculture design & installation. Ask for Chris
Twig (Chapel Hill) Retail store featuring green-vetted products. Lots of bamboo products, including the best soap.
Common Ground Building Supply Green building supplies, including lots of bamboo products you won't find at the big box stores. Paul knows his stuff.
Church World Service (Chapel Hill) Refugee Placement. Ask for Ellen or Gabriela
The Rock Shop (Durham) Landscape and Garden Supply. Ask for Mark or Emily
World Relief (Durham) Refugee placement.
Regional
BambooFarmingUSA.com - Daphne Lewis literally wrote the book on bamboo farming and we're honored to have her on our advisory board.
Southeast Chapter of American Bamboo Society
FluteDojo Awesome traditional Japanese shakuhachi bamboo flues grown and crafted in America. Ask for Jon.
National
American Bamboo Society - if you're a bamboo enthusiast you should join the ABS - $40/yr w/access to great info, publications, events, etc.
Camellia Forest Garden (Chapel Hill) - Nationally known Camellia nursery and also gracious host to Brightside Bamboo's nursery
Naked Fruits (Carrboro) Residential and farm-scale permaculture design & installation. Ask for Chris
Twig (Chapel Hill) Retail store featuring green-vetted products. Lots of bamboo products, including the best soap.
Common Ground Building Supply Green building supplies, including lots of bamboo products you won't find at the big box stores. Paul knows his stuff.
Church World Service (Chapel Hill) Refugee Placement. Ask for Ellen or Gabriela
The Rock Shop (Durham) Landscape and Garden Supply. Ask for Mark or Emily
World Relief (Durham) Refugee placement.
Regional
BambooFarmingUSA.com - Daphne Lewis literally wrote the book on bamboo farming and we're honored to have her on our advisory board.
Southeast Chapter of American Bamboo Society
FluteDojo Awesome traditional Japanese shakuhachi bamboo flues grown and crafted in America. Ask for Jon.
National
American Bamboo Society - if you're a bamboo enthusiast you should join the ABS - $40/yr w/access to great info, publications, events, etc.
Recommended Books on Building/Working with Bamboo
The Craft and Art of Bamboo by Stangler. A great introductory bamboo book with home scale projects and crafts. Garden structures, furnishings, fences, gates, etc.
Bamboo Preservation Compendium by Liese. The best resource on options for preserving/treating bamboo against insects, rot, etc.
Building Bamboo Fences by Yoshikawa. Traditional Japanese bamboo fences - most of them quite complex. If you want to build the really nice stuff, this is your book.
How to Build with Bamboo by Scheer. Another home-scale bamboo projects book: fun, accessories, garden stuff.
Building with Bamboo by Janssen. This is mostly about building large structures such as traditional tropical houses.
Bamboo Preservation Compendium by Liese. The best resource on options for preserving/treating bamboo against insects, rot, etc.
Building Bamboo Fences by Yoshikawa. Traditional Japanese bamboo fences - most of them quite complex. If you want to build the really nice stuff, this is your book.
How to Build with Bamboo by Scheer. Another home-scale bamboo projects book: fun, accessories, garden stuff.
Building with Bamboo by Janssen. This is mostly about building large structures such as traditional tropical houses.
Recommended General Bamboo Books
Bamboo for Gardens by Meredith. If you can only have one book about bamboo, this is the one. Lots of info on species, structure, etc.
Farming Bamboo by Lewis. The only book on farming bamboo in English. Also a great introductory book with focus on economically important temperate boos.
Practical Bamboos by Whittaker. Excellent resource for temperate bamboo use in gardening - 50 best plants for screens, containers, and more.
The Book of Bamboo by Farrelly. Another great all around resource by one of the great bamboo evangelists.
Farming Bamboo by Lewis. The only book on farming bamboo in English. Also a great introductory book with focus on economically important temperate boos.
Practical Bamboos by Whittaker. Excellent resource for temperate bamboo use in gardening - 50 best plants for screens, containers, and more.
The Book of Bamboo by Farrelly. Another great all around resource by one of the great bamboo evangelists.