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American Bamboo Society - Source List (2007 Edition!)

This is the twenty-seventh year that the American Bamboo Society (ABS) has compiled a Source List of bamboo plants and products. This list includes more than 420 kinds (species, subspecies, varieties or cultivars) of bamboo available in the US and Canada plus many bamboo related products.

Format: Paperback
47 Pages
2007 Edition

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Bamboo

"Ever the poet's brush, the musician's flute, bamboo has sounded its quiet sonatas through the lives of Asians over countless millennia. From chopsticks to tools of trade, it has fed, housed and furnished their existence, stimulated their intellect and expressed their emotions from the cradle to the grave. Little wonder that many still revere this versatile and tenaciously enduring plant."

Hardback: 183 pages. 3.9 inches X 7.2 inches

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Bamboo Building and Culture

About the author:

Named by Metropolitan Home magazine in 2001 as one of the 100 most influential designers, Darrel DeBoer is a Northern California architect who has built a dozen bamboo structures in this country. He became enthused about the material after seeing Simón Vélez’ structures with 30 foot cantilevers and 60 foot clear spans, entirely of South American native bamboo. DeBoer has researched bamboo construction techniques in Asia, Central and South America. He is the author of the Bamboo Chapter in several books, including Alternative Construction, and The Art of Natural Building. He now teaches workshops of several days to a week duration on the details of bamboo construction.

About bamboo:

As strong as steel in tension, timber bamboo can grow as fast as 3 feet in a day, can be sustainably harvested every year, using a small fraction of the land required by trees for the same structural work. The waste (leaves and branches) can be as nutritious an animal feed as alfalfa. Bamboo can convert society’s waste nitrogen, mulch and water into a construction material that fixes 17 times as much carbon per acre as trees. Darrel will cover proper tool use and joinery as well as design ideas that avoid the more difficult / time-consuming joints.

Simón Vélez pages 1-7
Velez and Villegas 8-9
Bamboo Building 10-31
Hanover World Expo 32-35
Low Cost Housing Solution 36-40
Bamboo Renaissance in South America 41-44

This book is available for purchase at DeBoer Architects. Click here to purchase this book.

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Bamboo Building and Culture $45.00

Bamboo for Gardens, Meredith

The bulk of the book is an encyclopedia of bamboo genera, species, and cultivars. More than 300 bamboos from 40 genera are described in detail, with information on size, lighting and temperature requirements, native range, and landscape and other uses. Excellent color photos and line drawings illustrate both the details and broader effects of these versatile plants.

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 408 pp.
Book dimensions: 7.38 x 10.38 in
Illustrations: 158 color photos, 5 line drawings

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Bamboo Handbook, Durnford Dart

Exclusively available in the U.S.A. from Bamboo Headquarters!

A guide for bamboo selection, establishment, and utilisation for farmers, growers & product developers.

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Bamboo Headquarters - Bumper Sticker

"PLANTING BAMBOO IS NOT A CRIME"

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Bamboo Headquarters - Logo Hat

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Bamboo Headquarters - Logo T Shirt

100% Cotton, Small Logo on front, Large logo on back. *all sizes are mens sizes

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Logo T Shirt (extra large) $12.00

Bamboo in Japan (Now in Stock!)

Without exaggeration, one can say that bamboo's presence in Japan is so perrasive that bardly a day goes by, anywhere in the country, without some interaction with bamboo.

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Bamboo Note Card

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Bamboo Style, Gale Beth Goldberg (Rare Book!)

Bamboo isn't just for Asia anymore! Author Gale Goldberg shows us how to creatively bring bamboo home, teaching us how to live with it indoors and outdoors--even how to grow your own bamboo. Every room in your home can be decorated or accented with beautful, sensual bamboo furniture, flooring, wall covering, ceiling material and accessories.

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-58685-092-X 8.5 x 10 inches, 176 pages

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Bamboo: A Material for Landscape and Garden Design

Bamboo and its many varieties are becoming ever more popular as a design material for landscapes, squares, and gardens. With its widely varying hardiness, height, and leaf structure, the grass can be cultivated under many different conditions, and because of its special physical characteristics it can also be used as a material in related domains such as architecture, furniture design, and flower arrangement.

The extensive technical section of the book describes the properties and habitat requirements of the plant, the breeding of varieties, and the methods of propagation. It then goes on to explore its use and significance in urban and natural settings. Authors with technical expertise in the relevant fields, including the director of the Oprins bamboo tree nursery, and striking color illustrations convey exhaustive technical and botanical information and examples of the creative use of bamboo, especially in urban and natural settings.

Oprins, Jan, Trier, Harry van
2006, 143 p., 155 illus., 149 in color, Dust jacket
ISBN: 3-7643-7481-0
A Birkhäuser book

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Bamboo: Gift Of The Gods

Architect Oscar Hidalgo has dedicated his life to bamboo research, and teaching the world about the limitless possibilities of this remarkable plant. Born in a bamboo house in Chinchina, Colombia, bamboo construction was common in his state, where many residential and public buildings were constructed using this cheap and widely available material. Like most homes, in his house the bamboo was hidden beneath plaster, and indeed, it looked like it was made of brick. After he left the university, Oscar was intrigued by the possibilities of using bamboo in construction, and embarked on a project to construct a country club kiosk 23 meters in diameter using this material. Five days before the opening ceremony, there was a hurricane which distorted the building extremely, moving the kingpost 90 cm off-center. After only two hours of working with a winch, however, the structure was successfully moved back into place without collapsing. He was sold on bamboo. Amazed at its structural integrity and aesthetic possibilities, he embarked on a program of research which has taken him to Asia, Costa Rica, Brazil, and elsewhere to study this plant and to create experimental structures.

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Bamboos (Rare book!)

A guide to bamboos with photographs and text.

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Bamboos, Recht & Wetterwald

Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 0881922684
Book Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches

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Bamboos, Recht & Wetterwald $32.95

Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses, Darke

An accessible and comprehensive reference to the wide range of striking grasses available to gardeners, this pocket guide features an assortment of plants with varied textures, forms, sizes, and flowering times. In a handy, compact format, new varieties are presented, as well as plant descriptions and cultivation information. More than 500 species and cultivars are covered, illustrated with over 300 color photographs.

Format: Flexibind
Pages: 228 pp.
Book dimensions:
5.75 x 8.25 in
Illustrations: 320 color photos

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Craft & Art of Bamboo, Carol Stangler (Rare book!)

Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Lark (August 28, 2002)
ISBN: 1579903754
Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches

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Craft & Art of Bamboo, Carol Stangler *Out of Print* $69.95

Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos, Bell

A complete and practical guide to growing and collecting these architectural evergreen plants and using them to stunning effect in the garden.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160 pp.
Book dimensions: 7 x 9.5 in
Illustrations: 68 color photos, 14 line drawings, 1 map

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Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos, Bell $19.95

Gift Certificate

Printed on heavy stock paper and mailed to recipient of your choice. Please specify To: and From in the checkout form. Can be redeemed online, in store or over the phone.

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Hardy Bamboos - Taming the Dragon (Now in Stock!)

The distillation of years of hands-on growing experience, this is the ultimate bamboo reference book for cool-climate gardeners. Enthusiasts will delight in the variety of new possibilities for their collection and gardeners everywhere will be captivated by the charm bamboos bring to countless different garden situations.

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 300 pp.
Book dimensions: 7.38 x 10.38 in
Illustrations: 221 color photos, 165 line drawings, 3 maps

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