Links: Information and resources about bamboo from around the world

 

 

Artifacts:
1000 things made of bamboo (Wolfgang Eberts, EBS Deutschland)

Baskets:
Bamboo baskets (Japanese eCommerce site, also deals with bamboo charcoal)

Books:
ABS Bookstore
Bamboo published by EBS (GB)
Bambous bibliographie by Jean Dupin
Bamboos of Nepal by Chris Stapleton
Boeken over bamboe (Books on bamboo) by Peter Meeuws
Temperate Bamboo Quarterly

Bows & arrows:
Asahi Archery (Japanese company)

Climate:
European climate zones (USDA equivalents)

Clothing:
Litrax Funtional Textiles (Environment conscious products from Switzerland)
Nigel's Eco Store Bamboo towels from the UK

Coffins:
The SAWD partnership Bamboo Eco Coffins

Conference:
R&D Needs related to Bamboo and Rattan Small Enterprises (Malaysia)

Cut cane:
UK Bamboo Supplies Limited

Palmyra Limited (UK importer of cane from China)
BS Bamboo Supplies(UK)

Ecology:
Bamboo in Nepal: a management guide
by Robert I. Bradshaw
Bamboo Brazil Foundation

Education & Resources:
Pacific Bamboo Resource Group US education, research, consultation & collaboration site

Fences:
Bamboo Fencer
(US company, MA)
Thatched Products International (UK)

Flooring:
Completely Bamboo (UK)
Bamboo Direct (eco-friendly hardwood flooring - Canadian company)
Bamboo Flooring International (US company, CA)
China Bamboo Flooring (China Lin An Bamboo Product Co.)
China Bamboo Flooring (Zhejiang Jian An Bamboo Products Co.)
K & M Bamboo Products Inc. (Canadian company)
Wellmade Wooden & Bamboo Products Corporation (Nanjing, China)

Flowers:
Bamboo Flowers
Marc Solioz and Max Woodtly

Flutes:
John Kaizan Neptune

Monty Levenson's Shakuhachi Site
Sunreed Instruments
flutes: see also musical instruments

Furniture:
Bambù Design (Milan)
Big Bamboo (Judenburg, Austria)
Original Bamboo Factory (Jamaica)

Gardens:
China: The Bamboo Forest of South Sichuan
F: La Bambouseraie de Lériet   ( Patrice Berges, Castelsarrasin - near Toulouse)
F: La Bambouseraie de Prafrance
F: Jardin d'art & d'essais (Stanislas Noel & Cécile Maitrot, Haute-Normandie)
GB: Bamboo gardens in Great Britain
The Bamboo Museum (Rakusai Bamboo Park, Kyoto, Japan)

General:

Bamboo Identification compiled by Dr Chris Stapleton
Evergreen4ever Gardening information and resource site
Bamboo
compiled by Fu Jinhe
Bamboe compiled by Peter Meeuws
Bambu Brasileiro (Brazilian site, in Portuguese)
Bambunera · Portal Temàtic del Bambú (Spanish site)
Découverte du bambou (Bamboo discovery) compiled by Stephane Bour
Introduction to hardy bamboos by Earle Barnhart
Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop (by ATTRA)
Rediscovering 'Green Gold' (India)

Musical instruments:
Musica Bambusa

musical instruments: see also flutes

Nurseries:
Australia: Bamboo Australia
Australia: Earthcare Enterprises
Canada: Canada's Bamboo World
China: China Bamboo Centre (Yunnan Province)
China: Yunfeng Gardens: Grower and Supplier of Nursery products
D: Bambus-Centrum Deutschland (Baumschule Eberts)
F: Bamboo nurseries in France
GB: Bamboo nurseries in Great Britain
IRL: Stam's Nurseries
NL: Bamboekwekerij Fastuosa (Jos Kevenaar's nursery)
US: Bamboo nurseries in the United States

Pests
US: Is there a problem with bamboo mites? by by Gib Cooper
US:  Bamboo Mite IPM ["Integrated Pest Managment"]
US: Bamboo spider mite (Oregon State University Extension - Urban Entomology)

Products:
China Bamboo Products

Hangzhou Qingfeng Bamboo Products
Shuchikudo - Japanese Industrial Arts from Bamboo
Ningbo Haitian International / Sunco International Bamboo Products

Takehei Bamboo Wholesale
Wu Yi Shan City Lu Mei Bamboo and Wood Products
Yong Tai Garden
products: see also cut cane

Rods:
Cane Rod Links
Ian D Martin Handcrafter Fly Rods (UK maker)

Bamboo Fly Rods (Canada)

Scuplture:
Cal Hashimoto - bamboo sculptor, Hawaii


Species:
Bamboo names and synonyms
by Wim Masman
ABS bamboo species source list
Sorting bamboo names by Prof. Snow Barlow