May 17, 2008 - 3rd Saturday 10am - 1pm - Bamboo Garden Study and Workday- Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas - Bring a saw, hand clippers and loppers and learn about taking care of the different species of bamboo as you become part of the Taniguchi Revitalization Project. Questions? email or call (512) 929-9565
May 24-25, 2008 - Mercer's Spring Bamboo Festival - Mercer Arboretum, Humble, TX 8 am - 5 pm
The bamboo festival features lectures on growing and dividing bamboo, pest and disease control, landscape uses of bamboo, and what you can do with bamboo once you grow it! There will also be vendor booths of bamboo related items, along with a bamboo plant sale and a live auction on Saturday afternoon where you will get a chance to bid on some choice, hard to find bamboos. There will also be guided tours of Mercer’s bamboo plantings throughout the garden. The festival is free and open to the public. Call for reserved seating in the lectures.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Greg Harmison (281) 443-8731 or email **********************************************************************
June 7-8, 2008 10th Annual Lotus and Bamboo Festival - Buu Mon Buddhist Temple, Port Arthur, Texas 9:30 am - 6 pm - "A Glimpse of Southeast Asia in Southeast Texas"
Everyone is invited. Bonsai Exhibition, Learn About Tea, Cultural Performances, Martial Arts Demonstration, Lotus, Water Lilies & Bamboo, Expert Gardener's Advice, Dhamma Talks, Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine, Texas Bamboo Society Sharing Knowledge and Selling Bamboo. Buddha's Birthday Celebration, Sunday 1:30 - 3:30
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Danny Dubuisson: email, phone 409-982-9199 *****
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News from the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX
Here are some pictures of the Stream Project in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden showing the Austin Pond Society fulfilling the wishes of the Texas Bamboo Society and repairing the leaks in the stream just above the bamboo display beds. Many thanks to the Austin Pond Society for their great assistance!
The new trail, called "Lauren's Trail" in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX is now completed.
This is an ADA accessible path joining the Rose Garden to the Tea House. Here are some pictures of the trail when it was under construction... Learn more about Lauren's Trail here
View of Lauren's Trail looking north from the tea house, Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX
New staircase in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX
Shows the contrast between the original path and the new wheel chair accessible path
Pseudosasa japonica near the "A" pond
Lauren's Trail almost completed March 13, 2007
Indocalamus tessellatus, Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX
Construction of Lauren's Trail at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. The trail will connect the Tea House and the Rose Garden and be accessible for wheel chairs and baby strollers.
Pathway leading from the Rose Garden to the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX. The pathway leads up to Lauren's Trail. Click on the pathway to learn more about Lauren's Trail...
Bambusa oldhamii at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX. Click on the image for a Bamboo Walking Tour at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Austin, Texas.
Entrance Gate to the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas
Click on this image to see Jackie's Fundanzers performing the Silver Thread at the 12th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival, August 2004. Austin, Texas.
Children's bamboo activities:
Here are some pictures of John Nelson's sons and friend having fun with bamboo beads at the 2005 ABS Conference at Mercer Arboretum, Humble, Texas.
