Building a Bamboo Palapa for a rescued pig! Pig Bamboo Palapa PIG BAMBOO PALAPA PALOOZA!  Saturday June 17, 2017   10 am - 2 pm Get Well Farms is partnering with the Texas Bamboo Society to benefit Central Texas Pig Rescue. Michael Schaefer, one of the top bamboo experts around, will instruct participants on how to build native structures using fire cured bamboo while we thatch together a palapa home for Get Well Farms' newly rescued pig, "Chich". Admission is $10, and all proceeds benefit Central Texas Pig Rescue. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at http://www.centraltexaspigs.org/events.html, or paid at the door. Ticket prices are tax deductible and additional donations are welcome! Complimentary vegan floats will be provided with NadaMoo! Ice Cream and Convict Hill Oatmeal Stout from Independence Brewing Co. (While supplies last, over 21 only) This event is family friendly, and open to all ages. Ample parking can be found on Riverside Farms Road, please message here for any other questions. "Get Well Farms is an educational platform for ways of permaculture and homestead sustainability. Currently finishing up installations to launch as an urban farm in 2018." Get Well Farms. 2305 Riverside Farms Rd, Austin, TX 78741 Tea House at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas The Texas Bamboo Society will meet at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden on Saturday, July 15, 2017 - 9:30am - noon (weather permitting) at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Bring a saw, loppers, gloves, and bungies or cord if you would like to take some bamboo poles home in exchange for your labor as we will be meeting in the bamboo grove and doing a little bamboo maintenance while we are there. Questions? send email or call or text (512) 906-8250 Members and non-members are welcome. membership info Upcoming Events: Fall Austin Home and Garden Show - Austin Convention Center - August 18-20, 2017 24th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival - September 16-17, 2017 American Bamboo Society Annual Conference - November 1-5, 2017 - Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Like us at Texas Bamboo Society Sign up for email updates: Sign Up Today! Email & Social Media Marketing by VerticalResponse Bambusa oldhamii Taniguchi Japanese Garden Pseudosasa japonica Taniguchi Japanese Garden Entry Gate to the Taniguchi Japanese Garden Past Event Pics: Here is a link to pictures from the 21st Annual Texas Bamboo Festival which was held in 2013. Tom Harlow’s Pictures from the ABS2012 National Conference Gib Cooper’s Pictures Carole Meckes’s Pictures American Bamboo Society Annual Meeting, Lafayette, LA (Oct 12-16, 2011) 19th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival (September 24-25, 2011) 18th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival (August 28-29, 2010) Work Day at the Chambers Bamboo Farm (Sept. 25, 2010)