Native American Flutes and Panpipes at the Texas Bamboo Festival The Texas Bamboo Society will meet at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden on September 17, 2016 - 9:30am - 12 noon at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Questions? send email or call or text (512) 906-8250 Members and non-members are welcome. membership info Opportunity to dig some running bamboos: A local to Austin bamboo collector has sold his house and the new owner does not want the bamboo that is in the current landscape.  The bamboo is available to be dug from now thru Sept. 25, 2016.   The address is 911 Acorn Oaks, Austin, TX 78745. The location is near Wm Cannon and South First. It is not necessary to call in advance.  They may be some construction/demolition/remodeling going on there - but the permission has been granted that the bamboo can be dug.  The following bamboo species are available to be dug at this location: Phyllostachys bambusoides, Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', Phyllostachys rubromarginata, Phyllostachys vivax, Psuedosasa japonica, Psuedosasa amabilis Texas Bamboo Society Upcoming Events: Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 9:30am - 12noon The Texas Bamboo Society will meet at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden on October 15, 2016 - 9:30am - 12 noon at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Saturday, October 15 (1pm - 5pm) and Sunday, October 16 (1pm - 4 pm) - Bamboo Educational Special Exhibition in the Greene Room at Zilker Botanical Garden in conjunction with the Violet Crown Standard Flower Show Violet Crown "Read to Me" Standard Flower Show Oct 15-16, 2016 Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 11am - 1pm Visit to Simmons Family Farms, Niederwald, TX January 13-15, 2017 - The Texas Bamboo Society will be at the Austin Home and Garden Show - Austin Convention Center 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)