New Gate on the north side of the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX The 17th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival will be held at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX on Saturday and Sunday, August 22 - 23, 2009. 17th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival Details Vendor Application for 17th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival ********************************************************************************************** July 18, 2009 (weather permitting) - Bamboo Garden Study and Bamboo Hoop Project! The Texas Bamboo Society meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month (weather permitting) from 10am - 1pm - in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Learn how to make bamboo hoops using a bamboo splitter, a mallet and a froe. Bring a saw, hand clippers and loppers in case we have time to do some bamboo grooming - Be part of the Taniguchi Revitalization Project. The Taniguchi Japanese Garden will be celebrating its' 40th Anniversary this fall. Questions? email or call (512) 929-9565 Print a walking tour of the bamboo in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX **************************************************************************** Here are some pictures of the construction of Lauren's Trail, an ADA accessible trail in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. The trail is now completed and is ready for wheel chairs, baby stroller and of course foot traffic! 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.