21st Annual Texas Bamboo Festival Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15, 2013
Plants & Crafts for Sale * Talk to Experts & Local Growers * Silent Auction
Guest Lectures Schedule - Saturday, September 14, 2013:
10:15 am - Scott Shaffer - The Rainwater Harvest School - "The "Dollars and Cents of Building Your Own Rainwater Harvesting System + Important Update on the Rainwater Quality"
11:15 am - Jay & Cassie LaCourse - Bamboo Charcoal Production and Applications - hotbambu.com
1:15 pm - Christian Seger - Goats & Bamboo - Growing Bamboo for Forage
2:00 pm - Jinji Willingham - Bamboo Wisdom: Esthetic, Horticultural, Contemplative - basic horticultural (growth habits, species selection for application, care), esthetic and practical application and usage, and concluding with a consideration of what this plant has to teach us, a reflection on the wonder and wisdom (healing potential) of the plant: why it has the draw that it does, what it means to us humans.
3:00 pm - Carole Meckes - Harvesting Bamboo, Grove Maintenance, and Control Methods
4:00 pm - Annual Meeting of the Texas Bamboo Society - Election of three Board Members
Guest Lectures Schedule - Sunday, September 15, 2013:
11:00 am - Harry Simmons - Tropical Bamboos of Southeast Asia
12:00 pm - Jay & Cassie LaCourse - Bamboo Charcoal Production and Applications - hotbambu.com
1:00 pm - Scott Shaffer - The Rainwater Harvest School - "The "Dollars and Cents of Building Your Own Rainwater Harvesting System + Important Update on the Rainwater Quality"
2:00 pm - Jinji Willingham - Bamboo Wisdom: Esthetic, Horticultural, Contemplative - basic horticultural (growth habits, species selection for application, care), esthetic and practical application and usage, and concluding with a consideration of what this plant has to teach us, a reflection on the wonder and wisdom (healing potential) of the plant: why it has the draw that it does, what it means to us humans.
