Bamboo Gardens of Washington, a premier destination for bamboo in the Pacific Northwest, has donated two truckloads of high quality bamboo plants to the Garden. They are one of the oldest bamboo nurseries in the northwest. Bamboo, a fast growing evergreen, is represented in over 70 species at this specialty nursery. The owners donated two groundcover bamboos: Sasarella romosa and Pleioblastus pygmaeus.
On Friday, horticultural chair Phil Wood is organizing a Garden work party to plant the bamboo, delivered in two truck loads by president Jon Geiger over the weekend. The plants will be put into the ground on the banks behind the Discovery Center for beauty and erosion control on Friday from 10 am to 3 pm, depending upon the number of strong hands and big hearts that show up to help.
Bamboo is an integral sight in Asian life and landscape – its many uses, from fencing to music and weaving, to sculpture and scaffolding, is considered to be a strong symbol of their people – capable of enduring even the onslaughts of lashing storms and hurricane winds.
Today in central Thailand,
200 bamboo rafts were made by residents of southern Pattani and Yala to aid flood victims displaced by the monsoon flooding of the region.
Come help the Chinese Garden plant this enduring symbol. Contact Phil Wood (206-841-1591) or email: philwood@philwoodgardens.com. We are extremely grateful for this wonderful donation (
please note: Jim and Rainy Husband, owners of the Bamboo Gardens who are looking forward to retirement, have put their nursery in Redmond up for sale. For more information, call 425-868-5166).
"The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends."
竹子长得越高，弯得越低
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