The 50-acre Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens showcases more than 60 different species of temperate bamboo and is open Monday through Sunday. Most of the pictures (except where noted) were taken by David Linvill at the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens in Savannah, Ga. There are always exceptions to the rule and further research of each species is advisable. Just like other plants, each bamboo species has unique characteristics that may require special care. This list is not comprehensive and does not imply that other species won’t grow well. Bamboo species described in this publication are believed to grow well in most areas of Georgia. The following information is written as a general guide. However, due to huge differences in growing conditions and bamboo species, each selected species should be grown on a small scale and tested before investing large amounts of money. This booklet is written in an attempt to filter through much of the available information and make a simple, user-friendly information guide on growing bamboo in Georgia, which has a wide variety of soils and temperate zones. One of the best sources of information is available online at. Sadly, there are only a few books written about bamboo. Approximately 70 genera make up more than 1,200 species. Bamboo is a member of the grass family Poaceae, formally called Gramineae. It grows from the hottest areas of the tropics, the subtropics, to snow-covered mountains in temperate zones. Native in Southeast Asia, Africa and the Americas, bamboo is a perennial, woody, shrub/tree-like plant. Taiwan alone uses 80,000 tons of bamboo shoots annually, creating a projected $50 million industry. It is used in many ways, including structural support for housing, as rebar in concrete, paneling, floor tiles, musical instruments, fishing poles, hunting, furniture, toys, rafts, bridges, clothing, baskets, scaffolding, medicine, food, water and soil conservation and it makes thousands of agro-forestry products. Forewordīamboo is an essential plant of life for many people around the world. The authors want to thank all the members we met at the American Bamboo Society 2000 National Meeting in Atlanta for their helpful information. He might then take a walk over a bamboo suspension bridge, drink water from a bamboo ladle, and scrape himself with a bamboos scraper (handkerchief)." On rising he would smoke a bamboo pipe and taking a bamboo pen, write on bamboo paper, or carry his articles in bamboo baskets suspended from a bamboo pole, with a bamboo umbrella over his head. His child might be lying in a bamboo cradle, playing with a bamboo toy.
When through with his meal, which has been cooked over a bamboo fire, the table may be washed with a bamboo cloth, and he can fan himself with a bamboo fan, take a siesta on a bamboo bed, lying on a bamboo mat with his head resting on a bamboo pillow. He can at the same time hold in one hand a bamboo bowl, in the other hand bamboo chopsticks and eat bamboo sprouts. "A man can sit in a bamboo house under a bamboo roof, on a bamboo chair at a bamboo table, with a bamboo hat on his head and bamboo sandals on his feet. Preventing Running Bamboo from Spreading.
David Linvill, Chatham County Extension Agent 1
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