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e-groups and Forums
| Address | Description |
|---|---|
| http://bamboo.org.au/community/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=1 | Forum of the Bamboo Society of Australia (BSA) with bamboo news, events, links to current items of interest etc |
| http://bambus.de/forum/index.html | Good German Forum (use altavista or google to translate.) |
| http://davesgarden.com/forums/f/gab | Dave's Garden Forumns:Grass and Bamboo Discussion Forum |
| http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/bamboo | Bamboo Forum on GardenWeb |
| http://groups.google.com/group/Florida-Bamboo | New Florida Group |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bamboo-Identification/ | Bamboo Identification |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bamboo-plantations/ | Group concerned with issues related to bamboo plantations. |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bamboo/ | Old bamboo group |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bamboogrowing/ | COLD HARDY BAMBOO |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bamboo_World/ | A friendly place to talk,learn +share ideas about bamboo and its many uses,be it for eating,art,fences,wind breaks or looks.Not limited to any region as we all share common likes that transend zones or countys |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinabamboogardardenproducts/ | bamboo gazebo,bamboo furniture, fence, bamboo tikibar, bamboo plywood, bamboo panel, bamboo flooring, etc. bamboo products assmeblt and installation instruction,manunal,bamboo poles treatment,bamboo technology.. |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pacificnorthwestbamboo/ | Group that has been taken over by porn spammers. |
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/texasbamboo/ | Old Texas group |
| http://lesbambous.fr/forum | French bamboo forum. |
| http://lists.topica.com/lists/BambooGrove/ | A place to talk about bamboo and gardens and related and unrelated things,and to exchange information in an environment of jolly good fellowship. |
| www.bamboocraft.net/forums/ | Bamboo Arts and Craft Network |
| www.bambootexas.com/php2 | BambooBoard A discussion forum for bamboo enthusiasts |
| www.bambusy.info | Czech website with bamboo information and Forums. |
| www.bambusy.pl | Forum dla zainteresowanych uprawą bambusa w Polsce. Bambus mrozoodporny. Bamboo in Poland Use http://translatica.pwn.pl/index_i.php?a=001 to translate. |
| www.growingontheedge.net | A forum for plantspeople who like 'exotic'plants and gardens. |
| www.texasbamboosociety.org/forum/toast.asp | Texas Bamboo Society forum |
Information
| Address | Description |
|---|---|
| http://aboutbamboo.free.fr | A preliminary French-English website for basic information about bamboo and its uses. |
| http://ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=165680 | Nutritive Quality of Bamboo Browse for Livestock |
| http://bamboo-identification.co.uk | Personal site of Chris Stapleton with technical information on bamboo morphology, names, means of identification, and links to his publications and other online information on bamboo names. |
| http://bambus.de/index.html | German website including "1000 things made of bamboo" |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo | Wikipedia bamboo entry |
| http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/bamboo.htm | Growing Bamboo In The Landscape |
| http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/GrowingBamboo.htm | Growing Bamboo in Georgia |
| http://thebamboopress.blogspot.com | A blog about bamboo. Random interesting facts and pictures posted daily about bamboo. Bamboo news and current topics. |
| http://vegetables.wsu.edu/bamboo.html | WSU Cooperative Extension Bamboo Research |
| http://www.bamboolexicon.com/ | Bamboo information and photos in German. |
| http://www.bambushecken.de | Bamboo hedge. A new trend? |
| http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=20753 | Fora of China - Bamboo Section |
| http://www.fargesia-jiuzhaigou.de | Information about the Fargesia jiuzhaigou species. |
| http://www.fargesia-robusta-campbell.de | The "Fargesia robusta - family" |
| http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~bwc/index.html | The World of Bamboo Japanese Website |
| moved | Pacific Northwest farm research with mature henon bambo. |
| Site down was vegetablesteel.com | Custom Bamboo Homes in Costa Rica. They also have a bilingual workshop to learn to build with bamboo. |
| Site Down was www.bambooresearch.com | This website is devoted to providing information, articles, links, current research and discussion pertaining to one of mankind's most economically and ecologically important plants; Bamboo. |
| www.bamboo-identification.co.uk | A good website on bamboo identification by Chris Stapleton. |
| www.bamboodownunder.com.au | Welcome to Bamboo Down Under - We are Australia's number one retail bamboo nursery! This site is here to give you some useful Bamboo Info about many different aspects of bamboo, to show you some Photos of bamboo. |
| www.bamboohome.com | China. Diversified group of manufacturing companies, Bamboo Fiber manufacturer and inventor. Bamboo Yarn spinner ,patent holder with oeko-tex 100 Class I certificated. |
| www.bambooselect.us | Articles about growing bamboo as a landscape plant. Quality bamboo propagated by tissue culture. |
| www.bamboosource.com | Bamboo Source - Your Bamboo Resource |
| www.bambrotex.com | China bamboo manufacturer -- bamboo fiber, bamboo yarn, bamboo top and bamboo filament. Give you clothing more health and ECO. www.bambrotex.com |
| www.bambubrasileiro.com/i1.html | BambuBrasileiro Bamboo site from Brasil |
| www.bambusinformationen.de | Many kinds of bamboo with pictures and informations. |
| www.bambusparadies.de | Winterharte Bambusarten (Winter-hard kinds of bamboo)
German site with photos, links and information. |
| www.boonut.com | Bamboo Nut Company (Information and recorded pronunciations) |
| www.chinabamboogarden.com | bamboo garden products,poles,furnitures |
| www.completebamboo.com | Learn about the cultivation, ecology, and benefit of bamboo. A site dedicated to the advancement of bamboo in the United States. |
| www.eeob.iastate.edu/research/bamboo/ | A project to elucidate the phylogeny of the bamboos using cladistic analysis of both molecular and morphological data is underway. This is a preliminary web site with more information. |
| www.farminfo.org/othercrops/bamboo.htm | The Small Farm Resource |
| www.gator-ventures.com/bamboo/ | Private site in Florida. Has nice clumper propagation pictures. |
| www.halfsidebamboo.info | Informative blog on growing bamboo in the pacific northwest |
| www.hardyoutdoorexotics.com | A blogger's attempt at sustaining bamboo in Alberta, Canada (Zone 3a). Dealing with Phyllostachys Aureosulcata Alata, Phyllostachys Pubescens, Phyllostachys Aurea, and Fargesia Murielea. |
| www.hemp-guide.com/bamboo-plant-facts.html | Very useful information regarding the benefits of bamboo |
| www.livingwithbugs.com/PDFiles/bamboo.pdf | Bamboo Mite
Identification and Management |
| www.mrbamboo.com.au/bamboo_care/bamboo_care.html | Bamboo care. |
| www.needmorebamboo.com | Great information on growing bamboo in zone 6 and colder. |
| www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Bamboo_names.html | Sorting the Names of Bamboos MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE |
| www.shakuhachi.com/TOC-Bamboo.html | Bamboo Resources |
Organizations
| Address | Description |
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| http://bambus-austria.at | EBS Austria |
| www.abssocal.org | The Southern California Chapter of the American Bamboo Society |
| www.aebfrance.com | EBS France |
| www.americanbamboo.org | American Bamboo Society |
| www.americanbamboo.org/ChapterPages/HawaiiChapterInfo.html | Hawaii Chapter of the American Bamboo Society |
| www.bamboepagina.nl | EBS Netherlands |
| www.bamboo.org.au | Bamboo Society of Australia (BSA) |
| www.bamboocentral.net | Old Texas Bamboo Society Site |
| www.bamboocentral.org | ENVIRONMENTAL BAMBOO FOUNDATION |
| www.bamboooftheamericas.org | BOTA - Bamboo of the Americas |
| www.bamboosociety.org/ | European Bamboo Society (EBS) homepage |
| www.bambuitalia.it | EBS - Italian Bamboo Association |
| www.bambus-deutschland.de | EBS Germany |
| www.bambus-schweiz.ch | EBS Switzerland |
| www.caneandbamboo.org | Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre in North Eastern India. |
| www.inbar.int | International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) |
| www.lgcc-abs.org | Louisiana-Gulf Coast Chapter
of the American Bamboo Society |
| www.oregonbambooassociation.org | Oregon Bamboo Association - disbanded at the end of 2009 |
| www.pnwbamboo.org | Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Bamboo Society. |
| www.sec-bamboo.org | Southeast Chapter American Bamboo Society |
| www.texasbamboosociety.net | New Texas Bamboo Society Site |
| www.tropicalbamboo.org | The Florida Caribbean Chapter of the
American Bamboo Society |
| www.worldbamboo.net | World Bamboo Organization |
| www.worldbamboocongress.org | The website for the 2009 World Bamboo Congress in Bangkok, Thailand |
Parks, Gardens and Zoos with bamboo
| Address | Description |
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| www.arboretum.harvard.edu | Arnold Arboretum..Boston,Mass. One of the best arboretums in the USA. |
| www.bamboogarden.org/ | The Bamboo Garden at Foothill College. Los Altos, California |
| www.bambooland.com.au | Bamboo Land Gardens and Nursery. Bamboo specialized nursery with 10 acres of landscaped, botanical garden style display gardens boasting over 100 species of bamboo growing in a bamboo paradise. |
| www.biltmore.com | Biltmore Estate in asheville,nc a unkown number of bamboo being grown...cost to go in. |
| www.buschgardens.com/buschgardens/fla/default.aspx | Busch Gardens Tampa, FL |
| www.cas.usf.edu/garden/index.htm | University of South Florida Botanical Gardens |
| www.denverbotanicgardens.org | Denver Botanic Gardens (Colorado)28 speices of bamboo |
| www.fairchildgarden.org/ | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Coral Gables (Miami), Florida |
| www.hcp4.net/mercer/ | A Harris County precinct 4 park in Texas. One of the largest bamboo collections on the Gulf coast. The park hosts the Mercer Bamboo Meetings monthly, fourth Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 12:00. This is a public park, no admission fee. |
| www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/HEHBotanicalHome.html | HUNTINGTON BOTANICAL GARDENS
SAN MARINO, CA |
| www.kanapaha.org/ | Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Gainesville, Fl |
| www.leugardens.org/ | Harry P. Leu Gardens Orlando, Fl |
| www.mckeegarden.org/ | McKee Botanical Garden Vero Beach, FL |
| www.nybg.org | New York Botanical Garden 13 spieces of bamboo |
| www.phipps.conservatory.org | Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens -One Schenley Park Pittsburgh,Pa.15213 -2 species of bamboo |
| www.scottarboretum.org | Scott Arboretum/Swarthmore College 500 college ave. swarthmore,pa 19081 - 18 speices of bamboo |
| www.sdgardens.com/ | San Diego Botanic Gardens Formarly Quail Botanical Gardens Encinitas, CA |
| www.sfzoo.org/ | San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco, CA |
| www.smith.edu | Smith College Northampton,Mass (outside springfield) 13 species of bamboo |
| www.zilkergarden.org/ | Zilker Botanical Garden
Austin, Tx |
Pictures
| Address | Description |
|---|---|
| http://bamboe.homeip.net/bamboe.htm | The Bamboo Page Links and Pictures |
| http://www.chinabamboogarden.com/UploadFile/2008327224141606.jpg | bamboo tiki bar huts with bar stools, bamboo mini bar sets,bamboo tiki huts |
| www.arkive.org/ | ARKive - Images of life on Earth "ARKive is the Noah's Ark for the Internet era - a unique global initiative, gathering together into one centralised digital library, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world?s species." |
| www.bamboocraft.net/gallery/ | Bamboo Arts and Craft Network |
| www.bambooinfo.com/products1.htm | We are a manufacturer of bamboo flooring and other bamboo products, such as solid bamboo flooring, colored bamboo flooring, handscraped bamboo flooring,bamboo paneling, bamboo accessories, bamboo furniture and etc in China. |
Products
| Address | Description |
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| http://bamabamboo.net | A New Bamboo farm and Nusery growing in North Alabama. Plants for sale, Bamboo removal, bamboo barriers, bamboo privacy screens, poles. |
| http://www.bamboo-directory.com | bamboo dirctory |
| http://www.brightbamboo.com | a bamboo plywood, floor, doors' supplier. |
| http://www.fotosearch.com | Fotosearch Stock Photography allows users to search from over 2.5 million images from 140 quality stock photography publishers at one site (including over 3,000 bamboo images). Users can also find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, stock video |
| http://www.hemp-guide.com/bamboo-wind-chimes.html | A selection of bamboo wind chimes and information regarding the benefits. |
| http://www.shadesshuttersblinds.com/woven-wood-blinds.asp | Woven wood blinds and bamboo shades. |
| http://www.wetsand.com/category.asp?catid=2184 | Gary Young's bamboo surfboards |
| www.123bamboo.com | Manufacturer of bamboo flooring and exporter of various bamboo products from China. |
| www.4windsbamboo.com | Bamboo Stairs, bamboo wallpaper, bamboo railing, bamboo planks and bamboo flooring from Four Winds Bamboo in Boulder, Colorado. |
| www.amazuluinc.com | amaZulu is a central Florida-based bamboo, thatch, and tropical themed product supplier |
| www.ammantex.com | Ammantex Ltd really are experts when it comes to Bamboo towels and organic cotton towels. We Produce Bamboo towels of high abrasion proof capacity. Strong durability, stability & tenacity.Bamboo towels are anti-bacterial.It has excellent wet permeabil |
| www.bamboo-floorings.com | bamboo flooring,bamboo decking,bamboo plywood furniture board |
| www.bambooarrow.com/ | International Bamboo Arrow Society
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| www.bambooclothes.com | Bamboo shirts and yarn |
| www.bambooeurope.com | Company specialized in business and sales development activities for Europe |
| www.bambooheadquarters.com | Bamboo Nursery in Southern California with over 250 varieties of bamboo. Wholesale, retail, mail order and online sales. |
| www.bambooinfo.com | We are a manufacturer of bamboo flooring and other bamboo products, such as solid bamboo flooring, colored bamboo flooring, handscraped bamboo flooring,bamboo paneling, bamboo accessories, bamboo furniture and etc in China. |
| www.bambooland.com.au | Bamboo Land Nursery. Bamboo specialized nursery with 10 acres of landscaped, botanical garden style display gardens boasting over 100 species of bamboo growing in a bamboo paradise. |
| www.bambooland.hu | This is a professional team who promote bamboo products in europe. Bambooland products include:Classic swedish bamboo parquet,Swedish parquet for floor heating,Strand Woven Floor,Floating floor with lock system,Bamboo veneers,Bamboo accessories |
| www.bambooman.com.au | Bamboo Whitsunday supplies Bamboos for every garden situation. We also sell Bamboo poles in many sizes and colours for your arts and craft needs. Australian Based. |
| www.bamboooutfitters.com | Bamboo Outfitters is an online retailer specializing in items made from bamboo. We have products for Him, for Her, for Baby, and for the Home, including shirts, pants, socks, towels, sheets, blankets, lotions and soaps! |
| www.bambooproducts4u.com | Wholesale Bamboo Products - China Bamboo Products Company |
| www.bamboostyle.co.uk | Among the bamboo products our experienced team will help you find are natural bamboo blinds and shades, bamboo home furniture including table and chairs, solid bamboo flooring and bamboo poles. |
| www.bamboosurfboards.com.au | Bamboo Surfboards Australia |
| www.bamboozle.com.au | Specialist suppliers and installers of a wide range of high quality bamboo flooring and bamwood flooring for home or commercial use in Perth Western Australia. 75% harder than Jarrah wood/timber floors. |
| www.blazingbamboo.com | Blazing Bamboo offers a variety of beautiful BAMBOO LAMPS. Each of our lamps is handmade in Southeast Asia. What started out as one family's hobby has now expanded to support a local community in Asia by way of these lamp sales. |
| www.bmeres.com/bambooframe.htm | Bamboo Bike frame. |
| www.chinabamboogarden.com | bamboo gazebo,bamboo furniture, fence, bamboo tikibar, bamboo plywood, bamboo panel, bamboo flooring, etc. CBG have been dedicating in this field for several years, at the beginning , some of us do chinese traditional handicraft products |
| www.eco-bambooflooring.com | Located in Hangzhou,we are ECO Bmaboo & wood from China,specialise in manufacturing & exporting Solid bamboo flooring, Strand woven bamboo flooring,Bmaboo shutter,Bamboo fencing, Bamboo decking etc. Feel free to contact us:ecobambooproducts@tom.com |
| www.ekobamboo.com | supply bamboo flooring with a full line of accessories,together with strand woven bamboo flooring,engineered bamboo flooring,click locked bamboo flooring,bamboo panels,bamboo veneer etc. |
| www.EvolveBicycles.com | Evolve Bamboo Bicycles specializes in Custom built Road, Mountain, and Cyclocross frames using Bamboo and Hemp fiber. |
| www.grainsurf.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?t=397 | Bamboo surfboard |
| www.guaduabamboocostarica.com | Original constructions and furniture from Costa Rica. Guadua Bamboo Costa Rica offers wholesale furniture packages and is the Central American expert in bamboo constructions, visit us today online! |
| www.kongfi.com | China KongFi Textile Co., Ltd is leading manufacturer of top-grade yarn in China . Products are mainly organic cotton yarn , bamboo yarn , modal yarn , tencel yarn , milk yarn , viscose yarn , silk yarn , mercerized wool yarn etc. |
| www.moso-bamboo.com | MOSO offers a unique assortment of innovative and ecologic products made of bamboo. Typical characteristics are “Green”, Durable and Design. |
| www.newshootsbamboo.com | Information about bamboo plants, bamboo florida from Newshoots bamboo nursery. |
| www.patagoniaplants.com | Website with Chilean plant descriptions, including 3 different types of Chusquea! Chusquea culeou, Chusquea montana & Chusquea cumingii! (also other plants!) Patagonia Plants is trying to add more varieties every year. Please have a look at the website! |
| www.Pflanzen-Exoten.de | German bamboo seeds collector. Worldwide shipping. |
| www.plyboo.com | Plyboo Flooring and paneling |
| www.shakuhachi.com | Shakuhachi-Traditional Japanese Bamboo Flutes. |
| www.southfloridabamboofarm.com | Growers of Exotic Tropical Bamboo, 100s of Varieties, Lowest prices in the US !! |
| www.spiritwinds.com/bamboo.htm | Bamboo Wind Chimes, original wind chime designs from Spirit Winds. |
| www.takehei.jp | Japanese Exceptional Bamboo poles for interior and craft. |
| www.tamabi.ac.jp/idd/shiro/bamboo | Bamboo Patterns |
| www.tenbro.com | China. Diversified group of manufacturing companies, Bamboo Fiber manufacturer and inventor. Bamboo Yarn spinner ,patent holder with oeko-tex 100 Class I certificated. |
| www.theslammer.co.nz | The Slammer is a Landscape/Construction tool which originated at Bamboo Gardens of Washington. Removal,control,or propagation made easy. This Slammer is much more Robust than the original, now made in New Zealand and Bombproof. |
| www.tropicalbamboo.com | Bamboo Nursery in Southern Florida growing more than 100 species of tropical, clumping bamboo. Non-invasive bamboos only. Wholesale, retail, mail order and online sales. Installations within Florida. |
Sources with reciprocal links
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| http://www.gabrielash.com/products/lean_to_greenhouses.html | Lean To Greenhouses The garden offers such seclusion and creative freedom; so why not buy a Gabriel Ash Lean to Greenhouse Today. |
| http://bamabamboo.net | A New Bamboo Farm and Nusery growing in North Alabama. Plants for sale, Bamboo removal, bamboo barriers, bamboo privacy screens, poles. |
| http://bamboosprings.mysouthwest.com.au | specializing in all things bamboo supliers of plants poles and timber and fresh eating shoots located in Pemberton in the south west of western Australia |
| http://www.carterbamboo.com/ | Carter Bamboo is a retail bamboo nursery open by appointment only. We are family owned and located in Wild Peach, Texas between Brazoria and West Columbia. Carter Bamboo specializes in ornamental tropical clumping bamboo. |
| www.bambooandtikis.com/ | Rolled bamboo fencing, hand carved Hawaiian tiki statues and other outdoor landscaping products. |
| www.bamboogarden.com/default.htm | Web site with Many pictures and much descriptive information. Growers of over 250 different bamboos. in Northwest Oregon. |
| www.bambooglade.com | English bamboo grower and website. |
| www.BambooHeadquarters.com | Bamboo Plants Specialty nursery in Southern California. Over 250 varieties available. Secure online ordering! Retail and Wholesale. Large selection, Huge inventory. |
| www.bambooland.com.au | Bamboo specialized nursery with 10 acres of landscaped, botanical garden style display gardens boasting over 100 species of bamboo growing in a bamboo paradise. |
| www.bambooman.com.au | Bamboo Whitsunday supplies Bamboos for every garden situation. We also sell Bamboo poles in many sizes and colours for your arts and craft needs. |
| www.bambooselect.us | US-based company producing quality bamboo from tissue-culture. |
| www.bamboosourcery.com | Bamboo Sourcery is a bamboo specialty farm and nursery located in northern California, where we grow and sell over 300 species of bamboos for landscaping. We share a great deal of our expertise on our popular and highly educational website. |
| www.blueridgebamboo.com | Located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, we specialize in cold hardy clumping bamboo, mountain bamboo and highly ornamental running type bamboo that make beautiful additions to your interior and landscape. |
| www.earthcare.com.au | Australian nursery growing bamboos, gingers, aquatics and other food plants. Our website has lots of images, recipies and information on the plants we grow. International plants orders are possible but please check your import permit requirements first! |
| www.gaiayoga.org/nursery | Tropical Permaculture NURSERY on Big Island of HAWAII specializing in clumping BAMBOO (40 species including D. Asper HITAM), Coconuts, Bananas, Fruit Trees, Perennial Vegetables, & Passion Fruit. We also have an intentional community, www.gaiayoga.org. |
| www.goingbamboo.com/ | Goingbamboo provides all types of Bamboo Products Bamboo Cutting Board, Bamboo Kitchen Accessories, Bamboo Plates, Bamboo Sushi Bowls, and Bamboo Platters. |
| www.lewisbamboo.com | Bamboo Nursery specializing in cold hardy bamboo to add tropical beauty to your landscape, provide privacy screens and put ornamental plants in your gardens. |
| www.mibamboo.com | Michigan Bamboo Company is a licensed landscape contractor. Focusing on temperate bamboo varieties, we are the only licensed dealer in Michigan specializing in bamboo sales & installation. |
| www.midatlanticbamboo.com | A bamboo farm and nursery located in south central Virginia with over 90 varieties of bamboo growing in over 100 different groves. |
| www.needmorebamboo.com | The Needmore Bamboo Co. is located in Southern Indiana near Needmore in Brown County. We are on the edge of USDA climate Zone 5b/6. |
| www.oregonbamboonursery.com/ | Good information for the Portland Oregon area and plants for sale. |
| www.palmbeachbamboo.com | Palm Beach Bamboo was originated to provide quality Bamboo. We are a South Florida Tropical Bamboo Nursery providing field grown and large container specimen Bamboos for the Landscape and Grandscape industry. |
| www.pleasantvalleybamboo.com | Pleasant Valley Bamboo is located in Arab, AL. Our business is currently "Growing" with several species planted. |
| www.redcloudbamboo.com.au | Melbourne's leading supplier of Bamboo Plants. |
| www.therealgarden.co.uk | Garden designer, landscape gardener, gardening advice. Transforming all sizes of garden from courtyards to country estates. |
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