The 10th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival was held Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, Texas on Saturday and Sunday, August 24 and 25th, 2002
 Here is some info about this event...

On Saturday Evening 6 - 9 there was a * Special Member's Program *

Special Guest Presentations
"Let's Build a Star Cage Workshop" conducted by Akio Hizume
 Each participant made a 'tabletop' starcage using 270 bamboo rods. This workshop was limited to 20 participants.
see examples of Akio's work
The workshop fee of $100 included supplies.
Akio Hizume, Architect and Artist from Japan -combines architecture, music, and geometry with bamboo!    Registration Information
Gale Beth Goldberg, AIA, Author of BAMBOO STYLE,
Slide Presentation and Book Signing, Sunday, 1:30 pm
Imagine the possibilities with bamboo-- living with bamboo indoors and out.
Relax and enjoy fun slides, interesting, idea-provoking, images and stories...
more about Bamboo Style
Saturday Afternoon Presentations
"Bamboo Propagation and Care" How to get your Bamboo off to a Good Start!"
"TxBooGuru", Kinder Chambers
VP Texas Bamboo Society, Director American Bamboo Society
The first year of propagating or planting bamboo is the most challenging for it with our hot summers. Kinder Chambers, Vice President of the TBS, provides you with all the techniques and answers that will make your bamboo purchase at the festival a great success. email Kinder here
"Bamboo and Straw Bale"
Slide Presentation by Frank Meyer, Thangmaker Construction
Frank has been working with straw bale since 1993 and has built over 25 straw bale structures. He helped build a straw bale school in China after the earthquake and helped build a straw bale ecolodge in the remote bush country of Alaska. "Thangmaker's primary focus and intention is natural building. By choosing building materials that are more sustainable, such as straw, bamboo, earth, and reclaimed and unmilled timbers, we lessen the impact on the environment of building a home as well as create a more human friendly atmosphere." more info here

Bamboo as an Arts and Craft Material, "Living and Working with Bamboo"
 Mark Meckes, Bamboo Arts and Craft Network
As founder of the Bamboo Arts and Craft Network, Mark will introduce you to the world of turning bamboo into decorative and useful products along with how incorporating bamboo into your lifestyle can improve your environment and state of mind while providing future art and craft materials.
Bamboo Plant Evaluation Research Project Update, Steve Muzos
Do you a have a few bamboos or looking for your first? Steve is in the process of compiling all the species being grown in the state and expanding his research by trying to introduce different species of bamboo into questionable growing regions to record their reproduction and survival rates. A very important project where TBS can provide documented results of a bamboo you are considering purchasing and if it has a track record here. Get with Steve if you would like to participate.
Bamboo Paper Making Demonstration, Tear it Up by Ann Heinrichs
There will be many varieties of bamboo plants and all kinds of "things" made with bamboo for sale!
Bamboo Poles, Bamboo Walking Sticks, Select Bamboo Pieces for Special Craft Projects
Tours of the bamboo plantings at the Taniguchi Oriental Garden
Musical Instruments and Entertainment to be Announced
Expert Information on Growing and Controlling Bamboo
Many Treasures from the Bamboo Garden
Books and Educational Literature
Bamboo Furniture
Bamboo Crafts
Raffle

additional parking area on Stratford Drive

This event marks our first "decade" of providing educational events to the Austin area, surrounding cities and communities, along with friends and members from many bordering states. We hope you enjoy this year's program and consider joining the Texas Bamboo Society Chapter of the American Bamboo Society. As a member, your knowledge about bamboo will grow as you will have opportunities to be in touch with people who grow and use bamboo worldwide, and you will be able to help us to provide programs for our next ten years of service to the community. See you there!

We will have a Special Member's Program on Saturday evening 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Akio Hizume will show a new video movie of his recent works and Gale Beth Goldberg will show us previews of her new book, Bamboo Style. A special "Members' Get Together Dinner" will be catered by the Bamboo Garden Chinese Restaurant. Advance dinner reservations are required. Call the numbers below to make your reservation now.

The Texas Bamboo Festival is the annual fund-raising event for the Texas Bamboo Society. The Texas Bamboo Society is a non-profit educational organization that depends on your membership and event participation to bring all these services to you. A portion of the proceeds will be used to foster interest in bamboo, provide educational information, support bamboo arts and crafts and to introduce new varieties to the multi-state region represented by the Texas Bamboo Society
To participate in future Annual Texas Bamboo Festival as a presenter, vendor of bamboo related items, or want to display your bamboo memorabilia send email here

phone (512) 929-9565 or (254) 593-4012 For more information about bamboo join:
The Texas Bamboo Society

The American Bamboo Society

bamboocentral.net

bamboocraft.net