Bamboo Events Desk
21st May 2004, 02:33 PM
26th Annual Conference American Bamboo Society, Huntington Gardens, Pasadena CA USA - October 14-17, 2004
Click here for more info: http://www.abssocal.org/conference/
Bamboo Events Desk
2nd October 2004, 01:16 AM
Here are some of the highlights of the 2004 ABS Bamboo Conference at Huntington Gardens, Pasadena, California:
Wednesday, October 13, 2004,
- ABS Board Meeting
Thursday, October 14, 2004 - Pre-Tour day -Explore The Huntington Gardens with scheduled docent tours of the 15 botanical gardens on 130 acres of the 207 acre estate
- Open Labratory - view anatomy, pests, diseases under microscope
- Ralph Evans, Bamboo for Landscapes
- evening reception at the Pacific Asia Museum
Friday, October 15, 2004
- On going displays
- Dr. Lynn Clark, Latin American Bamboo
- Adam Turtle, Earth Healing with Bamboo
- Robert Saporito, Bamboo Differences—Eastern/Western U.S.
- Gilberto Cortes & Gib Cooper, Bamboo Conservation Bamboo of the Americas
Workshops:
- Carol Stangler, From Pole to Art: Making a Bamboo Container.
- Darrel DeBoer, Techniques in Bamboo Joinery and Construction.
- Bob Dimattia & Robert Saporito, Vegetative Propagation of Tropical Bamboos.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
- Dr. James Lo, Farming Bamboo Shoots in Southern California.
- Jan Oprins, The Potential and Reality of Tissue Culture in Europe & the U.S.
- Gale Beth Goldberg, Ways to Be with BAMBOO—INSIDE THE HOME.
Workshops:
- Martin Espino, Making Bamboo Musical Instruments & Learning to Play Them.
- Shari DeBoer, Chinese ancient techniques in a Brush Painting workshop.
- Carol Stangler, will present a slide show and demonstration
- Darrel DeBoer, Construction of Large Structures.
- Dr. James Lo, food demonstration on Bamboo Shoot Preparation.
- Live and Silent Auction
- Banquet Dinner Saturday Evening
Sunday, October 17, 2004
The ABS will host an independent tour of Quail Botanical Gardens, in Encinitas, and Bamboo Headquarters Nursery, in Vista. The signup for this event will be handled separately and includes admission to Quail Gardens and lunch at Bamboo Headquarters.
Complete details, lodging, registration and vendor information is available at the Southern California website (http://www.abssocal.org/conference/)
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday - sale of bamboo items and plants - open to the public.
Cynthia Dickey, Reservations Manager, by e-mail (cdickey@huntington.org), phone (626) 405-3514.
click here for a registration form (pdf file) (http://www.abssocal.org/abshuntington.pdf)