News from: Seed Bank: Byron, Australia

Growing Bamboo Workshop at Seed Centre, August 10th

19 July 2002

How to grow and use clumping bamboos, to be held at The Seed Centre on Saturday August 10th 2002, with expert local bamboo grower, Julianne Hartmann. There are thirteen species up to four years old at the Centre. August is the time for thinning and assessing their potential for shoots, timber and other uses.

One of the clumping bamboos at the Seed Centre

Cale planting a Bambusa latiflorus at the Seed Centre

If you want to know more about growing and maintaining bamboo come to a workshop with Julianne Hartmann on Saturday August 10th at the Seed Centre in Byron Bay.

Julianne is a long time local bamboo grower and there are thirteen species of useful bamboos in the gardens.

Learn how to grow and control your bamboo so that it always looks at its best and hear tips on how to use this fabulous plant. Julianne will show how to use specialised tools that have been collected in several countries where bamboo is grown and utilised.

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Classification

Subject  Seed Training
Regional relation  Australia
Audience  General Interest