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A Message from Sherry
Ralph and I feel very fortunate to have Jennifer helping us at Beautiful Bamboo. She's the person you'll meet when you visit, call or email the nursery. Let Jennifer show you around and answer your questions about which bamboo would best meet your landscaping or bamboo project needs.
Like us on Facebook where you'll find more information and photos about bamboo!
Sherry’s Second Book
New shoots!
Bamboo grows quickly especially when weather is hot and wet.Bamboo in the background...wind chimes in the foreground...rain all aroundWe've recently had both at our Central Florida homestead and our many clumping bamboo plants have responded to the rain and high...
Edible Bamboo Shoots Orlando
Malory and Tim had a wonderful day May 22nd when Beautiful Bamboo attended the Manatee Rare Fruit Council's 25th Annual Rare Fruit Tree Sale. We were invited by MRFC to enhance the variety of edible plants available with the addition of bamboo. It was a day of...
Not only people love bamboo…
It's true. I do love bamboo! I also love all the wildlife I see in and around our many bamboo-covered acres. Below are a few of my favorite photos of animals - large and small - taking advantage of Beautiful Bamboo.Blue dragonfly on emerging Vivax...
What to do when canes overhang a neighbor’s yard
A customer who planted a hedge of Graceful Clumping Bamboo along his property line several years ago recently wrote with the following question: Our clumping bamboo is growing really well, but starting to hang into our neighbors yard, should I cut the...
Creating a beautiful bamboo hedge
Two lovely hedges of clumping bamboosSome of the best bamboos for creating dense living walls of green are in the Bambusa multiplex family of clumping bamboos. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr (Golden Hedge), Bambusa multiplex golden goddess (Golden Goddess) and...
A bamboo teacup
What can you do with bamboo? How about making teacups? Here's a photo sent by one of our customer who not only made a set of teacups out of bamboo poles but used a wood burning tool to etch a design into the wood.
Bamboo leafs out from top to bottom
Gerry, a customer from Islamorada, FL wrote to say:The hedge bamboo we bought from you is doing great. There are lots of new shoots coming out of the ground and it's getting tall with a lot of full growth on the upper third of the stem. Is it OK to "top off" the...
Handmade bamboo chuppah becomes part of one family’s marriage tradition
Customers who purchased our Designer Quality Bamboo Poles in 2010 to make a wedding arch for their daughter recently wrote to update us on the status of their hand-built chuppah.Janet writes: Here is the chuppah that my husband, Peter McDonald, made for our...
Before and After – Seabreeze
Hi Jennifer - 15 short months ago we had the pleasure of visiting Beautiful Bamboo. We were challenged with how we could hide a neighbor's recent addition of a 40 foot motor coach and shed. After a lot of research, we decided to go ahead and invest in...
Bamboo with natural handle makes perfect calligraphy brushes
An artist at the University of Wisconsin needed some small diameter bamboo to use for calligraphy brushes. She wrote to say: I teach art classes at UWLa Crosse in Wisconsin. Next semester I would like to demonstrate the use of handmade brushes and...
Search this Blog:
New shoots!
Bamboo grows quickly especially when weather is hot and wet.Bamboo in the background...wind chimes in the foreground...rain all aroundWe've recently had both at our Central Florida homestead and our many clumping bamboo plants have responded to the rain and high...
Edible Bamboo Shoots Orlando
Malory and Tim had a wonderful day May 22nd when Beautiful Bamboo attended the Manatee Rare Fruit Council's 25th Annual Rare Fruit Tree Sale. We were invited by MRFC to enhance the variety of edible plants available with the addition of bamboo. It was a day of...
Not only people love bamboo…
It's true. I do love bamboo! I also love all the wildlife I see in and around our many bamboo-covered acres. Below are a few of my favorite photos of animals - large and small - taking advantage of Beautiful Bamboo.Blue dragonfly on emerging Vivax...
What to do when canes overhang a neighbor’s yard
A customer who planted a hedge of Graceful Clumping Bamboo along his property line several years ago recently wrote with the following question: Our clumping bamboo is growing really well, but starting to hang into our neighbors yard, should I cut the...
Creating a beautiful bamboo hedge
Two lovely hedges of clumping bamboosSome of the best bamboos for creating dense living walls of green are in the Bambusa multiplex family of clumping bamboos. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr (Golden Hedge), Bambusa multiplex golden goddess (Golden Goddess) and...
A bamboo teacup
What can you do with bamboo? How about making teacups? Here's a photo sent by one of our customer who not only made a set of teacups out of bamboo poles but used a wood burning tool to etch a design into the wood.
Bamboo leafs out from top to bottom
Gerry, a customer from Islamorada, FL wrote to say:The hedge bamboo we bought from you is doing great. There are lots of new shoots coming out of the ground and it's getting tall with a lot of full growth on the upper third of the stem. Is it OK to "top off" the...
Handmade bamboo chuppah becomes part of one family’s marriage tradition
Customers who purchased our Designer Quality Bamboo Poles in 2010 to make a wedding arch for their daughter recently wrote to update us on the status of their hand-built chuppah.Janet writes: Here is the chuppah that my husband, Peter McDonald, made for our...
Before and After – Seabreeze
Hi Jennifer - 15 short months ago we had the pleasure of visiting Beautiful Bamboo. We were challenged with how we could hide a neighbor's recent addition of a 40 foot motor coach and shed. After a lot of research, we decided to go ahead and invest in...
Bamboo with natural handle makes perfect calligraphy brushes
An artist at the University of Wisconsin needed some small diameter bamboo to use for calligraphy brushes. She wrote to say: I teach art classes at UWLa Crosse in Wisconsin. Next semester I would like to demonstrate the use of handmade brushes and...
A Message from Sherry
Ralph and I feel very fortunate to have Jennifer helping us at Beautiful Bamboo. She's the person you'll meet when you visit, call or email the nursery. Let Jennifer show you around and answer your questions about which bamboo would best meet your landscaping or bamboo project needs.
Like us on Facebook where you'll find more information and photos about bamboo!
Sherry’s Second Book