Bamboo Inspiration

Bamboo Inspiration guides and articles help you explore the potential of bamboo plants and products for you and your; house, gardening, crafts, DIY projects, outdoor activities and sports... and more, you definitely won't be disappointed.

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There are a huge variety of species of bamboo for sale to suit any garden or landscape project, and hundreds of different types of products made from harvesting these fast growing bamboo plants... the list is continually growing!

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Bamboo plants

Bamboo plants are very popular as evergreen and ornamental plants, privacy screens, hedge, ground cover, fencing and fence panels, edging, wind breaks, fountains, transplanting bamboo and planting, container gardening plants, caring for bamboo plants, propagation, division, pruning...

These plants come in many sizes, from dwarf species to the largest members of the family with growth exceeding one metre a day! We can cultivate them for use in the creation of a huge variety of products.

It can be left un-pruned, but like many other plants, pruning is required to maintain the plants attractiveness in your garden and to stop it from getting out of control.

Control and Containment... Bamboo Inspiration guide on how to control the running species of bamboo, includes pruning bamboo tips, and links to rhizome barrier and a barrier installation guide.

And if you just want to completely eradicate it, see my page on how to kill bamboo or try different ways of controlling bamboo described in... Kill bamboo alternative methods.

Garden gifts such as wind chimes or outdoor water fountains, are ideal presents to give to friends or family members as presents.

Pieces of garden furniture made from bamboos are beautiful and strong, for example, benches and bar stools.

Or, why not consider a gazebo? They can be an impressive and useful structure in your garden for outdoor entertaining and parties, and are also excellent to enclose a spa or whirlpool in your garden.

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Books

To view a selection of books specific to bamboo plants, gardening and landscaping, bamboo products, and read reviews before you buy, browse the list linked on Bamboo Books.

Bamboo Flooring

An excellent alternative to hard wood floors. Exceptionally durable, hard, hygienic, environmentally friendly, and stable.

Examples of flooring topics covered in the Bamboo Inspiration site are;

Bamboo Furniture

Why not create your own world of comfort with furniture for your home and kitchen made from this environmentally friendly natural resource.

Bamboo countertops are also an increasingly popular alternative to hardwood countertops and well worth considering.

There is some stunning bedroom Furniture to be found. Add a floor vase or indoor water fountain too.

Outdoor furniture... Create an atmosphere of relaxation for socialising outdoors by using a gazebo, garden bench or tiki bar for your garden furniture.

Bamboo Gifts

Ideas for bamboo gifts for; presents, birthdays and special occasions from Bamboo Inspiration.

I always think books can't fail to be a good choice for gifts and the topics you can choose from range from those related to plants and gardening to books about building and construction using materials made from bamboos.

I hope this site will give you an insight into the range of unique products you can choose from.

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Blinds

Whatever atmosphere you want to create in your home or garden, intimate, inviting, elegant, tropical, you can find blinds to choose from in decoration or interior design.

Sheets, Towels, and Clothing

A prized material for bamboo sheets and towels by the linen industry and an increasingly popular environmentally friendly, natural, soft, and breathable range of products with anti microbial and anti fungal properties.

Clothes made from this fabric are incredibly soft, smooth, and luxuriously comfortable. Wearing them has been likened to wearing a cross between silk and cashmere. Read about the benefits of bamboo clothing...

Crafts

Traditional crafts such as rice steamer, chairs, stools, fountains, hats, baskets, rugs, beds, cups, bowls, eating utensils, chopsticks, fishing traps and fly rods, boats, carts, musical instruments and toys. Tabletop Fountain - A guide on how to design indoor fountains

Bamboo Construction

The construction industry increasingly makes use of the wide variety of building products now available that are made from this most versatile and sustainable building material such as paneling and bamboo flooring.

Fishing Rods

The making of good quality split cane bamboo fishing rods is a skilled craft. This section of Bamboo Inspiration includes information on antique fishing rods, fly fishing rods for sale, affordable fly rods, blanks and fly rod building.

Food Source

Some species of bamboos you can harvest new shoots that are edible and you will often find them used in Asian recipes and cooking. See bamboo recipes and edible species examples for more information.

Lucky Bamboo

Feng Shui is more commonly known in the form of the lucky bamboo plant. However, it can be in many other forms such as wind chimes, garden water fountains, indoor water fountains, flutes, flooring, gardening, Feng Shui fountain, building and construction materials.

Pictures

Providing you with access to stock photos and high resolution royalty free images resources for pictures, photos, and digital images. I also have a page for paintings related to these beautiful plants.

Publish your pictures of bamboo plants or products on Bamboo Inspiration!