New Gate on the north side of the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX The 17th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival will be held at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX on Saturday and Sunday, August 22 - 23, 2009. 17th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival Details Vendor Application for 17th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival ********************************************************************************************** July 18, 2009 (weather permitting) - Bamboo Garden Study and Bamboo Hoop Project! The Texas Bamboo Society meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month (weather permitting) from 10am - 1pm - in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Learn how to make bamboo hoops using a bamboo splitter, a mallet and a froe. Bring a saw, hand clippers and loppers in case we have time to do some bamboo grooming - Be part of the Taniguchi Revitalization Project. The Taniguchi Japanese Garden will be celebrating its' 40th Anniversary this fall. Questions? email or call (512) 929-9565 Print a walking tour of the bamboo in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX **************************************************************************** Bamboo Hoops Bamboo Hoops & Bambusa oldhamii Invitation to Culmination Space 2009 Description Location: Co-Lab, 613 Allen Street, Austin, TX 78702   phone: 512-300-8207 Installation: Saturday, July 18, 7-11PM, Presentation/Discussion 8:30PM Open Hours: Sunday, July 19, 1-4PM Culmination Space springs from the definition of culmination as a condition of gathering, accumulation and discovery. A consortium of bamboo, cotton and concrete blocks is arranged and in session - projecting future planning concepts and visions displayed in the form of paintings, drawings, assemblages and projections. The exhibition will include works and information related to the installation and will include a presentation of Culmnia (bambusa major multiplex) and the Concept for Urban Living Module. A spatial rendering comprised of curved screens or “eyelashes” is assembled with bamboo, concrete blocks, paintings and seating made of rolled cotton denim insulation. The bamboo culms arc skyward and exist as organic, inverted telescopes for this integral study of landscape and architecture existing within layered dimensions. A large central panel displays a fusion of elements that inform and reflect the installation as if networking in an optimistic reweaving of the carpet that serves as both a blueprint and reflection of the city of Eudoxia in the novel Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Discussions: Visitors are invited to present a portrait or description of optimal urban living scenarios. www.artssummit.info Concepts for Optimal Urban Living Discussion : Live coverage and updates for the COULD happening will be posted via Tweet-Mic at Artssummit_MMC on Twitter.com Here are some pictures of the construction of Lauren's Trail, an ADA accessible trail in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. The trail is now completed and is ready for wheel chairs, baby stroller and of course foot traffic! View of Lauren's Trail looking north from the tea house, Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX New staircase in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX Shows the contrast between the original path and the new wheel chair accessible path Pseudosasa japonica near the "A" pond Lauren's Trail almost completed March 13, 2007 Indocalamus tessellatus, Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX Construction of Lauren's Trail at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. The trail will connect the Tea House and the Rose Garden and be accessible for wheel chairs and baby strollers. Pathway leading from the Rose Garden to the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX. The pathway leads up to Lauren's Trail. Click on the pathway to learn more about Lauren's Trail... Bambusa oldhamii at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX. Click on the image for a Bamboo Walking Tour at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Austin, Texas. Entrance Gate to the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas Click on this image to see Jackie's Fundanzers performing the Silver Thread at the 12th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival, August 2004. Austin, Texas. Children's bamboo activities: Here are some pictures of John Nelson's sons and friend having fun with bamboo beads at the 2005 ABS Conference at Mercer Arboretum, Humble, Texas.