View of the bamboo tops from the tea house at the Taniguchi Japanese Garden, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas - November 13, 2012 Taniguchi Japanese Garden - Bamboo Workday Third Saturday of the Month from 10 am - 1 pm - Taniguchi Bamboo Groves The Texas Bamboo Society meets (weather permitting) on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10am - 1pm - in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Bring a saw, hand clippers and loppers to do some bamboo grooming and learn about the different species of bamboo that grow well in central Texas as you become part of the Taniguchi Revitalization Project. Questions? email or call (512) 929-9565 Bambusa oldhamii Taniguchi Japanese Garden Pseudosasa japonica Taniguchi Japanese Garden New Gate Taniguchi Japanese Garden Mark your calendar now for the 21st Annual Texas Bamboo Festival Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15, 2013. Call 512-929-9565 for further details if you want to attend, be a vendor, do a demonstration or give a lecture/talk. Past Event Pics: Thanks to everyone who attended the ABS2012 National Conference in Austin, Texas – a great time was had by all. Here are 3 different versions of event pictures: Tom Harlow’s Pictures from the ABS2012 National Conference Gib Cooper’s Pictures Carole Meckes’s Pictures American Bamboo Society Annual Meeting, Lafayette, LA (Oct 12-16, 2011) 19th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival (September 24-25, 2011) 18th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival (August 28-29, 2010) Work Day at the Chambers Bamboo Farm (Sept. 25, 2010)