The 15th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 25 - 26, 2007 at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas. Hours are 10 am - 6 pm on Saturday, August 25 and 10 am - 5 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2007. Festival Admission is free. Parking fee $3. Featured sponsors and vendors: Texas Bamboo Society Chapter of the American Bamboo Society Ann Johnson - Bamboo Ceramics Spirit Mama - Spun Bamboo Clothing Bamboo Branch - Bamboo Beads & Jewelry, Poles, & Pieces bamboocraft.net - Bamboo Arts & Network - Species identification, growing & using bamboo Bamboo Bend - Bamboo Plants URPI Latin American Handcrafts - Flutes & Bamboo Jewelry Crossroads Bamboo - Bamboo Plants Cecilia Ling - Fine Art Bamboo Photography & Bamboo Brush Calligraphy Formosa Art Tea House - Slushies & Tea. Learn how to make Zong-Zi, a very traditional Chinese food wrapped by bamboo leaves. Learn about: Chinese cultural bamboo items, Chinese calligraphy - using bamboo brush pen, and bamboo tools used in tea ceremonies. Edimoto - Garden Posts with Kanji characters Lisa Coltman - Dichroic glass and bamboo jewelry - Make your own bamboo tile jewelry Kaylen Savoie - Bamboo Hunter Waterstones - vases created from stone with bamboo accents email igrowbamboo - plants & bamboo design t-shirts RM-Collectibles.com - Hand-Made Bamboo Crafts from Mt. Fuji, Japan bambootexas.com - Bamboo Plants Happy Sprout Farm - Bamboo Plants Utility Research Garden - Bamboo Plants Bob and Joan Carabin - San Antonio,TX - sponsoring Jose' Albornoz of the Wayanay Inka Quarter Moon Traditions - John Falcon - native American flutes *********************************************************************** Bamboo and bamboo related vendors apply here: Vendor Application To exhibit your bamboo art and craft work at the 15th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival inquire here *********************************************************************** The Bamboo Festival is the annual fund raiser for the Texas Bamboo Society Chapter of the American Bamboo Society, a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization. Proceeds are used to provide research, information, education, assistance to public bamboo gardens, support for bamboo artists, and to bring new varieties to the multi-state region represented by the Texas Bamboo Society. *********************************************************************** Learn more about the Annual Texas Bamboo Festival's History ***********************************************************************