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Bamboo in the UK

Imagine Bamboo has been developed in collaboration with bamboo specialists from across the world, as well as in the UK. Those of us based in the UK are keen to share resources and information to enable others to embark on their own exploration of this incredible sustainable material. 

Here are some links we have gathered so far - please let us know of any others so we can continue to develop this resource.

 

People in UK working in bamboo

Atelier One atelierone.com  

Bamboo Bicycle Club bamboobicycleclub.org 

David Trujillo / Coventry University 

Brilliant Bamboo / Gemma Thomas 

Imagineer Productions 

Michael Brisbane, UK Bamboo Society bamboo-society.org.uk

Sundar Bharadwaj / Terragrn

Orit Azaz / Imagine Bamboo

Nofit State Circus

Imagine Bamboo Artists and Makers

Bamboo UK

Useful documents and how to find them

Link to research papers: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yb853VL0a0eu8UtvNOJ-YLSERx3kX5xg?usp=drive_link

Brilliant Bamboo Bookshop UK https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/brilliantbamboo

TOWARDS RESILIENT BAMBOO FORESTRY a Reference Guide for Improved Management of Clumping Bamboo for Timber Bamboo - https://docslib.org/doc/12339519/towards-resilient-bamboo-forestry-a-reference-guide-for-improved-management-of-clumping-bamboo-for-timber-bamboo

Structural use of bamboo - The Institution of Structural Engineers (istructe.org) https://www.istructe.org/thestructuralengineer/article-series/structural-use-of-bamboo/

ISO 22156:2021 - Bamboo structures — Bamboo culms — Structural design https://www.iso.org/standard/73831.html

Bamboo UK  Resources: Product Specification Sheets | UK Bamboo

Where to get bamboo plants in the UK

There is a Bamboo UK group on Facebook with knowledgeable growers 

Scottish Bamboo scottishbamboo.com

Pan Global Plants panglobalplants.com
 

Where to get bamboo canes/culms in the UK

UK Bamboo Supplies ukbamboo.com

 

Where can you visit different kinds of bamboo growing in the UK?

Batsford Arboretum batsarb.co.uk

Birmingham Botanical Gardens birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk

The Eden Project edenproject.com

Ness Botanic Gardens  liverpool.ac.uk/ness-gardens

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew kew.org

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens hants.gov.uk

Trebah Garden trebahgarden.co.uk

Cambridge Botanic Garden botanic.cam.ac.uk