Bamboo Garden     
a bamboo nursery
We specialize in bamboos, both rare and common, at reasonable prices, serving retail, wholesale, and mail order markets. We are currently growing over 300 different bamboo varieties at our nursery near Portland, Oregon, maintaining one of the most diverse collections in the United States. Our selection of bamboo species is the result of 25 years of bamboo horticultural experience. The bamboos we have chosen are types we find to be the most attractive, versatile, and useful in the landscape, with a special interest in cold-hardy clumping bamboo and giant timber bamboo. Our web site is one of the most informative resources available on the internet. See the following categories for accurate descriptions and over 400 photos of our bamboo varieties.
We are confident we can provide the bamboo that best suits your needs. Please call (503) 647-2700 or email bamboo@bamboogarden.com
and our knowledgeable staff will be happy to answer any inquiries you may have.
Timber Bamboo  (Phyllostachys)   
30 to 70 ft. tall
Mid-sized Bamboo (Phyllostachys)
15 to 30 ft tall
Cold-hardy Clumping Bamboo       
6 to 25 ft. tall
Cold-sensitive Clumping Bamboo
 6 to 50 ft. tall
Other Running Bamboo               
6 to 25 ft. tall
Small Running Bamboo                
1 to 8 ft. tall
Price List,  Ordering/Shipping info.
Planting and Caring for Bamboo
Landscape Use
Hardiness list
 Our most cold hardy bamboo
Bamboo Screens and Hedges
Bamboo Control Barrier
   How to install Bamboo Barrier
Bamboo For the Interior
Current Specials Sale!  2008
Customer Favorites
Shipping Rates
Bamboo Links

For internet or postal mail ordering of small or moderate size orders see the
price list.  For large commercial orders please e-mail Bamboo Garden for more information.

Our Nursery and mailing address is:

   Bamboo Garden
18900 NW Collins Road         
North Plains, OR 97133
 bamboo@bamboogarden.com
Phone number:  (503) 647-2700

Interesting new clumping bamboos:
Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida'


Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'


for more Clumping Bamboo choices:
Clumping Bamboo
 (non-invasive)

Search for:


Photo copyright Ned Jaquith
Oggie the bamboo dog in the Moso (Phyllostachys edulis) at our home.

 Visiting the Bamboo Garden:
 Map to Bamboo Garden

We are usually open Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.  We welcome visitors to the nursery.  Since we give individual attention to each customer, and the nursery covers over 16 acres, it is helpful to call in advance and let us know what time you wish to visit. The nursery location is 6.5 miles north of North Plains, 20 miles west of Portland, Oregon. Typically, it takes 30 to 45 minutes to reach us from the city. Some customers can take longer than anticipated, so please give yourself plenty of time, especially if you have a large project you would like to discuss with us. If your time is limited, please let us know, and we will try to serve you as soon as possible.
Tel (503) 647-2700

 Bamboo Garden, our 16 Acre Nursery



Phyllostachys nigra "Black Bamboo"

                                                                                                                                                                                         
    We started growing bamboo in 1980 and joined The American Bamboo Society (ABS) that same year. We helped establish the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the society and have served on the board of directors of both. Ned Jaquith, Bamboo Garden owner, was elected in 2006, as vice president of the ABS and has been awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership due to over 25 years of whole-hearted efforts and generous bamboo knowledge. We have edited the newsletter for the northwest chapter and have contributed to the national publication as well. We specialize in hardy clumping species, as well as hardy giant timber bamboos.  We have supplied bamboo for many large commercial landscaping projects including:  Tacoma Zoo, Portland Classical Chinese Garden, Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Wellesley College in MA, Wayne Morse Courthouse in Eugene, OR, Asia Trail of National Zoo in Washington DC. We also work closely with many landscaping companies, providing healthy and beautiful bamboo for landscapes, locally and afar.

Our largest project to date in 2006 is the Asia Trail for the National Zoo in Washington DC as designed by The Smithsonian. Between February and June we worked tirelessly to put together a massive collection of bamboo meeting the criteria for this ambitious project. By mid June we had three, 53 foot semi trucks, packed full of our bamboo, ready to travel to Washington DC, and be incorporated into the Asia Trail design. It was a challenging, yet very rewarding task, working together among our staff and with our customers, seeing the project (and bamboo) grow from start to finish and achieving success in the landscape. The future looks bright for bamboo and we hope to be considered a reliable source, from the smallest mail order, to large-scale bamboo design, to other nurseries, and garden centers.

We are available for consultation and presentations. There is no fee for presentations to most groups.
For on-site consultation for bamboo installations or problems, please contact us for rates.

Please look at the bamboo descriptions and photos that we have available and e-mail us with your wish list and questions or call us at 503-647-2700.  Be sure to include your zip code so we can figure your shipping cost. We will reply as to availability and cost and any other pertinent information. We accept payment by check, cash, or credit card. Avoid sending credit card info by e-mail. We look forward to providing generous bamboo knowledge and helping you actualize bamboo ideas.  We appreciate constructive criticism and are always looking for ways to improve; if their is any way we can better serve your needs, please let us know.
 


 

If you love bamboo, you might consider joining us on an
incredible Ecuadorian bamboo adventure. September 3-16, 2008
Click on the photo link below!
                                                                                                           Ned Jaquith

Bamboo Pictures and Descriptions:

 maximum height

    --Timber Bamboo (Phyllostachys) 
(30 to 70 ft. tall) 

 -- Mid-sized bamboo (Phyllostachys)
(15 to 30 ft tall)

--Cold-hardy Clumping Bamboo
(6 to 25 ft. tall)

--Cold-sensitive Clumping Bamboo
(6 to 50 feet tall)

-- Other Running Bamboos
(6 to 25 ft)

--Small Running Bamboos
(1 to 8 ft)

Useful Links to other websites:

Arbor Day Foundation hardiness zone
Check your USDA hardiness zone


If you love bamboo you owe it to yourself to join
 The American Bamboo Society 

Bamboo Society Meetings
 news updated  May 05, 2008

Shweeash Bamboo
Bamboo nursery and goods friends from coastal Oregon.


 Bamboo Valley
LCB liscenced bamboo specialty landscaping, installation, and removal by friend and coworker Dain Sansome

Susanne Lucas
Horticultural consultant

One of the most informative new bamboo sites, created by PNW chapter member Bill Hollenbeck
BAMBOOWEB.INFO

We are also members of O.A.N.
 Oregon Association of Nurserymen
 and we provided all of the bamboo for  
 Portland Classical Chinese Garden

Bamboo of the Americas
Saving American Bamboo

For our Canadian friends we recommend
Canada's Bamboo World

Landscaping by friend Nick Erickson
Creative Landscapes

Natural Building Sustainable Living
by Kyle Young
Contemporary Basketry
with Japanese Influence
by Nancy Moore Bess

A Bamboo Nursery by our friend, Adam Williams.
Oregon Bamboo Nursery

LOOK a new link!!!
 Bamboo Identification
The informative website of
Dr. Chris Stapleton, bamboo taxonomist

 Cistus Nursery
...Your home of zonal denial...
The place we get most of our non-bamboo plants.
More Bamboo Links


 

Bamboo Information:

Planting and Caring for Bamboo

Price List

 Hardiness list

Specials

Landscape Use

Bamboo Barrier

A Picture Guide for Barrier Installation

 Bamboo For the Interior

 Bamboo Screens and Hedges

How to Transport Tall Bamboo

When Bamboo Flowers

 The Beauty of Bamboo

A tribute to Bamboo Garden
(from Shweeash Bamboo)

Bamboo Society Glossary and FAQs

Bamboo Mites & Other Pests

Bamboo Art @ Contemporary Crafts
 

Bamboo Art
     
by Charissa Brock                         by Jiro Yonezawa
 

Four fine books on Bamboo
available at Bamboo Garden:   

Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon
By Paul Whittaker   $39.95

Ornamental Bamboos
 by David Crompton  $39.95

Bamboo for Gardens
by Ted Meredith   $39.95

                     


A Compendium of Chinese Bamboo
by the China Forestry Publishing House
This is the most complete list of bamboos native to China.
It contains accurate technical descriptions of 39 genera and over 500 species,
with over 400 color photographs. Hard to find, not printed in the United States.
It does not contain information about gardening with bamboo;
the books listed above cover that subject thoroughly.
A must for collectors!
$85.00

             

 


Farming Bamboo
a new book by Daphne Lewis for farming bamboo, but very much more.
It has the most complete descriptions of many of the more important Phyllostachys.
This is a link to her web site so you can buy it directly from her.

 

Web Design: Ned Jaquith, Noah Bell, Dain Sansome, Jed Doty

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