The garden has 32 different species and varieties. Richard Waldron has donated many of them.
A very nice, relaxing garden in the vacation capital of the world.
for information email: Frank Linton
Zoo Entrances:
Hours:
The Zoo is open every day of the year except December 25th. Bamboo is part of the animal exhibits in several parts of the zoo.
USDA-ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
The U. S. Congress-authorized Agricultural Experiment Station in Puerto Rico maintains a collection of more than 70 tropical bamboo species.
The offices and laboratories of TARS lie between Highways No. 2 and 108, (route 65 and 108) in the northeast suburbs of the city of Mayagüez, just east of the campus of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the University of Puerto Rico. It is located on the west side of the Island of Puerto Rico and can be reached directly by air or by a two hour drive from San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico.
Bamboo Giant Gardens
Exotic species can be found at the secret gardens of Bamboo Giant - Santa Cruz, California on 31-acres with many acres of rare, specimen bamboo including over 100 species and many mature groves. It is said to be one of the largest display bamboo gardens in the USA.
The garden also consists of rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, deciduous magnolias, gingkoes, dogwoods, lilacs, roses, palms, purple leaf plum, birches, irises, callas, cannas, clematis, honeysuckle, jasmine, wisteria, giant tree dahlias, redwood groves, oaks, cedars and large ponds with fish, frogs, water lilies, water irises and Egyptian water lotus, etc.
It takes approximately an hour for the long tour through all of the groves. The short tour is 20 minutes. You will see Giant timber Moso, giant ebony black timber, bright green towering timber with huge canes the size of oatmeal containers, timber with beautiful green stripes on banana yellow canes, as well as black stripes on green canes. There are green canes with yellow groves and gray-green canes with black spots, known as snakeskin. Additionally, there are crooked canes, purple, brown, red, square canes and Buddha belly, etc. Some new shoots are pink, bluish/gray, spotted, etc. and grow over a foot per day. Many of the bamboo in this garden can’t be seen anywhere else in the world.
We are located on the Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County. Please call for details and an appointment for a guided garden tour.
Voice: 408-685-1248Address:
Chile: The Arboretum University Austral, Valdivia, Chile
Hua'an Bamboo Garden
The Hua'an Bamboo Garden,located in Hua'an county, Fujian province, was initiated in 1992 and jointly designed and implemented by the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry (RISF) of the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) and Hua'an Forestry Bureau. Up to now, 30 genus and more than 320 bamboo species including monopodial, amphipodial and sympodial bamboo species have been collected and successfully cultivated in the garden, with the total area of 63 ha. and some attached facilities, such as the bamboo museum and the villages of Gao’shan and She tribes. The garden, containing five function areas, i.e. the introduction and taxonomy area, ornamental bamboo species area, propagation area of rare bamboo species, and production area of timber and edible shoots, is featured with plenty bamboo species and rich bamboo culture and is regarded as one of the largest bamboo garden in China with multiple uses from scientific research, popular science education and forestry tourism to bamboo production.
If you are interested in Hua'an Bamboo Garden, please contact me for details.
Wu LiangruCosta Rica: Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Enseñanza (CATIE). Contact:
Ing. For. Ovidio Novoaor
Lic. Mayra Montiel Longhior
Arq. Ana Cecilia Chávez, directoraEl Salvador: at the Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agricola (CENTA). Contact:
Fidel Rauda, Centro de Recursos Naturales (CENREN)France: “la Bambouserie” Andouze, Andouze, France.
La Bambouseraie de Leriet, located 8 kilometers North from the city of CASTELSARRASIN. For more information, click here.
or
Juan Gonzalez, Profesor,Honduras: Jardin Botanico Wilson Popenoe. Contact: Dr. Cesar Alvarado, director, (or Sonia Suazo, coordinadora investigación),
Jardin Botanico Wilson Popenoe (Lancetilla)or
Arq. Eduardo Aguilar, Proyecto Bambu, Japan: Fuji Bamboo Garden
at the base of Fujiyama, southwest of Tokyo
Nicaragua: Estacion Experimental El Recreo. Contact: Arq. Juan Carlos Gomes, Programa de Bambu, Managua; or Ivan Castellon, coordinador MACRU, Movimiento de Animacion Cultural Rural, Masaya.
The Philippines: The Philippine Bambusetum, Baguio City, Luzon, Philippines
The United Kingdom: Kew Gardens in London, England.