Thursday Oct 15

La Quinta ABS Board Meeting 9am – 3pm

Meet & Greet 6pm

Friday Oct 16

Michael Fedoroff,  Director of the University of Alabama program that hosts the Rivercane Restoration Alliance (RRA)

Permaculture Principles & Bamboo

Panel Discussion about Growing Bamboo & Animal Interactions

Dain Sansome- Updates on Bamboo Cultures

Juan Pablo Martinez Mansilla – The Bamboo Experts, Guatemala

History of The American Bamboo Society 

Silent Auction

Saturday Oct 17

Bamboo Vendors

Bamboo Coop Coordination

Workshops: Aaron McCarty – Kuboo Basket Making (registration required)

Flute Making by Paul Lirette

Ongoing Bamboo Build during the conference – looking for donations of bamboo poles for bamboo build

Silent Auction closes

Sunday Oct 18

Field Trip to Houston Zoo and https://www.utilityresearchgarden.com/ (David Cater’s Bamboo Nursery) in Jones Creek, Texas