2007 Northeast Chapter
American Bamboo Society
SPRING MEETING
Bamboo Past and Future Challenges
Saturday March 31
Holly House, Rutgers Gardens
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Program
8 ? 9 am Registration and Coffee
9 ? 10 am Bamboo in our landscapes and for environmental benefit
Wolfgang Oehme, Oehme Van Sweden Associates, Washington DC
10 ? 11 am Edison?s Light Bulb ? The first 20 years with Bamboo Filament
Jack Stanley, Curator of Edison Museum, Edison, NJ.
11 - 12 noon Bamboo ? What We Do Not Know, but Need To
Dave Flanagan (President of Bamboo Fencer, Inc.)
12 ? 1 PM Lunch provided - box lunch (for all who Pre-Register!)
1 - 2 pm Bamboo and Rutgers Garden
Dr. Bruce Crawford, Curator
2 ? 3 pm Controlling Bamboo with Barriers and Rhizome Traps:
Marco Nead (President, Tranquility Bamboo Co. LLC) and
Ed Wooley (President, Little Acre Farm)
3 ? 4 pm Not-to-be Missed Rare Plant and Artifact Auction / and sales
4-5 pm Workshop where participants will make bamboo earrings. Bring ?? dia. Bamboo(if you can) and a pair of long nose pliers. ($15 workshop charge)
Throughout ? Bamboo 101 as a Power Point Presentation
Sunday, April Fools Day. Visit nearby Duke Gardens or Little Acre Farm
Contact Fran Bartholomew to register :
tel 518-765-7617 / ne-chapter@americanbamboo.org
Location of Saturday Meeting:
Holly House (First Building by Parking Lot)
The Rutgers Gardens
Cook College, Rutgers University
112 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Directions:
From the New Jersey Turnpike:
? Take NJ Turnpike to EXIT 9 (New Brunswick)
? Follow signs for ROUTE 18 North
? Take ROUTE 18 North to ROUTE 1 South
? Take ROUTE 1 South to SECOND EXIT (Ryders Lane - East Brunswick)
? At end of exit, move into left land and take FIRST possible LEFT (onto Log Cabin Road)
? Follow Log Cabin Road into The Rutgers Gardens
From Route 287:
? Take ROUTE 287 South to EXIT 9 (River Road)
? End of Exit, make RIGHT onto River Road
? Follow River Road to intersection of ROUTE 18 South
? Make a right onto ROUTE 18 South
? Take ROUTE 18 South through New Brunswick to ROUTE 1 South
? Take ROUTE 1 South to SECOND EXIT (Ryders Lane - East Brunswick)
? At end of exit, move into left lane and take FIRST possible LEFT (onto Log Cabin Road)
? Follow Log Cabin Road into The Rutgers Garden
From Route 1 North:
? Take ROUTE 1 North
? Pass through the intersection with ROUTE 130 and get into right lane
? Pass the entrance for the DeVry Institute
? Take the first RYDERS LANE exit (East Brunswick)
? At end of exit, move into left lane and take FIRST possible LEFT (onto Log Cabin Road)
? Follow Log Cabin Road into The Rutgers Garden
2007 Northeast Chapter SPRING MEETING
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