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Mike McG
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Texas Bamboo Festival

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Here is a note from Carole Meckes about the TBS festival

Mike near Brenham TX

The Texas Bamboo Society will host the 14th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival on Saturday and Sunday August 26-27, 2006 at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas.

Festival hours are 10 am - 6 pm both days.
Featuring: "Bamboo Architecture Around the World" - Presentation by Darrel DeBoer, - 1 pm - Saturday and Sunday
Darrel DeBoer is a Northern California architect and furnituremaker who was named by Metropolitan Home magazine in 2001 as one of the 100 most influential designers and named by Natural Home and Garden magazine in July of 2005 as one of the top 10 "Green Architects." In a dozen bamboo-frame structures and several strawbale houses, he has used earthen & lime plasters, earthen floors and salvaged materials in an effort to find alternatives to toxic or scarce materials used more often today. Darrel has written or co-written six books, including The Art of Natural Building, Alternative Construction, Bamboo Building and Culture, and Building Without Borders. His work has been featured in the books, Bamboo Style, Sustainable Homes, The New Strawbale Home, and Designing Your Natural Home.

Music - Saturday afternoon - 2 pm - 6 pm Hiphuggers Rock - Robin and Sam are bamboo enthusiasts, live in a bamboo jungle in Brenham, Texas and enjoy creating things out of bamboo, including their guitar stands and equipment stands for the band.

Sunday afternoon - 2 pm Jackie's Fundanzers Dance Troupe - "The Silver Thread" - choreographed by Mark Sharon and performed by a very talented group of young people.

Bamboo Plants, Crafts, Presentations, Demonstrations and Bamboo Activities
All bamboo growers, crafters and enthusiasts are offered an opportunity to share ideas

* Rare and exotic varieties of bamboo plants for sale
Utility Research Garden Bamboo Texas Bamboo Bend Happy Sprout Farm
* Walking Sticks, Bamboo Poles and pieces, demonstrations
* Visit the bamboo groves in the Taniguchi Japanese Garden
* Expert information on growing and controlling bamboo
* Many treasures from the bamboo garden
* Bamboo beads for jewelry making - Bamboo Branch
Sunday 11 am - Bamboo Bead Making Workshop send email to register
* Bamboo Ceramics
Ann Johnson's Bamboo Ceramics
* Learn to work with bamboo
* Children's Activities
* Refreshments Daily Juice

Admission is Free. - Parking $3.00
If you would you like to be a bamboo vendor (only bamboo and bamboo related items will be permitted) at the 14th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival complete the Vendor Application

Need a place to stay while visiting Austin? Reserve a room at the austinmotel.com

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Best Regards to All,
Carole


http://www.bamboocentral.net
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