Moso Bamboo on Avery Island

One of the oldest groves of moso bamboo in the USA grows on Avery Island in Louisiana. It was planted in 1910 by E.A. McIlhenny. The Louisiana Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Bamboo Society conducts an annual grove rejuvenation and clean-up work party in February. Parts of the grove are now gorgeous. Other parts are cleared of fallen canes and will be gorgeous next year.

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Science & Technology

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• Moso
• bamboo
• American
• Society
• ABS
• Andy
• Ringle
• Avery
• Island
• Volunteers
• Louisiana
• Gulf
• Coast
• Chapter
• LGCC

[DaphneLewis]

I am the person who made the video. I live several hundred miles away from the Avery Island Groves.

[CustomCarpentryUK]

What do you do with all this bamboo?

Is no one interested in making this a commercial crop for furniture making or something?

It is nice that you are bringing it back to life, well done!

Tristan Titeux

[DaphneLewis]

@CustomCarpentryUK

Hello Tristan, The bamboo groves belongs to a family that owns the "island" where it grows. They do not presently have a "use" for the bamboo. It is more like a collection/arboretum. Bamboo Society members do have a once a year work party to restore the groves to beauty.

[DaphneLewis]

Hello Jungle Garden Flower, Thank you. I now have three more bamboo videos posted. Yesterday I cleaned a 28 foot by 28 square of Phyllostachys viridis Houzeau. I used my sulky dogs to pull the poles to the trash heap. Fun. And the grove looks great.

[GregWhiteHunt01]

Thanks Daphne,

Love your video. I missed seeing Marler and his niece Laura this spring. My Moso here is now four and five inch diameter. My music compositions featuring my hand crafted Bamboo flutes are getting a lot of radio play as the New Oasis World Sampler CD is out . Keep up the great video work. Greg White Hunt owner Bamboo Gardens and Music.

[DaphneLewis]

@GregWhiteHunt01 Hi Greg I better go see Bamboo Gardens and Music. Do you sell bamboo shoots as food? Do you know of someone who does?

Daphne

[xXFleetlinerXx]

i love going to avery island

[CustomCarpentryUK]

Hi @DaphneLewis, thank you for your reply, that is great that you are looking after this collection. I did actually come accross Bamboo Revolution who is hoping to grow the moso comercially, great news!

[Junglegardenflower]

Thanks, a great video. 

[GregWhiteHunt01]

@DaphneLewis Hi Daphne, We have never sold Moso shoots , little interest here. I do sell local specimen plants . I planted forty two varieties in 1990. Gardens are manicured. I produce the finest Bamboo flutes and published/copyrighted over eighty original tracks featuring my instruments. I use tropical long internode species for most of my flutes except for the Shakuhachi`s. Bambusa chungii "barbellata, Schizostachyum lima, B.M. silverstripe and textiles gracilis. Search my name to listen