Welcome to the introductory page of Bamboo Specialists of New Zealand, the genuine home of NZ bamboo. We will be adding our comprehensive website soon. Feel free to contact us about any enquiries regarding our numerous bamboo plants species, large range of bamboo timber sizes, cut bamboo products & services we provide. For a mail order species catalogue, water craft catalogue, landscape planting & maintenance, poles, stakes & profile finish quotes, and all bamboo related prices and enquiries mailto:bamboo@iconz.co.nz

           'NZ Home of Bamboo Plants, Bamboo Poles, Stakes, Bamboo Garden Services, Bamboo Craft and Accessories'.

Collected from as far afield as Hong Kong, Kew Gardens and Waitatapia we have over 100 species in our extensive collection of bamboo including Arundinaria, Bambusa, Chiminobambusa, Chusquea, Dendrocalamus, Drepanostachym, Fargesia, Gigantichloa, Himalayacalamus, Phyllostachys, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Yushania and more.

At Bamboo Specialists you will find acres of mature plantations of bamboo planted over many decades from which we divide our plant stock to grow into all sizes of bamboo specimen plants. Sometimes you might have to wait for the rare or giant bamboos due to the demand or time involved in producing them and then some to ensure they are ready to transplant.
Every plant we grow with care for consistent viability, every item we hand produce to its optimum intrinsic quality, every design we pioneer for reasonable endurance. We are well acquainted with bamboo and are able to advise on all aspects of its use and application.

 
' Bamboo is an important climate change plant for New Zealand conditions too '

The Phenomenon of Seeding The short regenerative cycle of some bamboo species means that some are periodically offered as seedlings more than others. In the interim years of growth the plants will be supplied as divisions. Towards the end of the cycle we usually hold onto that stock material if we are aware of the imminence of seeding.
 If bamboo plants in the garden centres show signs of flower heads forming in place of branch leaf they should be avoided unless you are keen to participate in the fun of realizing the renewable resource potential of that species. Were it not for the keen gardener who has grown on these seedlings and supplied them back to us, evolution would have seen their demise much sooner.
Though a seeding period may elapse for 80 years or more for some species there is little likelihood of reversing the cycle to lengthen a plants life. If you are planning to grow it for a privacy screen, check whether the bamboo is about to seed again soon, especially the short cycle 'Fairy' varieties.

Instant Height Bamboos for  Roof, RAISED and COURT Gardens

Our Range Covers : starter plants for edible bamboo shoot crops, bamboo farm shelterbelts, sustainable agro-forestry bamboo pulp and fibre, flooring industry investment., Remedial Bamboo for: erosive coastal conditions, riparian management & flood plain stabilizers, steep land retention & multiuse farm biomass bamboo, renewable high country carbon credits and stock utility, multi-floor atrium & urban courtyard, green roof landscapes & balcony planters, bamboo forests & specialty gardens.
Water Cycling: Australia's NSW Byron Bay initiative- Bangalow_Bamboo_Innovation_Watercycle_Management.pdf
 ' MAXIMUM RESOURCE RECOVERY ' FOR QUAL;ITY MANUFACTURED GOODS  FROM MITIGATION OF EFFLUENT WATER ECONOMY

The Diversity of Bamboo useful in sub-alpine climates as high protein  sheep, deer and cattle winter shelter & fodder, avocado horticulture for amending clay soils, supplementary stock fodder, dairy runoff seepage sequestering cycle fodder, high sheath litter shedder for mulch moisture retention and microbial activity odour reduction, heavy humus producer for healthy soil, stream bank fortifying, degraded soils modification plant, large upright bamboo stabilizer for land contour modification,  bio-silicates filtering for rural effluent wastewater, wetland and streams, heavy metals mining contaminant uptake bamboo, narrow tall pastoral barrier bamboo, efficient grazing livestock foliar gas converter bamboo, high C & N sequestration bamboo for stakes, pulp & edible shoots, glacial retreat and thawing permafrost reforestation, bare smooth lower trunks bamboo for bird refuge and numerous other uses.

All packed and freighted throughout all NZ.

Erosion Control:  ORE -Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment - HAITI
Bamboo a useful tool to counter soil erosion on hillsides and ravines.

Other Services Include : Planting. Bamboo privacy 'screenscapes' & hedge landscaping with bamboo. Containing.  Design & install, or existing plant restoration & confining. Screen or specimen bamboo Maintenance - thinning, enhancing, restoring, removal of old unwanted bamboo runners, stems or excess. Cutting & harvesting bamboo poles free of charge. (conditions apply) We consult for improving stream bamboo integrity for walkways., park grove paths., paintball support for edible or bamboo flooring quality poles plantations setup., management & maintenance.

Please See More Images Below of Some of the Species We Grow, Their Uses and Products

 

PAULINE ISAACHSEN, Design consultant FOR ALL DIY STAGES to PREFABRICAtED & INSTALLED

Our Established Plantations Provide most size bamboo plants & tree-grasses, poles, canes, rods, stalks, spears and stakes of different lengths & sizes. They come in attractive colours: blue, black, pink, red, yellow, golden, striped, forest, crimson, mottled and more, also in different shapes from square, swollen, elephant, tortoiseshell, arrow, walking stick.

Early Use of Bamboo in Clay Walls- From the 1952 Design Article by O.N. Gilespie The Japanese House

Cut Bamboo Poles are prepared in graded lengths, as part round or multisplit components & profiles  for various contemporary or traditional uses including bamboo fences, panels, 3D cylinders, as reinforcing for strength and rounded structures, we make small to large crafted bamboo items & replicas, or supply structure assembly for DIY or film sets.  We do enhancement finishes, heat treatments, & seals.   We offer personalized designs, base construction, interactive forms, standard or modified plans to suit.

Ranui Organic garden enclosure design.  motorway residential sight and sound barrier PLANTING.

Pole Uses: bamboo banner & flag poles for festival & corporate events, also organic/floral art, bamboo stage props, lightweight structures, shop cladding & display or long term interior fittings. Stake uses are from fishing rods, thin decor panels, room dividers, horticulture, craft, natural utensils, in art & advertising.

STAKES & POLES AVAILABLE FROM SMALL TO 160MM DIAMETER, SHORT TO 8M LONG

International Bamboo Veneer Innovations- As Shown by Arch Daily  Atelier FCJZ's Bamboo Lantern
We Also Supply: Bamboo plants for hire, etching sheaths, food wrap leaves & craft accessories and arrange group tours, lectures & workshops. 
We make bamboo charcoal and also sell to order brush art, bamboo musical instruments, bamboo plant art material, all by New Zealand artists and naturally grown on our farm.

' Always the right bamboo for the purpose'
Grow Bamboo for us: Demand has now grown to the stage that we would value anyone who would seriously like to become a member of our team, working from home growing the small bamboo plants grades and supply them back to us. See us about this exceedingly rewarding and potentially profitable industry.  P. I.

 

Contact: Pauline Isaachsen on bamboo@iconz.co.nz for  our price lists or plant species catalogue, quotes, designs, more bamboo images, services and all consultation at competitive prices, quality craftspeople referrals, products.
'In the interests of environmental integrity we give a discount off your next purchase in exchange for your tired old potted bamboo plant including the running varieties purchased from here.'   Quote that you read it here.

Member/contributor/recipient - including New Zealand Bamboo Society, ABIA, Chinese Forestry Institute Jourmal, NZPLANTFINDER, LandscapeNZ, SUBTROPICALS

Best Testimonials : 'what they don't know about bamboo is not worth knowing', 'a thousand thank yous', 'the nicest little business', 'an extraordinary piece of paradise'
Contributors and subjects for numerous TV media and publishing articles spanning 64 years. 
Top design awards in garden events GARDENZ, Ellerslie Flower Show- gold & silver exhibits, also landscape display sponsors and advisors.
Consultants to Government departments, City Council Parks, Zoos and enviromatters, landscape architects, education institutions, developers and landscape services..

All unwanted bamboo plants considered for free removal or cutting down

New Faces, Exciting Work : Bamboo Specialists is proud to affiliate with NZ colleagues expert  in their chosen fields, to present all bamboo related services and disciplines. (see also links and referrals below).

Kelvin Falconer's shakuhachi's are presently from NZ$150 to NZ$250. Compare this price. see images below

Check This Out: Upcoming NZ Exhibitions, classes and examples of the work of promising new artisans.

Li-Jung, classes for 2010 in bamboo use and crafting. Enrolments open soon.

Exclusive Art Unique to a maximum of 4 only of each creation, artwork by Master Bamboo Weaver & Sculptor, Li Jung

Tristan Marler's Putorino, Porutu & Koauau flutes,  some with fine scrimshaw detail.

Such is the difficulty and nature of working with bamboo that many are not able to exhibit their work and dedication to their craft online so we will continue to acknowledge them by adding examples of their individually handcrafted bamboo products and the contributions they make.

International Exhibitions & Events-

Exhibition - The Nomadic Museum - ashes and snow The Monolithic Bamboo Structure by Simon Velez for the Beautiful Greg Colbert Exhibition. By courtesy of Brienne- Ashes and Snow. Push the image buttons on the lower page to view more.

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