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 BAMBOO SPECIALISTS NURSERY & PLANTATIONS
 www.nzbamboo.com
 
ISAACHSEN'S BAMBOO (1943)    

New Zealand's home of Bamboo Plants, Bamboo Poles, Stakes, Bamboo Garden Services, Bamboo Craft and Accessories

Open Sundays 9am to 5pm (unless otherwise stated by phone message)833 West Coast Rd, Oratia, Auckland 0604.   ph. 09 8149 847


           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 bamboo plants, for a catalogue, other bamboo uses and the services we provide. mailto:bamboo@iconz.co.nz

             'NZ Home of Bamboo Plants, Bamboo Poles, Stakes, Bamboo Garden Services, Bamboo Craft and Accessories'.
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. Please ensure you allow ample time for your order to be processed so that you are not disappointed if the season has passed.
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'
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. Bamboos for Instant Height Roof Top, Shallow Bed and Lush Gardens
Our range covers : starter plants for edible bamboo shoot crops, bamboo farm shelterbelts, agro-forestry bamboo fibre flooring industry investment., remedial bamboo for: erosive coastal conditions, riparian management & flood plain stabilizers, land retention & multiuse farm biomass bamboo, renewable high country carbon credits and stock utility, multi-floor atrium & urban courtyard, green roof & balcony bamboo planters,  bamboo forests & specialty gardens.
Water Cycling: Australia's NSW Byron Bay clever  initiative- Bangalow_Bamboo_Innovation_Watercycle_Management.pdf
Our useful bamboo is for sub-alpine climates as high protein  sheep, deer and cattle winter shelter & fodder, for amending clay soils, stock fodder dairy runoff nutrient sequestering, high sheath shedder bamboo for microbial activity odour reduction, heavy humus leaf producer for healthy soil, stream bank fortifying, degraded soils & wetland filter plant, upright bamboo stabilizer for land contour modification,  rural effluent wastewater uptake, heavy metals mining contaminant uptake  bamboo, narrow tall pastoral barrier bamboo, efficient grazing livestock 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, packed and freighted through all NZ.
Erosion Control:  The excellent work of ORE -Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment- Bamboo a useful tool to counter soil erosion on hillsides and ravines.
Our other services include : bamboo privacy 'screenscapes' & hedges, landscaping with bamboo, Containing: design, install and maintain, existing plant restoration & confining. Screen or specimen maintenance - thinning, enhancing, restoring, removal of excess roots. Cutting & harvesting bamboo poles free of charge, (conditions apply) for stream bamboo walkways, park grove paths and management, edible plantation setup & maintenance.
Advisers for fence makers, implement design for bamboo plug plants, suitable farm & utility species
Our established plantations provide: most size bamboo plants & b-trees, 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. Their uses are from fishing rods, decor wall ornament or room dividers, in landscape craft, natural utensils, in art & advertising.
Cut Bamboo : prepare lengths to make components & profiles  for various contemporary or traditional fences & panels, small to large  crafted bamboo items & replicas, structure assembly for DIY or film sets, festival & corporate events, banners & flags, organic/floral art bamboo, stage props, shop display or long term fittings. We do finishes, heat treatments, & seals.   We offer personalized designs, base construction, interactive forms, standard or modified plans to suit DIY pole or product use.
Exclusive Art - Unique to a maximum of 4 only of each creation, artwork by Master Bamboo Weaver-Sculptor Li- Jung
We also supply: Bamboo plants for hire, sheaths & craft accessories and provide guided 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'
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.
All unwanted bamboo plants considered for free or discounted cutting down or removal
Contributors and subjects for numerous media articles spanning 64 years.  Top awards in garden events including GARDENZ, Ellerslie Flower Show- gold & silver exhibits sponsors and advisors, consultants to landscape architects, Schools, City Council Parks and Zoos and development plantings.
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.
Kelvin Falconer's shakuhachis are presently from NZ$150 to NZ$250. Compare this price.

Isaachsen's Bamboo Specialists is proud to affiliate with colleagues expert  in their chosen fields, to present all bamboo related services and disciplines. (see links and referrals below). 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 work and the contributions they make.

'In the interests of environmental integrity we give a discount off your next purchase in exchange for your tired old potted bamboo plant especially the running varieties purchased from here.' Quote that you saw 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'

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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Vertical screens

tall, narrow

- Bambusa textilis albolineata

Crop grades for culinary shoots or fibre industry -Phyllostachys pubescens

 

Bamboo charcoal: Soil conditioner, health

- Bamboo Zen

Natural to coloured

finishes, treatments

and seals

Before removal

or reduction

Full or part clearing

No mess No poison!

Bamboo gone!

Small access able

Ready to plant

immediately

Attractive visual or sound screen

non invasive bamboo species

Several timber species graded straight, parallel

or to suit

Bamboo construction, aesthetically pleasing

and strong

Ground cover

species for contained

feature gardens

Hire options for events and accent- '07 Waitakere City

Trash to Fashion Awards

Coated or lacquered to order - Ellerslie Flower Show

Heb for Manukau City

Film props construction bamboo

 

Nontoxic winter fodder for deer, sheep, etc.

Architectural black bamboo

- Phyllostachys nigra

 

 

Large leaf bamboos

for wrapping food

Award winning interior

exterior design

and construction

'HAERE MAI' entrance panels Waitakere City Japanese Garden - Pauline

Attractive, low height

'Fairy' species

Drepanostachyum falcatum

Master weaver-sculptor and tutor

Li-Jung

Classes available

Mailorder plant grades

Pastoral shelter bamboo increases milk production and bee activity

Tori bridge, tiled bamboo roof. Design and build -Pauline

Bamboo Specialists

Smoked natural or carbonised bamboo split or whole

Kingkakuji-gake DIY - Wellington City Council

Static display with bamboo lamp. Crafted and installation - Pauline Isaachsen

Circular bamboo panel and fences- Zen Creations

Film location, bird sanctuary

- The Bamboo Farm

All bamboo job consultation & implementation

Traditional bamboo in contemporary design -Tick Tack

Lights and bamboo screens design

- Becky @ Lunar Essence

Stream and bank integrity by fine bamboo roots

-Bamboo Farm

Narrow privacy screen bamboo

and landscaping - Bamboo Specialists

Beautiful NZ made shakuhachi's - Kelvin Falconer

Bamboo for hand made flutes. -Different styles by Mimo

2 sizes panpipes to order - Natanelle

King Kong size greens or instant screen

- Bambusa textilis

Mature species - Isaachsen's Bamboo Farm. A vibrant fresh perspective in the native environment.

Fresh to olive green clumping varieties

- Drepanostachyum falconeri

Marker flag stakes for Antarctica. Durable stone bamboo

Giant clumping bamboo for courtyard feature

- Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Beautiful Japanese tortoiseshell bamboo - Phyllostachys heterocycla 'kikkou'

Machined bamboo slats - Fiona and Eli's kenninji fence, Waitakere City

Growing bamboo for food crop - Australia handbook by D. Dart

Compressed fibre bamboo flooring. Hard, durable and safe - Takeichiban

Bamboo whole, half split or multi-split for DIY fences - kenninji by John Tulloch

Lightweight poles sold in sets- Jason's DIY wedding arch

Bamboo garden maintenance - reduce, contain and top bamboo screen

Hand crafted bamboo water products

- Pauline Isaachsen

Most sizes to 8m bamboo trees from the bamboo farm

DIY bamboodoo -maker Kevin Roberts now returned to USA

Bamboo banners, structures by Events Organiser

Reece Jensen

Indoor potted bamboo - Matisse Kitchen Design

Parnell

Bamboo hedge trimmed and reduced

Contained indoor bamboo Britomart Terminal - Jasmax

Hardy upright small bamboo for cafe or bar garden dividers

DIY design & fixing, Whati's bamboo fence, Hastings

New generation DIY fairy bamboo seedlings

- Rosemary of Taupo

Knitted nest - Bamboo needles. An important CO2 sequestration plant too.

Valuable plantation humus for soil conditioning

- The Bamboo Farm

Himalayacalamus hookerianus

Sogetsu Society New Zealand

bamboo sculpture

Phyllostachys bambusoides beautiful timber bamboo

Unstable silt bank bamboo reinforcing for flood protection

Edible spring shoots

Isaachsen's Bamboo Farm

Rare limited bamboos

Mostly available by order only

Fine leaf Chusquea bamboo species.

Intricately hand crafted Flower Relief Urn using several disciplines, preparation to finish. $2000

Square mouth urn. Finely bound spinework and ribbon loops. Has detachable woven liner. $3000

Phyllostachys n. boryana

A mottled large diameter quality craft bamboo pole

Fargesia species. Medium clumping bamboos of stem colour variations. Cool climate tolerant.

Bamboo for flag banners, corporate promotions

- Reece Jensen event

 

mailto:bamboo@iconz.co.nz Contact for all bamboo enquiries.

OTHER LINKS TO BAMBOO FORUMS, INFORMATION AND NZ RELATED SERVICES SITES

International Network for Bamboo and Rattan       Tick Tack Japanese Garden Design and Construction      Events @ Reece Jensen  
American Bamboo Society                                    Take Ichiban Bamboo Floors                   Lunar-Essence Products & Services         
Bamboo Arts and Craft Network Forum          Bamboo Products and Gifts        Flag Fiesta for All Occasions                                                
Bamboo Australia   
   

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