16/05/2017
Bamboo makes a stunning feature plant in your garden or can be a fast growing hedge that hides the neighbours or a shed, a windbreak, a beautiful privacy screen, noise or dust barrier… just to name a few.
BAMBOO is not only beautiful, fast-growing, versatile & diverse, it can be used in so many different ways for building materials, furniture, clothing, food, paper, bio-mass and more!
Did you know the many other great benefits of BAMBOO:
FAST-GROWING
Bamboo is a form of grass so naturally it grows FAST like a grass! Once established bamboo can grow to its full height and diameter in a matter of months and be ready to harvest for structural use in 3 to 4 years. When shooting, bamboo grows 3-4 feet per day.
STRONG
Bamboo is a strong and yet flexible building material. It has the same tensile strength as mild steel and bamboo homes can be engineered to withstand hurricane force winds. In 1995, ‘Bamboo Living’ homes stood strong when a hurricane hit the Cook Islands with 173 mph winds.
SOLUTION TO DEFORESTATION
Bamboo efficiently produces more usable timber/acre/year than trees. How? The root system of a tree dies after harvesting and each new tree seedling must grow a new root system. However, the GREAT NEWS about harvesting bamboo culms is that the root system does not die, instead it feeds new shoots and the cycle continues.
SEQUESTERS CARBON
When sustainably harvested bamboo is transformed into long lasting durables (like houses or properly treated building materials), the embodied CO2 is stored for 150 years, thus creating an effective carbon capture and storage system. According to preliminary studies, each Bamboo Living 1000 sq ft house embodies 28 tons of CO2.
We can deliver large orders of bamboo to Melbourne and Sydney. We sell bamboo all around Australia.
If you are driving down the Bruce highway, come and walk around our nursery. North of Gympie just off the Bruce Hwy turn right on to Greenhalgh Rd and follow for 2.5km’s
Heritage Nursery and Landscaping
275 Greenhalgh Rd, Bells Bridge, Gympie
See the different types of bamboo we have. Talk to Geoff and see what types would be best for your situation. A feature plant, fast growing hedge, a windbreak, privacy screen, noise or dust barrier… the possibilities are endless.
Maybe you are wanting to make a difference in global warming. Well, Time Magazine and Newsweek have said that planting bamboo is one of the top things we can do to help fight global warming.
Hope you are having a GREAT week and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask Geoff on 0408301608.
(Note: I got some of this info from http://www.houzz.com.au/ideabooks/…/thumbs/bamboo-playhouzz… )
