American Bamboo Society

The yank Bamboo Society (ABS) was fashioned in 1979 and have become incorporated within the state of Golden State in 1981. these days we've got regarding five hundred members living throughout the U.S. and in thirty seven different countries. The ABS problems a bimonthly magazine, BAMBOO, and also the Journal of the yank Bamboo Society, that is issued annually. we have a tendency to sponsor lectures, conferences, tours and plant sales within the chapter areas. Chapters preserve bamboo collections, allot publications and present plants to public gardens. though bamboo seed is rare, we have a tendency to distribute seed to members once it's accessible. Since 1980, the ABS has with success introduced several new species of bamboo to the U.S. we have a tendency to area unit a member of the planet Bamboo Organization, associate degree association of bamboo societies throughout the planet, that sponsors a world bamboo conference each four years.