Gib and Diane Cooper, the owners of Tradewinds, send bamboo plants to customers all over the USA. Like other plant groups there are many species. There are over a thousand different bamboo species!
Your selection of the proper bamboo species is extremely important to us. We assist our customers with personal contact and an online descriptive catalog offering many choices. Are you looking for a well behaved giant tropical bamboo or one of the clumping Himalayan species which can survive -20 F? Many bamboo species are running types which can spread over a large area if given time and good conditions. In some cases, it is wise to install a rhizome barrier to keep these types in bounds. Often the clumping types of bamboo are overlooked. These beautiful bamboos grow in a tight clump with very little spreading over the years and would be the choice in a small space. To learn more about bamboo visit our bookstore. We also carry bamboo tools, fertilizers and bamboo rhizome barrier.In China, almost half of the forest industry is bamboo based. In fact, much of the world's leadership in bamboo forest management and product technology comes from China. In 1985, Gib Cooper attended the International Bamboo Workshop in Hangzhou, China. This gathering of bamboo professionals resulted in more international cooperation among different nations with a bamboo based forest products industry and those trying to establish bamboo forest and management areas. Significant progress has been made in using bamboo and bamboo based products in more countries throughout the world.
Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery is a clearinghouse of
bamboo information through the marketing of books on bamboo published
from around the world. Significant efforts are underway to develop
bamboo as an agro-forestry crop for the Pacific Northwest. Two
workshops were held in the region, one in 1994 and the other in 1997
with over 250 participants in attendance. The themes were to coordinate
and develop goals for the emerging bamboo industry in the region.
In 1999 we began traveling to Mexico to discover the bamboo
resources shown to us by our botanist friend, Gilberto Cortés.
We
discovered that nearly half of the 40 species of native bamboo of
Mexico are endangered. In December, 2000, we initiated a bamboo
conservation project with the Southern California Chapter of the
American Bamboo Society (ABS). Since then we
have traveled to Mexico several times to lay the foundation for the Bamboo
of
the Americas or BOTA for short. The project has
grown
to include participants in many countries. We hope to use the
BOTA
model as a way for people who love bamboo to apply their concern for
our
rapidly declining environmental resources into saving endangered bamboo
species throughout the Americas. Donations are tax
deductable. BOTA is part of the American Bamboo Society. Our first
project is the National Bamboo Collection of
Mexico was completed in 2005. A more recent development benefits
students through our BOTA-Student Assistance Program.
Gib served as the Vice-president of the American Bamboo Society for 6 years, he is one of the founders and past secretary of the Oregon Bamboo Association and active in the Oregon, Northern and Southern California chapters of the ABS. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Bamboo Association.
We are a licensed nursery by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Lic. #73026. Our interstate shipping permit is #52-73026.
Driving information:
We are about 6 hours driving time from Portland and 9 hours from
San Francisco. Hunter Creek Rd. is 1.3 miles south of of Gold Beach on
Highway 101. Turn off onto "Hunter Creek Road/State Police" and then
(go
100 ft.) left onto Hunter Creek Loop. Go about another 100 ft. Our
driveway
is on the left.
Coming from the south we are approximatly 32 miles from the
California/Oregon state line. Look for Highway 101 mileage post 331. We
are almost one mile past the post, almost to mileage post 332.
Click here for an area map.
Bamboo Links:
International Network for
Bamboo & Rattan
Bamboo Surfboards
Hawaii by Gary Young
Bamboo in Brasil-Raphael Moras de Vasconcellos
People interested in activities and finding out more about
bamboo in the region should contact:
Oregon Bamboo
Association
Mike J. Long, Treasurer
P.O. Box 41086
Eugene, OR 97404
e-mail: maj@efn.org
TRADEWINDS BAMBOO NURSERY
28446 HUNTER CREEK LOOP
GOLD BEACH, OR 97444
Telephone, Answering Machine & FAX 541.247.0835
