BAMBOOW
All things bamboo — growing and harvesting, flooring and furniture, sustainability and carbon, and the tools to plan it right.
From planting the right species and spacing a grove to sizing bamboo flooring, estimating a build, and weighing the carbon a stand locks away, Bamboow pairs free hands-on planning tools with practical guides and a richly illustrated museum. Grow, build, and live with bamboo — the smart, renewable way. 🎋
Bamboo Project Pack
When it will actually screen — plus fencing, containment and flooring
$19.00 · 10 printable pages — see what is in it →Bamboo Tools & Calculators
Free planning tools for growers, builders, and makers — size a grove, estimate flooring and materials, gauge growth and yield, and weigh the carbon your bamboo stores, all in one place.
Bamboo Growth Calculator
Project a bamboo culm's height from its species' daily growth rate and days of growth — capped at the mature height — plus days to harvest maturity and shoots per year, with Moso, Guadua, Golden, and Black presets
Bamboo Carbon Sequestration Calculator
Estimate the CO₂ a bamboo grove sequesters — per year and cumulatively — from its area, a documented ~12 t CO₂/ha/yr rate, and a time horizon, with per-plant and cars-offset comparisons
Bamboo Flooring Calculator
Work out how many boxes of bamboo flooring you need — area ÷ coverage per box plus a waste allowance, rounded up — with total cost from your price per box and an optional plank count, in ft² or m²
Bamboo Fence Calculator
Estimate the materials for a bamboo fence — panels from the run ÷ panel width, posts (panels + 1 or from a fixed spacing), and poles for a lashed pole fence — with a gate deduction and a materials-cost total
Bamboo Plantation ROI Calculator
Model the return on a bamboo plantation — revenue from culms per hectare and price per culm, minus running costs, less the up-front setup — with net profit, ROI %, and the payback year
Bamboo Hardness Converter
Look up and compare the Janka hardness of carbonized, natural, and strand-woven bamboo against oak, maple, and hickory, and convert between pounds-force (lbf) and newtons (N) with real published values
Museum of Bamboo
Wander an immersive museum of bamboo — the living groves and the species that shape them, the flooring, furniture, and everyday objects crafted from culm and fibre, and the buildings, art, and traditions bamboo has grown into across cultures, each in its own gallery, so you can get to know the stories behind this remarkable grass: where each use came from, what makes it matter, and the role it plays in a sustainable world today.
Tour the museum →From the Journal
Fresh guides on growing and harvesting bamboo, flooring and furniture, everyday products, sustainability and carbon, and building with bamboo, plus practical tips for planting, propagating, controlling spread, and finishing your projects.
Sizing a Bamboo Screen: How Tall, How Fast, and Which Species
For a four-metre screen, three of the four common species get there in a single season. The one that gets there fastest is not the one most people plant.
Carbon Per Plant Is the Number That Gets Misquoted
A hectare's uptake is fixed. Divide it among more plants and each plant looks worse — which is why a per-plant figure tells you about planting density, not about bamboo.
Pole Fence or Panel Fence: What Each One Actually Costs You in Material
A panel fence is counted in panels and posts. A pole fence is counted in hundreds of culms. They are the same fence to look at and completely different orders.
Bamboo Against Oak and Maple, on the Same Scale
Red oak is the reference every flooring conversation quietly uses. Two of the three bamboos beat it and one does not, which is why 'harder than oak' is true and useless.
Full Height in Weeks, Fit to Cut in Years
A bamboo culm finishes growing in a single season and then spends several more becoming usable. Those are two different clocks, and only one of them is fast.
The Flooring Waste Allowance, and What It Really Buys You
Between a 10% allowance and a 15% one there is often no difference at all in what you order, because boxes round up. Here is where the thresholds actually fall.
Keep Learning
Practical know-how on species selection, planting, and grove care, plain-language explainers on culms, growth rates, and carbon storage, and seasoned tips for growers, builders, and makers alike — everything you need to dig deeper and work with bamboo with confidence.
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