The Best Bamboo Floor Mats and Area Rugs in 2024

The Best Bamboo Floor Mats and Area Rugs in 2024

Green architects and conscious homeowners understand the many benefits of bamboo flooring. Strong, sustainable, and aesthetically pleasing, it’s everything you could want from a hardwood floor. But if you’re in a temporary space, like a rented apartment,...
Iron Bamboo: Stronger than steel

Iron Bamboo: Stronger than steel

The remarkable strength of bamboo has long invited comparisons to more industrial materials like iron and steel. And while certain more graceful and whispy varieties take on names like Seabreeze, Buddha Belly, and Umbrella Bamboo, a handful of the most formidable...
Bamboo Flowering: A botanical phenomenon

Bamboo Flowering: A botanical phenomenon

From food to flooring, bamboo has thousands of practical uses. But when was the last time someone brought you a bouquet of bamboo flowers? When was the last time you even saw a bamboo flower, for that matter? Perhaps never, because bamboo flowers are both infrequent...
Bamboo Poetry: Haiku and other lyrical language

Bamboo Poetry: Haiku and other lyrical language

Bamboo is a plant like no other. Due to its size and stature, some call it a tree. In fact, botanists say it’s a grass. It’s strong, it’s flexible, it’s lightweight, and bamboo grows remarkably fast. So astonishing, words can barely describe...