Most people have no idea what it takes to make the kind of ultra-soft toilet paper we use in our homes every day. The fact is that most of it comes from virgin, old-growth forests. And we think that’s a treasure too precious to be flushing down the toilet. Thankfully, we now have the option of using bamboo toilet tissue, equally soft but infinitely more sustainable.
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Aulonemia insolita: A striking addition to the Bamboo Family
Bambu Batu issues a hearty congratulations to Ivan Jiménez-Pérez, Natalia Reátegui, Celia Forella Malpartida-Garay, and Eduardo Ruiz-Sancheza, who have published the description of a newly discovered bamboo species, Aulonemia insolita, endemic to the montane forests...
Bamboo Monologues: Chapter 2
Bamboo Beginnings Ever since I got into the bamboo business, the most frequently asked question I hear is "What got you started in bamboo?" It's funny because there are so many things to admire about bamboo, which makes it difficult to answer, and also because I love...
Phyllostachys heteroclada: Water Bamboo
Phyllostachys heteroclada is a medium-sized running bamboo that is unusually tolerant of damp soils. Like most members of the genus Phyllostachys, the running rhizomes of this temperate bamboo can be aggressive and difficult to contain. Hardy in cold winters, P....