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Bamboo Bonanza at The Pacolet Library
Begin your outdoor adventures by learning about bamboo and designing a walking stick. This activity is most suitable for the 6-12 age group. Materials available for the first 24 participants. Please register in advance with The Pacolet Library starting Friday, May 24, 2024. Waitlist statement:Missed the sign-up deadline? Don’t worry, while admittance is not guaranteed,…
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We are pleased to be able to share this online resource link to our favorite book about bamboo. “The Book of Bamboo” by David Farrelly is what we jokingly refer to as “The Bamboo Bible.” This book is an EXCELLENT reference to anyone who is interested in learning valuable facts about bamboo! Highly Recommended!
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“KUDBOO” with Nancy Basket
Yesterday, we visited a living legend in the primitive skills community, Ms. Nancy Basket, at her home in Walhalla, SC. Nancy is a proponent for working with Kudzu! Watch out now! Kudzu and bamboo are teaming up! Nancy teaches (you guessed it), basket weaving and paper making with another of nature’s very giving (invasive) plants.…
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Join us at this event to attend our workshop and visit our vendor’s booth! We will be presenting “Bamboo 101: Hands-on instruction about this often misunderstood plant” – Aaron McCarty, Carolina Bamboo Held on Erskine’s picturesque campus in the foothills of Upstate South Carolina, Erskine’s flower and garden show features plenty of activities for the…
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The Sound and Music of Bamboo In this class, we will explore the sounds we can make with bamboo. We will use bamboo as percussion and wind instruments and create our own “Bamboo band!” We will listen to the sounds of a live shakuhachi flute and identify the sound of bamboo in popular music. We…
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Hosted by: Carolina Bamboo (Aaron and Wendy McCarty) www.CarolinaBamboo.org Kids Love Bamboo This class will be devoted to teaching children about all things bamboo. Children naturally love the magic of bamboo. In this class they will have the opportunity to get to know bamboo as a natural and free resource for creating. We will provide…
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Carolina Bamboo classes
Classes We teach bamboo anatomy, culture, music and art classes to children and adults. CLASS #1: Bamboo Culture (using bamboo)In this class, the knowledge required to use bamboo efficiently will be covered. We will cover the best practices for harvesting, curing, treating, and preserving bamboo. The appropriate tools for making use of bamboo will be…
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“Bamboo is extremely useful, and we need to start using it and valuing it in this country.” – Aaron McCarty Article by: Wendy McCarty Carolina Bamboo (CB) was honored to be asked to attend the 2017 Mother Earth News Festival (#MENF) as a presenter, early this May. Professional Natural builders are apparently hard to come…
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“Natural living” is a diamond of many facets. As a member of society, intertwined within our regular, every day lives, we see glints of the desire to return to the natural world through people’s interest in products. Examples of these products come in the form of skin care products, essential oils, kombucha and other fermented…
