Bamboo has a reputation as the plant of a 1000 uses, as a food, medicinal, in construction (scaffolding, bridges, gutters…) paper and pulp products, socks and nappies (30% more absorbent than cotton and more environmentally friendly to process) musical instruments, water purification (bamboo charcoal is 3X as effective apparently than wood charcoal),to bicycles, fishing rods, toothpicks….
For a visual display try www.bambus.de and www.bambooworld.com

Here in Pembrokeshire, bamboo is usually used decoratively. We stock several varieties here at Dyffryn Gwyddno Nursery, and can propagate
to order.