The 2nd Annual Bamboo Festival will be held on the weekend of July 12-13 at North Carolina Arboretum, located near Asheville/Blue Ridge Parkway.Click here for map

Join the fun; don’t miss this year’s event, last years event attracted over 1,250 attendees! The North Carolina Arboretum is located only minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, and the Biltmore House.

Vendors, Lecturers, Exhibitors
There are booths both indoor and outdoor available for vendors and exhibitors. Also, time slots and space are available for lecturers, and those wishing to give demonstrations. All bamboo nurseries and growers, artisans, musicians and instrument crafters that utilize bamboo are invited to be vendors and or exhibit their skills and wares. The NC Arboretum will provide tables, chairs, buckets, brooms, water hose and outside tents for vendors/exhibitors. There is no booth charge, but a 15% commission on all sales will be required from vendors at the end of the event.

For an application for booth, lecture, and demonstration reservations contact our festival coordinator Stefani Oshima at (828) 685-3053, or by email at, stefanioshima@hotmail.com. The deadline for all reservations is June 11, 2008.

Volunteers
We need volunteers to help with the membership, t-shirt, and raffle table in the lobby. Any amount of time one can give is appreciated, but if you can donate two or more hours we can offer you a free meal at the SEC chapter dinner.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Stefani Oshima to schedule the day and hour at (828) 685-3053 or by email at, stefanioshima@hotmail.com.

Donations
We are looking for raffle and bamboo plant donations for our plant auction. The first is a donated gift for a raffle. The second are bamboo plants for auction. The plant auction is being coordinated by Tom Harlow so if you have any questions please contact him at (423) 638-4290.

Parking
Parking is $6 per vehicle, but free for vendors, lecturers, those giving demonstrations, and NC Arboretum member.

This event will be publicized in local newspapers, the Arboretum newsletter, and other media.