Bamboo Garden

Elite '08

52

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Rebecca H.

Clackamas, OR

Use the website to get directions.  We used GPS which had us driving on a gravel road for 8 miles.  We asked Ned if there was an easier way to get back and he smirked and said to use the paved road.  Sure enough there is a paved road that easily connects to 26.  We're dolts.  

As for the garden, it is BEAUTIFUL.  So many lovely bamboo plants in such a quiet, peaceful setting.  Ned drove us around in a golf cart and showed us different plants.  He really knows his stuff.  He helped us select the best plant for our needs.  We brought photos of our backyard on digital camera and he was very honest that we couldn't fit a bamboo into some of the spaces without the roots busting out of the retaining wall.  We bought a Golden Crookstem Bamboo, or Phyllostachys aureosulcata "aureocaulis', for 65 bucks.  The same plant at our local nursery is over $100.  True, we had to drive past Hillsoboro to get it but it was worth it for the advice that went with it.  Ned was very helpful and personable.  They do request you call first and let them know you are coming so that they can have staff ready to assist you.  It's not a place you can just wander around because it's huge so you want somebody to help you.  

Seriously, use the directions on the website.  We had visions of breaking down and having our dessicated bodies found by the sheriffs on a fly-by looking for sneaky MJ growers.  If you are on a gravel road for more than 200 feet, you went the wrong way.

http://www.bamboogarde...

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