Lucky Bamboo now on our website

Lucky Bamboo ready for Chinese New Year

We have now put a large range of Lucky Bamboo up on our website - just follow this link: Bamboo Creations Victoria Lucky Bamboo.  Check out the different shapes and sizes available. Technically speaking, lucky bamboo is not actually bamboo. Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena Sanderana) belongs to the lily family. It gets it's common name because it resembles bamboo in appearance, with segmented stems.

We have been busy completing these pages ready for both Chinese New Year and Valentines Day. 

Chinese New Year and Lucky Bamboo


In Chinese culture, bamboo is considered lucky because it symbolises strength, newness, rapid growth, flexibility and fortitude. Lucky bamboo also features in the chinese art of Feng Shui as it brings luck to your house.

Valentines Day

If you are looking for a special or unique gift for valentines day then look into the different lucky bamboo's that are available. We can deliver to you or you can come and pick up from our nursery.

Easy to look after.

The plant just needs to be kept wet and out of direct sunlight. The main recipe for a healthy plant is plenty of light (even indoor light is good enough), feed sparingly, always keep wet and avoid excessive handling.

Foster Promontory market 27th January 2013

Foster Promontory Market

Bamboo Creations Victoria at Foster Market

A great way to break up the Australia Day weekend is to visit us down at the Foster Promontory Market.  This market is on Sunday 27th January between 8am and 2pm. This is situated on Station Street in Foster.  Foster is a lovely 2.5 hour drive from Melbourne close to the beach and the beautiful Wilsons Promontory. 

We will be taking a lot of different varieties of bamboo and some of our garden statues. Don't forget the January Specials. Ask about our bamboo specials when you come and visit us at the Market.






Definitions

Bambusa Boniopsis - Jade Goddess Bamboo

Clumping Bamboo: Clumping bamboo will not spread as all new canes will shoot close to the mother culm. The picture of Jade Goddess or Bambusa Boniopsis is a clumping type of bamboo.  This type of bamboo is great for hedging or a contained garden feature plant.  These can also be grown in pots to add a bit of greenery to your home or garden. Our website (http://www.bamboo-plants.com.au/clumping-bamboo.php) has a list of all clumping types of bamboo. We also have specifications of each bamboo on our info page. Have a look when you are doing your garden planning or talk to us about your garden requirements.

January Sale

Black Bamboo

January Sale Still On!!

The January sale is now in full swing but stock is running out. Our Bamboo Nursery has many different types of bamboo that may interest you or may suit your garden. Why not visit us and we can show you around and discuss your particular bamboo requirements. Please call before you visit to ensure that we are around and can give you our 100% attention. We also attend many markets in and around Victoria (visit our website for a full list of markets over the next few months so you can plan your weekends). 

We normally have bamboo on special which we try and highlight in this blog. However, we sometimes have specials that are not up here so do not hesitate to call and ask about our current specials as they can change from time to time. 

An event coming up in February is the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo. This is a three day event with loads of exhibitors (over 450 stalls). We will be there with different types of bamboo and statues for you to look at. Come and say G'Day. The Expo has a strong lifestyle focus including food growing and preparation. In addition to the stalls, they have a range of people giving lectures on different aspect of Gardening and Food Preparation. Something to keep you entertained for many hours. The expo is on Tallarook St Seymour which is just up the Hume Hwy from Melbourne.

Massive Bamboo Sale during January 2013

Arrow Bamboo

During January 2013 Bamboo Creations Victoria

is having a

massive sale 

of our bamboos, statues and socks. 

We are pruning 20% off the price of our Lucky bamboo and a massive 50% off our statues.  

There are many other bamboo plants on special during our sale:
Arrow Bamboo, Oldhamii (or speedy screen), Black Bamboo, Silverstripe, Dwarf Fernleaf,  Pygmy Bamboo, Fountain Bamboo And Ghost.  For all the specifications and pictures of these bamboo please visit our website as we have photos and information about each of the varieties that we stock. 

To ensure that you do not miss out on one of our bamboo specials, please ring and pre order (mob: 0411 465 652). We can store the plant in our nursery until you are ready for collection.  We also have our free market delivery offer.  Just order your plant and let us know which market you will be attending (for a full list visit our website). We will then have your plant ready at this market for you to collect.

Our bamboo nursery has many statues on display. If you are wondering what the statues look like then come and visit us and we will show you the different statues and how they will enhance your Garden.

Don't forget that we are at the Gisbourne Market on the 6th of January and then at the Mornington Market on the 13th of January. 

As a late inclusion to our market schedule we will be back at Foster on the 27th January. This is the Australia Day weekend so you will have plenty of time to browse around the market, try the different foods and visit us to have a look at the different varieties of bamboo available. Keep an eye on this blog as we will post up and coming markets, specials and other bits of useful Bamboo information. We also keep our website up to date with all up and coming markets.

Visit us at our next market and mention this blog post to receive a free gift with each purchase.

Start 2013 at Gisborne Market

Mexican Weeping Bamboo

We hope you all had a magnificent Christmas and are having/had a very Safe and Happy New Year.

2012 has been and gone and now we are heading into 2013. The first cab off the rank for 2013 is the Gisborne Market on Sunday the 6th January.  This is in our area so is always good to meet local people and other people that come to visit us from around Melbourne, Victoria and beyond.

The market is situated along the service roasd of Hamilton and Aiken Streets in the Howey Reserve. The market runs from 9am until 2pm.

We have now started to put our socks up on our website.  Keep an eye on these as we will be putting up more and more socks over the next little while.  We also stock bamboo fibre towels that are very high quality.  These will also be going up onto the website shortly.  If you would like to know more about these products, please do not hestitate to call or send us an email.

If you would like to know more about bamboo or a particular variety then please email or write a comment on this blog.  Also, we would love to hear about your success or not so success stories.  We are also working on a picture gallery on our website.  Send us a picture and we may post it on the site or in this blog.

Foster Promontory Market - Last for 2012

Bridge on the Bass Hwy Kilcunda

Drive along the beach to come and visit us at the Foster Promontory Market.  This is held at the Foster showgrounds which is located in Station Road, Foster. This market is only minutes from the beach and has over 250 stalls of arts, crafts, food, train rides for the kids and of course Bamboo Plants. As with a lot of local markets, this market puts its profits back into the local community (rotary club, lions club etc). 

If you order before this market we will deliver free of charge to the market.  Just look around the stalls then come and collect your special bamboo plant.  Other people are taking advantage of this offer so please ring quickly to secure your spot in our van.

Lucky Bamboo

When you come and visit at the Foster Promontory market, just mention that you have seen this blog post.  We will then give you a special gift with any other purchase.

We have different varieties of bamboo on special. Always ask about our current specials when you talk about your bamboo requirements.  We have a 20% discount on garden statues. We also have a special on Lucky bamboo.  Ask also about the specials on our luxury range of bamboo fibre socks and towels. These are high quality products.

Bamboo Fibre Towels

Our bamboo nursery is open 7 days a week but we are having a few days off over the christmas period.  We are closed on Christmas day (25th), Boxing day (26th) and New Years Day (1st). Apart from these days, come and visit our nursery and see all the different types of bamboo that is available, you will be amazed.  If you cannot come to our nursery then please phone and we can arrange to have your plants delivered to your door.

Please use this blog to leave any comments about things you would like to know about Bamboo as we are more than happy to investigate more about the wonderful bamboo plant.

From Bamboo Creations Victoria - Have a Very Merry Christmas.

See you at Foster on the 30th.

Last markets for the year - Bamboo Creations Victoria

Last markets for the year 

This weekend - 

Sat: Mornington Twilight Market - Sun: Flemington Market

Bamboo Creations Victoria

We are at 2 locations this weekend, come and visit in preparation for Christmas. Saturday the 15Th December is the last Mornington Market for the year. This market is a twilight market meaning that it runs from 3pm in the afternoon to 8pm (shhh, according to the craft market website - Santa is dropping in for a visit). Then on Sunday, Bamboo Creations Victoria is at the Flemington market held at the Flemington race course.

Please visit Craft Markets Australia for more details about both of these markets, or visit our website, as we keep details and links to these markets.

If you are looking at purchasing bamboo plants before Christmas, now is your chance to put your order in. You can either pick them up from our Bamboo Nusery or we can take them down to one of our markets free of charge. 

We have many species on special so talk to us about your Garden requirements. Bring a rough plan of your garden and we can discuss the right plant for the right position.  Remember to ask about our Bamboo Plant discounts.

We look forward in seeing you. If we don't manage to catch up before Christmas then Bamboo Creations Victoria wish all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy/Safe New Year. 

See you all in 2013.

P.S. There is actually 1 more market in 2012 - We are at Foster - Wilsons Promontory on the 30th December. Visit our website for more details.