The Bamboo Garden in North Plains has the largest variety of cold-hardy bamboo in the United States. (Noah Bell) It was one of those rare sultry June days in northwest Oregon and Noah Bell needed to ...

Ned V. Jaquith changed the way people thought about bamboo in the Northwest and became the plant's unofficial ambassador around the globe. "Ned was the Johnny Appleseed of bamboo, in the sense of ...

The fascinating world of bamboo can be entered through any of several doors -- furniture, food or garden. And even when talking bamboo in the garden, the reason for planting it could be usefulness or ...