The Seattle Chinese Garden's April 22 Bamboo Festival is set to take place from 12 to 4:30 pm. It is co-sponsored by the American Bamboo Society's Northwest Chapter.

Schedule
12:30 Gardening with bamboo (James Clever who is the current national president of the American Bamboo Society )
1:15 Bamboo's role in Chinese culture (Stella Chien)
2:00 Building and constructing with bamboo (Mark Meenan & Tyler Thirloway)
2:45 Gardening with bamboo (James Clever) repeat of 12:30
3:30 Bamboo kite building workshop (1 hr) (Greg Kono)

The workshops will be in the Chan Education Center next to the Seattle Chinese Garden entrance. The first juried photography show is also in the Chan Center. Jurors chose the 28 photos on display and for sale from more than 1,500 photos taken at the Garden last fall by a photography workshop taught by Ray Pfortner.
Two companies (Beauty and the Bamboo and Bamboo Gardener) will be selling bamboo and there will be demonstration booths of bamboo bikes and bamboo kites. Festival goers can also learn how to paint bamboo from the Puget Sound Sumi Artists and/or make a kite out of bamboo.

They can also see bikes made out of bamboo.

Festival and Garden admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors (62+) and students. Free for Seattle residents (please bring identification), Garden members, and children under 5.