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Lewis Bamboo
June 12, 2004

There were 41 people in attendance. We had a total of four new memberships with 7 members.

Nick DeRocher from Wolfcreek Bamboo and Bert Silverman from Mid Atlantic Bamboo.

John Reeves from Michigan and Gary Glover from North Alabama.

Rich Delano from Bamboo Sox was nice enough to send us samples of his socks made of 100% bamboo fiber for members to evaluate. 

Bert Silverman, Janie Ray and Mary Ann Silverman.

Steve Ray of Steve Rays Bamboo Garden, John Reves and Roger Lewis talking in a 'Moso' grove.

Group tour.

Roger Sr, Roger Jr. of Lewis Bamboo, Steve Ray and Adam Turtle of Our Bamboo Nursery.

Two of our new members are in the center of the picture above. Pete Brown of Birmingham and Joe Kilgore of Adger, AL. Richard Argo and his son, Jackson, from Argo Farms in Georgia are to the right side of the photo.

Robert and Pam Peterson drove up from Summerdale, AL. They joined our chapter and took several species of bamboo home with them.

Adam Turtle of Our Bamboo Nursery with the calibers measuring a three inch culm of P. dulcis.

Group looking at Ps. japonica 'tsutsumiana' (green onion).

Four Master Gardeners from Tuscaloosa, AL was in attendance and fascinated by bamboo.

Roger, Jr. talking about the grove of P. viridis 'Robert Young'.

Adam Turtle, Roger, Jr. and Gary Glover.

After touring the groves, a buffet was ready for all to enjoy.

Harriet Maheke from Birmingham, AL.

Steve Denahan, Gainsville, FL with Dr. Mike Hotchkiss of Georgia Bamboo talking on the deck.

Robby Russell, our President, with a bamboo vase that he won for a door prize.

We hope everyone had a good time and enjoyed the meeting. We welcome all the new members and invite them to join us for all our future meetings.

                                                                                   Gayle Lewis, Webmaster