Bamboo Park & Gardens

Our Guadua Bamboo Park & Gardens project was launched in 2021 through an initiative by Guadua Bamboo SAS, aiming to create commercial, educational, scientific, and recreational spaces. This park seeks to be a “Bambusetum” or botanical garden focused on tropical bamboos, featuring at least 100 of the more than 1,700 bamboo species worldwide.

The selection has been made based on specific characteristics, focusing on commercial timber bamboos that serve the following purposes:

• Use in the wood industry.
• Ornamental use.
• Tools for land reforestation, supporting water flow management, land restoration, and soil erosion control.
• Shoots suitable for food consumption.

Our first bamboo (Dendrocalamus sinicus, “the largest bamboo in the world,” and the only one in Colombia) was planted on March 5, 2021. To date, we have 14 different species out of the 20 most important bamboos worldwide. These were introduced from Asia through seeds, which can take up to 150 years to mature.

Our park will serve as a conservatory for bamboo species with scarce populations worldwide, and we expect to open it to the public within five years. Meanwhile, we publish and update the growth status of our bamboo plants on this page. Customers interested in purchasing our bamboo plants are welcome to visit the park by appointment.