David Farrelly

This is a good book but I think it's out of print because the author died and it never made it on to Kindle. Book talks about how we could use bamboo as a renewable resource to help save the planet and also talks about good things we can do in terms of environmentalism and spiritual practices that are helpful to calm an anxious mind.

It is comprehensive. About half to 3/4 of the book is uses of bamboo and things you can make (everything). The remaining quarter covers the various varieties around and growing it which were the parts I was most interested in. Is a good starting point for jumping off in research and would be better to come back to once actually growing.

A truly remarkable and wonderful book, introducing the reader to many uses of bamboo, classification, how it is grown in gardens and commercially, and much much more. There are of course other books that go much deeper into a specific and more narrow aspect of the giant subject of bamboo, but I have yet to see a book on bamboo that has the breadth of David Farelly's book, or the inspirational value. If you want to have just one book on bamboo, my guess is that it is this one you are looking for.