Marcus Chen · April 22, 2026
Three years ago, a neighbour two streets over knocked on my door in a panic. She had just bought her home and discovered bamboo pushing up through the gravel under her garden shed. The previous owners had planted a golden…
Marcus Chen · April 11, 2026
If your bamboo crosses a property line and causes damage, you can be held legally responsible — and that responsibility doesn’t disappear just because the roots moved on their own. This is the legal reality that catches most bamboo growers off guard, and it’s one worth understanding before you plant a single culm. Bamboo as … Read more
Marcus Chen · April 10, 2026
Bamboo is not federally regulated in the United States — there is no nationwide ban on planting it. But depending on where you live, your state, county, city, or even your HOA may have something very specific to say about it. I learned this the hard way after planting a stand of Phyllostachys aureosulcata (yellow … Read more
Marcus Chen · February 8, 2026
The morning I discovered my entire back fence line had disappeared under a wall of bamboo, I actually laughed — because what else do you do? Then I saw my vegetable garden. Or what used to be my vegetable garden. My neighbor’s bamboo had invaded my yard so completely that the raised beds I’d spent … Read more