The Southeast Chapter of the American Bamboo Society will host the first annual Winter Bamboo Festival at the Historic Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens in Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday, February 16, 2008. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature a bamboo plant and product sale as well as bamboo crafting demos

and educational bamboo presentations. The day will begin at 8:30 AM. For more info, visit the Bamboo Farm's website (www.ugaextension.com/bamboo), the Southeast Chapter's website (www.sec-bamboo.org), or contact Tracy Cato at 706-255-4901 or tcato@mail.com.