Why use bamboo?

Bamboo is …

1. Pest Free & Evergreen. It consists largely of silica, which is not desirable to insects and inhibits diseases. Even deer find bamboo unpalatable. Most bamboos are ever- green in temperate climates.

2. Diverse & Adaptable. There are 70 genera and 2400 known species. Bamboo adapts as well in sandy soil as it does in clay. Heights range from 2 inches to 100 feet. Culms can be black, blue, yellow, pink, red, brown, or green. Leaves may be green, varie- gated green and white or green and yellow.

3. A Native Plant. There is one species that is native to the U.S.— Switch Cane Bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea), whose habitat is the Southeast region of the country. Some of us remember using switch cane for fishing poles when we were children.

4. Used Throughout the World. Bamboo is part of the fabric of every day life in Eastern cultures and in the Pan Americas. The shoots are used for food much the way we enjoy lettuce and tomato in a sandwich. Bamboo is used extensively as a construc- tion material and is still used as scaffolding in Asia. In America it is revered for its hardiness and evergreen elegance.

5. Bamboo is Edible. All bamboos are edible. The Phyllostachys are most commonly used for eating because the shoots are large in diameter. The best choice is Phyllostachys dulcis (Sweetshoot bamboo) which has a sweet, nutty flavor with no trace of bitterness.

6. Deer Resistant. Bamboo is made of silica which is not palatable to deer.

7. Two general catagories of bamboos Clumping and Running.

The above photo illustrates the use of “Running Bamboo” Phyllostachys nigra, black bamboo, in one of our Cambridge, MA interior office atriums.

8. Bamboo is a great choice for your corporate commercial office plant interiors.

9. Plantscape Designs Inc has the onsite office plants and flower programs for your office environment.

Plantscape Designs Inc Reentry Three Point Program. Massachusetts; Lexington, MA

Joe Gallo
781.279.0032 x101
joe@joepdiplants-com

Plantscape Designs inc Is Offering a Three Point Reentry Program:

1.Assessment : Of your Current interior corporate Plants

2. Sales :of New plants you may need

3. Service : Resuming of your weekly care and plant service

We miss our customers. Please let us know when your offices will open and we can resume interior plant service. PDI is committed to provide safe and quality work.We value our customers and employees that is why we will continue to follow universal precautions and CDC guidelines to ensure safe entry into your offices and keep our employees healthy.We have been and intend to service more of our clients in these upcoming weeks and months during the Coronavirus crisis.

How are we able to do this?Very discreetly and safely. A quick weekly visits using CDC guideline safe practices :

• Two of our volunteestaff not our twenty shall water and maintain your plants; Lexington, MA
• Face masks that are continually sanitized and replaced are being used daily
• Use of 70% isopropyl alcohol sprayed on all our surfaces and your surfaces that we come in contact.
• Use of 3% hydrogen peroxide sprayed on all our surfaces and your surfaces that we come in contact
• Use of disposalable latex gloves and reusable/ washable gloves; Lexington, MA
• None of our staff are allowed to work if they have a fever or otherwise feel ill
• Our staff are instructed to have no contact with your security nor maintenance personal
• We are practicing 6 feet or more social distancing; Massascusetts
• PDI will follow CDC guidelines between your staff and ours to ensure mutual protection.We are ready, safe and healthy!

Be Safe

Joseph R. Gallo Jr
President/ Founder
Kind regards,
Plantscape Designs Inc/ Team

(781) 279-0032

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Why and how to use bamboo in your offices and lobbies?

Plantscape Designs Inc Reentry Three Point Program. Massachusetts; Lexington, MA