01 January 2025

General Information


General Information — ข้อมูลทั่วไป

Baan Sammi (บ้านแซมมี) is the name of a property (predominantly residential). It comprises
● Baan Sammi Nature Retreat (บ้านแซมมี เนเจอร์รีทรีต บ้านให้เช่า), a house rental business run by Khun Sam, and
● Bambusetum Baan Sammi (สวนไผ่บ้านแซมมี), a non-commercial bamboo enterprise managed by Khun Dieter.

Baan Sammi Nature Retreat consists of four rental houses in the property's natural settings, and the Bambusetum is an integrated part of the property.

Bambusetum Baan Sammi is a small botanical garden with a living bamboo collection; it has been closed to the public since 1 March 2022. Visits are still possible, but only by appointment with an exact date and an exact or approximate time. Visitors are still offered to receive pre-cut bamboo culms, harvest bamboo culms themselves, and dig out bamboo plants grown in the garden, all free of charge. No sale, shipping, or delivery is being offered.

If you want to purchase bamboo plants, you can buy bamboo (plants, poles, seeds) from Mr. Thammarat of the commercial bamboo nursery Boonthammee Bamboo Garden (Boon­thammee Co., Ltd.), Hang Dong, Chiang Mai. Mr. Thammarat offers nation­wide and inter­national delivery of bamboo. Please consider that bamboo plants due for any ship­ment need to be prepared for domestic trans­portation or inter­national delivery.

Another option for buying bamboo plants is the Kham Thiang Market in Chiang Mai. Useful bamboo species, potted in small PVC bags, are available from a shop located at coordinates 18.806658, 98.995720, in contrast, ornamental bamboo in larger sizes is offered at various shops situated within about 200 m around 18.805859, 98.998978.


Description and History of Bambusetum Baan Sammi / Beschreibung und Geschichte des Bambusetums, in Chapter 3 of Bamboos of Thailand (link see below).

Bamboo Species at Bambusetum Baan Sammi — พันธุ์ไผ่ในสวนไผ่บ้านแซมมี / Bambusarten im Bambusetum

Bamboo Available for Free — ไม้ไผ่ให้ฟรี  (former Bamboo Plants Available for Distribution — พันธุ์ไผ่หลากชนิดจำหน่าย): Get first-hand information and updates on bamboo offered from this blog!
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Horticultural Stuff / Gärtnerisches Zubehör
Gardening equipment

Preservation of bamboo / Konservierung von Bambus
Bamboo Seed — เมล็ดพันธุ์ไผ่





Dividing of a bamboo plant with pachymorph rhizomes

Preparing Bamboo for Transport and Export (photo albums)

Bamboo plant maintenance, particularly for mature, pachymorph-rhizome, tall tropical, and subtropical bamboo species whose culms are used in construction

Clear-cut pruning of bamboo clumps with pachymorph rhizomes: 6 examples



Bamboos of Thailand – on the Internet