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Blaine man turns bamboo into profit
June 4, 2008 in Garden Related | Tags: garden design, garden fencing, garden fountains, garden furniture, garden home, garden ornaments, garden planning, gardening, gardening equipment, gardening product, home and garden, home buying, home closets, home construction loan, home cooking, home improvement, home insurance, Home Loan | Leave a comment
Who: Tom’s Bamboo.
What it makes: Owner Tom Burton grows 30 to 40 varieties of bamboo plants to sell, but he also makes bamboo fences, furniture, water spouts and fountains. His most popular plant is a cold-hardy bamboo that does well in Whatcom County’s winters, he said. He splits his time between growing bamboo and landscaping Asian-style gardens for clients.
Volume: Burton has about 3,000 plants in different stages of growth on his property in Blaine.
Marketplace: Burton sells plants at the Bellingham Farmers Market on Saturdays, and he travels to art shows throughout Whatcom and Skagit counties to sell his furniture and water spouts.
Production process: Burton grows his plants the “old-fashioned way,” as he says, and plants the seeds in pots.
