Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #89) — various species

— UPDATE 19 AUGUST 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

 — UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2025: All bamboo poles are still available. —

Numerous stems of various bamboo species are offered FREE of charge. The stems are 3–7 m long; basal diameter 1–6.5 cm; a few are thick-walled or solid, most are moderately thick-walled to thin-walled. In addition, several shorter stems are offered, too; they are 0.7–2.1 m long and 1.5–5.5 cm in diameter. Furthermore, 2 palm stems are available: 5.7 m long by 9 cm in basal diameter.

Location: Baan Sammi, 15 km (10 mi) northeast of Chiang Mai, coordinates 18.83523,99.10768, this location is on Google Maps and Google Street View (link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/UHbMTYi3zwRvduLUA). There, the stems can be picked up ANY day between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., but a 1-DAY ADVANCE NOTICE is required.

Please, send your private message in English or Thai via Facebook Messenger; we respond in English. Phone: not available by phone.

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #88) — Schizostachyum species

— UPDATE 3 AUGUST 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

— UPDATE 1 AUGUST 2025, 5 p.m.: All bamboo poles (Pile #88) of this offer were reserved for someone today; therefore, these poles are no longer available. —

 — UPDATE 1 AUGUST 2025: All bamboo poles are still available. —

Numerous stems of three bamboo species (Schizostachyum spp.) are offered FREE of charge. The stems are up to 8.9 m long, most are ca. 3–4.5 m long; basal diameter 1.5–5 cm, most are ca. 2–3 cm in diameter; a few are moderately thick-walled, most are thin-walled. In addition, several shorter stems are offered, too; they are 0.7–1.9 m long and 1.5–5.5 cm in diameter. The stems are best suited for supporting climbing plants, for interior design, or can be split to make flat surfaces.

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #87) — various species

— UPDATE 26 JULY 2025, 5:30 p.m.: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ — 

— UPDATE 26 JULY 2025: All bamboo poles are still available. —

Over 50 stems of various bamboo species are offered FREE of charge. The stems are 3–7.8 m long, most are ca. 4 m long, basal diameter 1–3 cm, most are ca. 2 cm in diameter, moderately thick-walled to thin-walled. In addition, several stems shorter than 1.5 m are offered, too.

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #86) — various species

 — UPDATE 22 JULY 2025, 11:40 a.m.: All bamboo poles were picked up, none were left. — ลำไม้ไผ่ในสต็อกหมดแล้วครับ —

 — UPDATE 20 JULY 2025: All bamboo poles are still available. —

Numerous stems of various bamboo species are offered FREE of charge. The stems are 4–10 m long, most are ca. 6 m long, 2–5 cm in diameter, most are moderately thick-walled to thick-walled. A few more stems will be added over the next few weeks.

Bamboo culms offered during dry season 2025/2026

 During the past 2024/2025 dry season, an uncountable number of cut bamboo culms were offered, all for free. These offers were published on numerous Chiang Mai Facebook groups and Khun Sam's Facebook page: altogether 36 offers of piles of bamboo, starting with Pile #49 in January 2025 and ending with Pile #85 in May 2025. Furthermore, numerous free bamboo culms were offered to people for self-harvesting the bamboo clumps from September 2024 to April 2025. 

In the coming dry season of 2025/2026, pre-cut bamboo culms will be offered again for FREE, but in significantly smaller quantities.

We recommend contacting us in advance if anyone is interested in bamboo culms. If and when bamboo culms are available, we will offer them to you first.

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #85) — various species

 — UPDATE 23 MAY 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up on 22 May 2025; none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #84) — various species

— UPDATE 4 MAY 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #83) — Bambusa sp.

— UPDATE 4 MAY 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #82) — ×Thyrsocalamus liang

— UPDATE 19 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles were harvested today and picked up; none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #81) — Bambusa duriuscula

 — UPDATE 25 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles were picked up; none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #80) — Dendrocalamus brandisii

— UPDATE 10 APRIL 2025: All culms were harvest and picked up on 9th and 10th April, and none remained. —

General information on bamboo culm harvesting and how to obtain these culms free of charge

Over 300 bamboo species were cultivated on the grounds of Baan Sammi, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province, several years ago. The number of species has been reduced over the years, and as of April 2025, only approximately 40 different bamboo species remain.

Most species are useful bamboos with diameters of 3 to 10 cm, thick-walled or even solid on the lower culm, and lengths of 10 m and more.

To harvest the culms of these clumps, we need the help of one person: you, or another person accompanying you who will carry out the assisting work. We saw off all the culms at their bases OURSELVES, but all other work must be done by the person helping, e.g., cutting off the branches from the culms, and uploading the culms onto the person's pickup truck. This person can receive all harvested culms for free if they want them.

We cut the culms ourselves at their bases using a reciprocating saw (left).
To pull a culm out of the bamboo clump, one person (male or female) is needed (center).
You or your team must load all the desired culms (and also branches, if wanted) onto your vehicle (right).

Various medium-sized bamboo species — help harvest these culms and get them for FREE!

Culm harvesting of medium-sized bamboo is not arduous, though it requires your assistance, as described in → this post.

Culms of medium-sized bamboo are less tall, about 10 m, but the usable section of such a culm is shorter, often between 5 and 8 m long. Diameters are mostly in the range of 2 to 4 cm. Please click on 'Read more' to see a selection of suitable species.

Build your bamboo fence with FREE bamboo STEMS that you can harvest yourself!

 There are numerous bamboo fencing constructions and designs, most are of three main elements, each of which works best with poles of different bamboo species:

Examples: Phai Sang Mon, a Dendrocalamus species, is ideal for thick fence poles (left), Phai Ruak Dam, Thyrsostachys oliveri, is good for fence rails (center), and Schizostachyum zollingeri can be easily split for fence strips (right).

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #79) — Schizostachyum zollingeri

— UPDATE 2 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #78) — Bambusa rigida and Bambusa alamii

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #77) — Dendrocalamus minor var. amoenus

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #76) — Gigantochloa sp.

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #75) — Bambusa textilis

— UPDATE 4 APRIL 2025: All bamboo poles of this pile were picked up today, and none remained. —

Pre-cut bamboo poles for FREE (Pile #74) — Dendrocalamus asper

 — UPDATED 6 APR. 2025: 70% of the bamboo culms were harvested on 4th April, the remaining 30% on 6th April. All culms were picked up today, and none remained. —