Today we have over 1100 members living throughout the US and in 39 other countries. The ABS issues a bimonthly Newsletter and a Journal, which is issued irregularly. We sponsor lectures, conferences, tours and plant sales in the Chapter areas.
Chapters maintain bamboo libraries, distribute publications and donate plants to public gardens.
Although bamboo seed is rare, we distribute seed to members when it is available. We sponsor the Internet Bamboo Group, a forum for discussion of topics related to bamboo, which has members from many nations. We are a member of the International Bamboo Association, an organization of bamboo societies throughout the world, which sponsors an International Bamboo Conference every four years. To disseminate and store this information, the Society maintains a library of references and publishes a Journal and a Newsletter. To promote the utilization of a group of desirable species by development of stocks of plants for distribution to botanical gardens and introduction to the general public.