Established running bamboo comes back from the rhizome — the underground stem that is the underground, regenerative portion of the plant.
We remove bamboo the only way that lasts — by digging the entire rhizome mass out of the ground, tracing every runner past the visible clump.
We serve the greater Seattle area and the wider Puget Sound region — the islands to the west and the towns north, south, and east. We also consult on bamboo by phone and email across the US and Europe, and we install rhizome barriers for the bamboo you want to keep contained rather than gone.
Costs depend on the size of the stand, where you live, and access.
No. We remove bamboo by excavation, not by spraying. Much of the Puget Sound drains toward salmon streams, and soil-active herbicides move through the ground, harm nearby plants, and always fail to kill the bamboo. Digging is both the cleaner method and the one that actually works.
There is no way to determine the length of the work until we are excavating into the ground.
We guarantee 100% of every area we dig. Bamboo regrows only from rhizome left in the ground, so removing all of it in the excavated zone is what makes the guarantee possible. If a fragment we couldn't reach — under a neighbor's fence without access permission, say — sends a runner back in, we'll tell you that up front and how to handle it.
Yes. This is one of the most common calls we get. We remove the runners that have crossed onto your property and devise a way to prevent return without creating additional issues.
We cover the greater Seattle area and the Puget Sound region broadly — city neighborhoods, the Eastside, north and south along the Sound, and the islands. If you're not sure whether you're in range, just ask; if we can't reach you we usually know someone who can.