Recent projects

Now is the time, to join us for the sixth UK Bamboo Summit in Birmingham for 2026. This year Birmingham Botanical Gardens, with Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces and the Forward Institute will host this energetic, inspiring and catalysing event for bamboo in the UK.
A group of young people holding a bamboo hyperbolic paraboloid.
Brilliant Bamboo has been pleased to work with Madeley High School on a Partners in Creative Learning Creative Freedom project.
Brilliant Bamboo Brownfield Parklet: A Brilliant Bamboo Growspace
The Brilliant Bamboo Brownfield Parklet is an acre site in the heart of Stoke Town / Stoke-upon-Trent in the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The site is a former pottery works: Trent & Crescent (1868-1957), where only some of the walls and floors remain.
A town centre street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, with bamboo structure with circus artists climbing around and people sat down watching.
BAMBOO-ST is our project with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council from their UKSPF in 2025- 2026. The project is in two strands: – ENGAGE & EDUCATION – GROWSPACE
On Friday 10 October 2025, Brilliant Bamboo in collaboration with Orit Azaz, Creative Director of Imagine Bamboo hosted the UK Bamboo Summit 2025 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Brilliant Botanicals: A Brilliant Bamboo Intiative
Brilliant Botanicals is inspired by our passion for bamboo, our research that brings the connection to our local story of the pottery industry through their caneware and surface pattern designs from the late 1700’s onwards.
Two children add the cushions made by the community to the bench and sculpture, Sandra's Story.
From February to March 2025, Brilliant Bamboo worked with Middleport Matters and those in the Middleport area as part of the #DiscoverMiddleport project to co-create a new piece of bamboo sculpture and furniture with artist, Spencer Jenkins.
Booming Brilliant: A Brilliant Bamboo Podcast
Booming Brilliant is Brilliant Bamboo’s emergent and DIY podcast. Created by our Director, Gemma, the podcast captures short conversations during conference-style events and longer chats with colleagues to learn more about what and how they have worked with bamboo and why.
In late 2023, we were pleased to be able to work with LadyBird Su or artist Su Hurrell who supported us to investigate a site in a village, Fulford, at the edge of the city towards Stone.