Date: Friday 10 October 2025

Location: The Vaults at Goods Yard, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HG UK

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.

The first event to be hosted in the historic Vaults at Goods Yard by Capital & Centric, a once derelict warehouse canalside right next to Stoke Station, it was the perfect location to be inspired by the past and the future in one spot.

With 100 people in attendance, and 125 online on the day, we hosted with speakers and contributors from all around the world and shone the light right here on the work that’s taking place in the UK.

Our day saw us explore: If bamboo is the planet’s fastest-growing sustainable resource, why isn’t it growing, researched, fabricated, and built with at scale across the UK, starting here in Stoke-on-Trent?

You can see the schedule, find out about the speakers and contributors, see the live stream, catch up on the partners and the Bamboo in the UK Group and exploring the tiles below.

Gallery: images by Holly Johnson.

The UK Bamboo Summit was funded by the tickets and donations, and part-funded by #UKSPF through support from Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s City of Imagination Grant, and through our work with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council.

Image selection by Gemma Thomas, Andrew Moore, Holly Johnson