Feng Shui in Your Ottawa Home – Bamboo Stalks

Posted on March 27, 2009 
Filed Under The Ottawa House, Valerie Zinger

If you are starting out with no plants in your home, you should consider bamboo.  Bamboo is a wonderful way to have green growing plants without have to spend inordinate time in care and maintenance.  Bamboo stalks grow in water, no need to plant in soil.  It will bring good energy into your space – alive, growing and positive.  Feng Shui principles consider bamboo as a symbol of health wealth and happiness.  The number of stalks in a container represents different types of positive forces.  I prefer odd numbers so think of 3 stalks (past, present and future); 5 stalks (wealth and fortune) or 7 stalks (good health).  

The container is important.  You will want to be able to change the water and clean the container.  Traditionally bamboo would be in a celadon coloured pottery container.  In contemporary homes, try keeping the bamboo in glass containers.  The beauty of glass is that you will always know how much water is in the container and if the roots are being properly served.  When washing the container, make sure that you rinse it well and that any rocks or marbles you have in the container are also well washed. 

To source out bamboo, look for bamboo stalks at Ikea (what?) and almost any grocery store.  If you want an arrangement of stalks in an appropriate vase, visit your florist.  

It never hurts to increase your luck with bamboo.  

Photo credit:  Lucky Bamboo @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/chefranden/369311449/

Valerie Zinger ~ Ottawa, Canada ~ 613-723-5300 ~ vzinger@royallepage.ca

 

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One Response to “Feng Shui in Your Ottawa Home – Bamboo Stalks”

  1. bamboo poles kid on November 12th, 2009 6:31 pm

    You are good, your blog posts should be required reading…

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