Bamboo nurseries functioning at KFRI Peechi and FRC Velupadam were established with the support of the National Bamboo Mission. The source of planting material is seeds, culm cuttings, and tissue culture. The stakeholders include State Bamboo Missions, Kerala Bamboo Corporation, Farmers, NGOs and LSGDs etc., within Kerala and outside Kerala. The Bamboo Nursery serves as a model training unit for trainees and provides technical guidance on setting up nurseries for farmers, LSGDs and other organisations.

The seedlings of the following species available at the bamboo nursery

1. Bambusa balcooa Roxb.
2. Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
3. Bambusa cacharensis R. B. Majumdar
4. Bambusa polymorpha Munro
5. Bambusa tulda Roxb.
6. Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.
7. Bambusa vulgrais Schrad.
8. Bambusa wamin E. G. Camus
9. Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.) Backer
10. Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro
11. Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
12. Dendrocalamus longispathus (Kurz) Kurz
13. Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz
14. Dendrocalamus sikkimensis Gamble ex Oliv.
15. Gigantochloa rostrata K. M. Wong
16. Ochlandra setigera Gamble
17. Teinostachyum wightii (Munro) Bedd.
18. Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble
19. Guadua angustifolia Kunth