That's a good question! Unfortunately, it is difficult to say as it seems that shedding depends on the type of bamboo you get. You would be best of getting professional advice on what type of bamboo would be best suited for a pool area. It may be the case that, if you are looking for very low maintenance, bamboo might not be the best option in this regard. Here's a link with a number of comments on this topic which might help: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1743451/bamboo-around-pool

Flower Power http://www.flowerpower.com.au/gardening/pool-friendly-plants-2/ provide a fairly generous list of plants that are suitable but you need to figure out the look and how much maintenance you're prepared to put in and think about thinks like the creepy crawlies that live in plants and that will find their way into your pool. A trip down to your local nursery and a chat with their horticulturalist will set you up nicely - be sure to take the size of the side that you're wanting to plant out (remember you wont want invasive roots) and if you can take a layout of your yard with the pool and the direction if faces, they'll be able to set you up with plants easily. If you decide to go low maintenance there are laser-cut screens and outdoor artwork that can work beautifully if you paint all your fence to one colour. Good luck,

Clean the wall, paint the fence, plant some plants. You can plant plants that will tolerate the soil you've got but if you improve the soil you will widen your choices and give your plants a better start. Forget fashionable vertical gardens, lovely though they look, unless you do not have space for horizontal gardens and you know what you are doing or are prepared for a steep learning curve. If you are an inexperienced gardener there are easier ways to get started and achieve a very nice result. You appear to have the space for it. Do you want to keep a lot of lawn, or will there be a sitting area or anything else?

It looks good CP ! My cunning trick on the letterbox would be some big numbers , painted in the brightest red you can get ( rather than do the whole letterbox red ) as it will then be obvious what it is , and it will then match the next coat of paint on the front door too . . . . . . . . . . . Overall though , I love the mix of tones , textures and colours , but all intelligently done around a planned theme ! With the door done a brighter red , and 1 or 2 of those large bright red glazed 'ali baba' pots ,it will be great !