We haven't had ANY trouble containing ours, and we've had it for over 20 years. If we miss one, it will grow straight out from the top of the concrete stones, again easy to find and easy to cut with garden shears. When a runner starts, it hits the metal sheeting and turns UP (our of the soil), making it very easy to snip off with a pruning shears.
We buried metal sheeting around the bamboo at the roots, sticking out of the soil about 3 inches. The berm is about 3 feet tall and is surrounded on all sides by concrete stones. Hubby and I wanted more privacy while in our hot tub, so we built a berm to the east side of the hot tub and planted bamboo. Sydney.sorry you had such trouble with bamboo. Pavers are much more useful than pea gravel. I am not a big fan of loose rock because of the all the leaves we have.
Regular inexpensive mulch that you can replenish cheaply every year or two with a $4 or $5 bag. The areas that are just walkway, just mulch around the existing pavers. That way you have less grass to take care of and water, but in a space the dogs can use. Keep the dogs off it for first two weeks until it starts to grow. Plant it in the summer so it has time to set roots before winter. You have to water 3 times a day to help the sod set roots. Really prep the soil with the 4 way type top soil mix before you put new sod down - and buy the sun and shade sod that only needs 2 hours of sunlight. Then pick an area to have a much smaller rectangle or circle of grass that has some sunlight coming through. How about enlarging your sitting area with pavers to create more entertaining space and remove a that portion of dead grass. From looking at your yard, I would suggest a combination of solutions as well. I have decided to limit the grass to a smaller area that gets some sun and prep it well and put down sun and shade sod. I also have two mature clematis vines in locations with some sun that are doing great. In the areas along the fence and where it will not grow I have planted vinca with the purple flowers. This bed has hosta, hydrangea, sweet woodruff and lamium groundcover. I have decided to enlarge the corner bed around one of the big trees and edge with tumbled flagstone all around. But, I LOVE my green trees outside my big windows, so they are staying. I have been re-doing my yard and we have trimmed the trees to thin out the canopy for more light. We have a very large deck that takes up a lot of the backyard, but the trees have gotten so big that they now block light and the roots compete with the grass. So, I have spent a lot of time looking at ideas myself to find a replacement for the grass. I have lots of big trees in my backyard and we have re-sodded the grass 3 times in the last 10 years.
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