More practical surface strengthening methods are required in order to reinforce the soft ground of dredged or reclaimed ground with minimum troubles. To this end, bamboo which are cultivated or grow naturally in Korea are used as the reinforcement material due to their good physical properties and economical advantage. In this study, large scale plate loading test was conducted to investigate the characteristics of the load bearing capacity of very soft ground reinforced with bamboo net. From the test results for variables pertinent to bearing capacity, good relationships could be obtained between the bearing capacity ratio(BCR) and the ratio of embedded depth to bamboo spacing.