September 15th (FRIDAY) SPECIAL SPEAKER: LAURENT DARRIEUX. beginning at 9AM at the Garden Council building, we will be meeting for a very special demonstration by renowned French artist Laurent Darrieux, the author of the Cosmic Bonsai. The tree that he will use will become our December Holiday raffle tree that we draw the winning ticket […]

This meeting will be about preparing trees for the Annual Bonsai Show on Nov 4-5. We'll discuss using moss, cleaning the appearance of trees, and how to use a companion. This will be an important session to help everyone get ready for next month's show. We think it will be bigger than ever.

This year's 41st Annual Show will have an Exhibit of Bonsai Trees, Sales, Demonstrations, Raffles, Workshops and a Multi-Club Styling Competition. Free admission, free parking. Dorothy Schmitz, a world-renowned Bonsai artist, will be the judge in addition to holding a Green Island Ficus workshop.

We will discuss the Annual Show that was held on Nov 4-5, 2023. We were very pleased with how we set up the display, and the many vendors were pleased.

The "Black Thumb" is an award for a tree that has somehow died while in your possession. The purpose of this is multifold. First of all, the meeting is usually full of laughs, and then you get to explain what went wrong! Everyone who works with Bonsai has experienced the demise of a tree, but often it has nothing to do with anything you did. We will discuss what went wrong, and treat this as a learning experience.

Rick Owens will do a demonstration of Yose-eu....a Forest Bonsai Style that appears a great deal just like the multi-trunk style, however, the distinction is the fact that this bonsai style is composed of many trees instead of one tree with numerous trunks.

Martha Goff and Don Williams will hold a pottery class. (Max 15 people at $5/person.) Also taking place is help with any tree that you have and bring in.

This is our Annual Auction and is a great opportunity to acquire some very nice Bonsai Trees. Our auction is open to the public, and is held at the Berne Davis Garden Center at 2166 Virginia Ave., Fort Myers. This location is directly north of the Edison-Ford Winter Estates. We do two types of auction: […]

During this meeting, we will be honored by Mike Lane, who will demonstrate Grafting techniques. Mike is one of the world's best!

Here's something nobody should miss....this month's Moss workshop! There are many types and sometimes difficult to find, but we have some good advice!

We will be honored to host another world-renowned Bonsai Artist Hiram Macias. He will do a Literati demonstration in the morning, and a Workshop in the afternoon...$80/person and Tree included.