Monthly Meeting-March 2023

Garden Council Headquarters 2166 Virginia Avenue, Fort Myers, FL, United States

Bonsai Auction and Sale – April 15 9:30-2PM

Garden Council Headquarters 2166 Virginia Avenue, Fort Myers, FL, United States

Our Annual Auction and Sale will feature a "Five Club Styling Competition" The winning club will take their tree home. One lucky audience member will win a tree and the […]

Meeting, Saturday, May 20

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR! Trees are growing and some need wiring and some need repotting. If you need help with an original styling or a ‘how to’ on repotting […]

June 17th Field Trip

We are so excited to announce that for our June meeting, we will be taking a field trip. We will be caravanning it over to Dragon Tree Nursery on the […]

Meeting, Saturday July 15, 2023 9AM-Noon

This meeting will be a Refinement Class. We will show you how to repot, wire and style your trees. This is a BYOT (Bring Your Own Tree) session. Bring anything […]

Meeting, August 19, 9-12PM

On August 19th at 9AM at the Garden Council Building we will be creating a Root-Over-Rock. The club will supply a training pot, soil, extra supplies and a tiny tree […]

Meeting, September 15 (Friday), 9-12PM

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, […]

Meeting, Saturday, Oct 21, 2023, 9AM-Noon

Garden Council Headquarters 2166 Virginia Avenue, Fort Myers, FL, United States

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. […]

41st Annual Bonsai Show and Sale

Garden Council Headquarters 2166 Virginia Avenue, Fort Myers, FL, United States

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 […]

Meeting, Nov 18th, 9-12

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.

“Black Thumb Award” Meeting, Saturday, Jan 20th, 9AM

Garden Council Headquarters 2166 Virginia Avenue, Fort Myers, FL, United States

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.