Bonsai FAQ Part 3
Clubs and Associations
*Please have your club included here! It is NOT for vanity
purposes, its for the new people to find your group!*
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Arizona
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Phoenix Bonsai Society (since 1962)
Meets first three Tuesdays @ 7:30 pm September thru May
@ Valley Garden Center, 1809 N. 15th Ave. (just north of McDowell)
First meeting is small show of trees and lecture/demonstration,
Second & third meetings are hands-on workshops.
Dues are $20/individual, $30/family.
Visitors always welcome.
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California
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Kusamura Bonsai Club
Meets second Friday of each month
7 pm beginner's meeting, 8 pm regular meeting
Visitors welcome
Location: First Congregational Church
85 Louis Road (at Embarcadero)
Palo Alto, CA
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San Diego Bonsai Club, Inc.
PO Box 40037
San Diego, CA 92164
(619) 231 - 9899
Meets 2nd Sunday each month in Rm 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
at 10am.
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Bonsai Institute of California
PO Box 6268
Whittier, CA 90609 USA
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Connecticut
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The Bonsai Society of Greater New Haven
Generally, we meet the second Tuesday of each month at the Carriage house
in New Haven, at 7:30 p.m. Each regular meeting
we have a speaker who does a demonstration and then we raffle off the
tree.
Membership dues are $20/year individual and $25/year family.
Susan Cheslock (SueQball@AOL.COM)
Treasurer
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China Trade Bonsai Club
25 Shaw Street
New London, CT 06320
President: Val Gallagher, Ph. (203) 444 - 6251
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Yama Ki Bonsai Society
165 West End Avenue - 12D
New York, NY 10023-5509
President: Selma Bernstein (914)633-8338
Serving Westchester, NY and Southwestern CT
Meets 2nd or 3rd Saturday of Month at Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford CT
Celebrated 20th Anniversary December 1993
Publishes Almanac similar to FAQ with section for recording data on your
plants (3-ring binder)
Publishes Monthly Newsletter on meetings and demonstrations
Club exhibitions and critiques
Participates in NY Botanical Garden Bonsai Exhibition
Member of MidAtlantic Bonsai Clubs
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Florida
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Bonsai Societies of Florida (BSF) is a non-profit, state-wide, educational
organization that was created to advance the education of bonsai and to
coordinate the activities of the local members societies in Florida.
Currently there are 23 member societies as well as individuals who have
chosen to be Independent Members. Membership in BSF is open to all
individuals and clubs within Florida and the southeast US.
FLORIDA BONSAI - Four issues per year with emphasis on tropical and
semi-tropical bonsai and bonsai activities within the state.
AUDIOVISUAL LIBRARY - Slide/tape and video library of material available fo
member societies to borrow.
STATE CONVENTIONS - Sponsorship of bonsai conventions held in a different
part of the state each year.
Bonsai Societies of Florida Membership Chairman may be contacted at
for further information.
Bay County Bonsai Club
PO Box 35392
Panama City FL 32412-5392
(904) 769 7862
Bonsai Society of Brevard
433 S Bluff Dr
Melbourne FL 32901
(407) 724 2812
Buttonwood Bonsai Club
3811 N Tamarisk Ave
Beverly Hills FL 34465
(904) 746 5148
Central Florida Bonsai Club
200 St Andrews #2806
Winter Park FL 32792
(407) 671 0970
Charlotte Ichiban Bonsai Kai
PO Box 8023
Port Charlotte FL 33949-8023
(813) 764 6450
Ft Walton Beach Bonsai Society
PO Box 1326
Ft Walton Beach FL 32549
(904) 651 8998
Gainesville Bonsai Society
PO Box 15383
Gainesville FL 32604-5383
(904) 375 1771
Gold Coast Bonsai Society
2774 E Marina Dr
Ft Lauderdale FL 33312
(305) 989 4123
Hukyu Bonsai Society
10704 Lake Carroll Way
Tampa FL 33618-4236
(813) 932 3714
Kawa Bonsai Society
PO Box 11861
Daytona Beach, FL 32120
(904) 441 7289
Laubsch Bonsai Club
2213 Sequoia Dr
Clearwater FL 34623
(813) 725 1371
Lighthouse Bonsai Society
708 Nathan Hale Rd
West Palm Beach FL 33405
(407) 588 8088
Bonsai Society of Miami
PO Box 430074
Miami FL 33243-0074
(305) 252 2162
Bonsai Society of Naples
PO 704
Bonita Springs FL 33959
(813) 992 0800
North Florida Bonsai Club
PO Box 1027
Orange Park FL 32067-1027
(904) 221 2346
Pensacola Gulf Coast Bonsai Society
PO Box 1554
Gulf Breeze FL 32561-1554
(904) 476 5005
Shofu Bonsai Society
4070 Ardmore Ln
Sarasota FL 34232
(813) 377 9918
South Palm Bonsai Society
PO Box 17381
West Palm Beach FL 33415-7381
(407) 582 4785
Southwest Florida Bonsai Society
19810 Cypresswood Ct.
N Ft Myers FL 33903
(813) 543 6242
Suncoast Bonsai Club
PO Box 10444
St Petersburg FL 33733
(813) 585 5668
Tallahassee Bonsai Society
PO Box 3652
Tallahassee FL 32315-3652
(904) 681 3101
Treasure Coast Bonsai Society
5208 Suson Ln
Ft Pierce FL 34951
(407) 466 7576
AFFILIATED CLUB:
Atlanta Bonsai Society
1412 W Peachtree St
Atlanta GA 30309
(404) 973 2615
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Georgia
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Atlanta Bonsai Society Inc.
P.O.Box 18653
Atlanta,Ga.30326
Ph.(404)876-5827
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Illinois
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Prairie State Bonsai Society
(formerly Morton Arboretum Bonsai Society)
P. O. Box 2634
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138-2634
Meets 4th Monday of the month at College of DuPage.
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Midwest Bonsai Society
P. O. Box 1373
Highland Park, IL 60035
Meets 1st Monday of the month at the Chicago Botanical Society
Gardens
in Glencoe, IL.
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Indiana
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Indianapolis Bonsai Club
PO Box 20222
Indianapolis, IN 46220
The Indianapolis Bonsai Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month
at 7:00pm int he Indianapolis Museum of Art Horticultural Study Center.
For more information you can call (317)359-3227 or (317)251-9318.
"A. MICHELLE SIMMONS"
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Massachussets
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Northeast Bonsai Association
P.O. Box 1172
Melrose, MA 02176
Attn: Robert Downey
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Michigan
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The Ann Arbor Bonsai Society
Meets the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Ann Arbor, MI
Contact: John T. Lindsay (313) 878 6237
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The Bonsai Society - Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo MI
Meets the 2nd Monday of the month (except December)
7:00pm at Kalamazoo Nature Center
7000 North Westnedge Ave
Kalamazoo, MI
Further Info contact:
Henri F. Vermeulen (616) 343-4518 (evenings) HFVERM@aol.com
Alan Jacobs (616) 349-3535 jacobs@wmich.edu
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Four Seasons Bonsai Club
Meetings at 2pm on the 4th Sunday of the month at
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
814 N. Campbell
Royal Oak, MI USA
Contact Info:
Rick Mikulak +1 313 563 4079
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Minnesota
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Minnesota Bonsai Society
Department CP
P.O. Box 32901
Minneapolis, MN 55432
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Missouri
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Bonsai Society of Southwest Missouri
P.O. Box 6241
Springfield, Missouri 65801-6241
We meet the third Sunday of every month.
David Crighton #: (417) 831-4397
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New Hampshire
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American Bonsai Society
Box 358
Keene, NH 03431
Dues $ 20.00 per year, includes quarterly Journal of the American
Bonsai Society.
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New Jersey
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The Great Swamp Bonsai Society.
Frelinghuysen Aboretum, Morristown NJ
It meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30PM
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New Mexico
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Albuqerque Bonsai Club
c/o Albuquerque Garden Clubs
PO Box 3065
Albuquerque, NM 87190
(505) 296-6020
Meets first Wednesday of all months but July, August, &
December at 7:00 pm Marty Weiser, president through
9/30/94 weiser@crank.unm.edu (505) 277-2831 (daytime),
(505) 899-0450 (before 9 pm MT)
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New York
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Yama Ki Bonsai Society
165 West End Avenue - 12D
New York, NY 10023-5509
President: Selma Bernstein (914)633-8338
Serving Westchester, NY and Southwestern CT
Meets 2nd or 3rd Saturday of Month at Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford CT
Celebrated 20th Anniversary December 1993
Publishes Almanac similar to FAQ with section for recording data on your
plants (3-ring binder)
Publishes Monthly Newsletter on meetings and demonstrations
Club exhibitions and critiques
Participates in NY Botanical Garden Bonsai Exhibition
Member of MidAtlantic Bonsai Clubs
Fred Wells
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Long Island Bonsai Society
PO Box 600
Oakdale, NY 11769-0600
phone # 516-567-0388
Meets the 2nd Monday of each Month
2nd Sunday in Jan/Feb. Meetings are held at Planting
Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, 10:00am.
JAMES STOPFER
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Bonsai Kai of Central New York
Membership: contact Mrs. Cora Goldsworth
119 Fiordon Road, DeWitt, NY 13214
Phone 315-446-0852
Newsletter: Eileen Abraham
7617 West Sorrel Hill Road, Baldwinsville, NY 13027
We're small, but we put on a very good show every fall.
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Bonsai Society of Upstate New York
POB 92215
Rochester, NY 14692
Newsletter: Andrea Petitto, ALPET@AOL.COM
Phone 716-289-6004
This is the one you must join; 3 of the members have trees in the National
Collection in Washington
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Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society
c/o pfm bonsai studio
Pauline Muth
7 Western Avenue, West Charlton, NY 12010
Phone 518-882-1039
Also a commercial grower; indoor & outdoor trees, workshops.
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Greater New York Bonsai Society
c/o Phil Tacktill
Jiu San Bonsai Company
1243 Melville Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone 516-293-9246
Also a commercial grower; big collection, indoor & outdoor trees, big
variety, quality so-so, good prices, friendly, no botanical names
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Garden Center of Rochester Bonsai Society
Ms. Marian Wicks
82 East Manitou Road, Rochester, NY 14612
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North Carolina
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Triangle Bonsai Society
PO Box 9
Garner, NC 27529
This club meets on the first Sunday of every month at Sertoma Arts Center
in Raleigh. Meeting format varies; usually it's some kind of demo or
workshop, often by guest masters. The December meeting is traditionally
a "dutch" style auction of donated materials and plants.
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Bonsai Society
H. David Spirt, Treasurer
1427 Joel Dr.
Ambler, PA 19002
Dues: $15.00 individual, $20 family, $500 life.
President: Jim Brant (215) 948-6380
VicePresident: John Weiseman (215) 677-2885
Secretary: Linda Brant
Treasurer: H. David Spirt (215) 646-3433
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Contacts for the Pittsburgh Bonsai Society are:
Bessie L. Roberts, News Letter
1879 Fairlawn Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Bob Salvatora, Treasure
6048 Morrow Ave
Gibsonia, PA 15044
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Susquehanna Bonsai Club
1451 Pleasant Hill Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112
(717) 545-4555
Meets third Monday of each month at various places, most often
at Nature's Way Nursery.
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One club of long standing is the Brandywine Bonsai Society. They generally
hold their meetings in Kennett Square, Chester County about 35 miles
southwest of Philadelphia. The meeting site is quite near the famous
Longwood Gardens.
Though I'm not a member I'm pretty good friends with the club's founder,
Doris Froning (she's my mother). "Dorie", as everyone calls her, is on the
board of directors for the Bonsai Pavillion of the National Arboretum.
Please use directory assistance for her phone number. Thanks.
Andrew Froning
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Rhode Island
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Rhode Island
Newport Bonsai Club
(401) 683-7826
Gary Bolstridge
meets first Wednesday of each month
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Utah
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Bonsai Club of Utah
c/o Jean Schroder
1543 Michigan Ave
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
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Virginia
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Potomac Bonsai Association
Beth Potratz, Membership Coordinator
1101 Pekay Street SW
Vienna, VA 22180
(703) 255-9386
The PBA is an association of eleven bonsai clubs in Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Dues vary depending on which
member club you want to join. A subscription to the PBA newsletter
_Clippings_ is US $15, or US $35 for international mail. The PBA conducts
a spring show at the National Arboretum and a fall symposium as well as
other events during the year.
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Washington
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There is a large bonsai group based in Seattle--The Puget Sound Bonsai Assn.
that covers the greater Puget Sound area in Washington State. PSBA has
around 400 members and holds six general meetings a year that include
demonstrations by visiting and local masters plus workshops for members
the day of and day before with the masters. Most meetings/activities are
held at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the University of Washington
Campus. Guests are always welcome at the Monday night demonstrations .
For more info on the group contact President Timm Patterson at (206)
285-6633 or write to PSBA at PO Box 15437, Seattle WA 98115-0437.
Joel Schwarz
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Wisconsin
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Try contacting the Green Bay Botanical Garden
Box 1913,
Green Bay,WI 54305
Phone 414 432 4224
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Milwaukee Bonsai Society
P.O. Box 198
Brookfield WI 53008-0198 USA
Meetings begin at 7:00pm the first Tuesday of each Month from
Feb-Nov. McCarty Park Pavilion 2567 S. 79th St., West Allis, WI
Their mailing address is
Milwaukee Bonsai Society,
P.O. Box 198,
Brookfield WI, 53008-0198