Resources
TREES
Where to purchase bonsai
- Minnesota Bonsai Society Auctions (Held Twice a Year)
- Bonsai Acres (local) (David Weiss)
- Berea Bonsai
- 99 Cent Bonsai (Facebook Group)
- Bonsai Auctions (Facebook Group)
- Eric Schrader (Bonsaify)
- Brussel’s Bonsai
- Bonsai Northwest
- Driftwood Bonsai
- Ebay
- Lone Pine Gardens
- New England Bonsai
- Peter Tea
- Suthin Sukosolvisit
LOCAL STORAGE/CARE
Bonsai tree storage & care
- Lionel Flood – Phone: (763) 571-7396
- Bonsai Acres (David Weiss)
SUPPLIES
From cut paste to soil sifters.
- Limited supplies can also be purchased at the MBS Monthly Meeting & Program, auctions and Bonsai Concepts.
- American Bonsai
- Bonsai Acres (MN Local)
- Bonsai Mirai
- Bonsai Outlet
- Bonsai Tonight
- House of Bonsai
- Stone Lantern
- Wooden Boxes – Rob Flood
SUPPLIES
Bonsai wire
The two most commonly used types are copper and aluminum. It is not the same wire you would find in a home hardware department.
ALUMINUM WIRE
Aluminum is sized using the metric system, starting with 1.0 (the smallest). It is most frequently used on deciduous and fast growing trees you need to wire often. The most common sizes for beginners are 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.
COPPER WIRE
Copper is measured by gauge, the lower the number the thicker the wire. Copper wire must be annealed, and will “harden” once bent making it great to use for slower growing trees like conifers. Take care in transporting copper wire. The more it gets bumped around, the stiffer and harder to work with it will become.
- Peter Tea
- Mirai
- Adams Bonsai
- Peter Tea Tip – Use a round jumper cable Bag!
SUPPLIES
Pottery
POT IDENTIFICATION
POTTERS
- European Bonsai Potter’s Collective
- American Bonsai Ceramics Vendors
- American Bonsai
- Mirai
- Peter Tea
- Wigerts
POTTERS BY NAME
- Tom Benda (Czech)
- Grégory Delattre
- Etsy
- Chuck Iker
- Thor Holvila
- Sara Rayner (MN)
SUPPLIES
Stands
BONSAI STAND MAKERS
- Artisan Bonsai Stands (Minnesota)
- Austin Heitzman
- Da Su Bonsai Gallery
WOODEN BOXES
- Wooden boxes – Rob Flood rob_bonsai_boxes@aol.com
EDUCATION
Classes & online learning
ONLINE LEARNING
- Bonsai Empire
- Bonsai-U (Bjorn Bjorholm)
- Mirai Live (Ryan Niel)
MBS DVD & BOOK LIBRARY (For Members)
LOCAL WORKSHOPS
- Bonsai Acres (David Weiss)
- MBS Beginner Class
- MBS Bonsai Concepts (Free for members)
BLOGS/PODCASTS/FORUMS
- Bill Valavanis
- Bonsai Wire
- Bonsai Nut
- Michael Hagedorn (Crataegus)
BONSAI PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES
- Bjorn Bjorholm
- Rodney Clemens (All Good Bonsai)
- Jim Doyle (Nature’s Way)
- Boon Manakitivipart (Bonsai Boon)
- Ted Matson
- Ryan Neil (Mirai)
- Andrew Robson (Rakuyo)
- Tyler Sherrod Bonsai (Dogwood Studios)
- Suthin Sukosolvisit
- Peter Tea (PT Bonsai)
- William Valavanis
EDUCATION
Gardens, exhibits and museum
- Como (Saint Paul, MN)
- Elandan Gardens (Bremerton, WA)
- Ellie M. Hill Bonsai Terrace at the Portland Japanese Garden
- Heathcote Botanical Gardens (Fort Pierce, FL)
- Lake Merritt (Oakland, CA)
- Pacific Bonsai Museum (Seattle, WA)
- The National Bonsai & Penjing Museum (Washington, DC)
- Bonsai Exhibit at the Smith-Gilbert Gardens (Atlanta)
- Bonsai collection at Longwood Gardens (Wilmington, DE)
- The Bonsai Collection at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Questions?
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