Welcome
We encourage anyone living in or visiting the San Francisco area to stop by and visit our club. If you'd like to join, check out the details of being a member.
GSBF-CN Docents
Our club is responsible for the 1pm-4pm shift every 3rd Saturday of the month at the Collection North. Check Schedule.
BSSF Emails
Care Calendar
This is the full calendar for general tree guidelines for the Bay Area. See the monthly details or the details on specific trees for more info or view the full calendar for the year (pdf).
Upcoming Meetings
- Free Members’ Workshop - 3rd Thursday
- May 15th: Bring those trees into workshop for help from Tim Kong, John Edwards, Lawrence LeClaire and others. May should be a busy time for wiring new growth on many trees... read more »
- June General Meeting - Ruben Guzman - Satsuki Azaleas
- Jun 12th: Our June General Meeting will feature Bay Area bonsai artist Ruben Guzman speaking about Satsuki Azaleas for bonsai... read more »
Upcoming events
- Monterey Bonsai Club 45th annual show.
- Jun 1st: The Monterey Bonsai Club would like to extend an invitation to all club members and friends to join them in celebrating their 45th annual bonsai show. Sunday, June 1st, 2008 from 11am to 4 pm. Monterey Buddhist Church, 1155 Noche Buena, Seaside, CA... read more »
- Bay Area Satsuki Aiokokai 14th annual Satsuki Bonsai Show
- Jun 1st: The Bay Area Satsuki Aiokokai will hold its 14th annual Satsuki (Japanese Azaleas) bonsai show at the Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave. May 31st and June 1st. Hours are 10am-5pm Saturday and 10am-4pm Sunday... read more »
- Sei Boku Bonsai Kai 25th Annual Show
- Jun 7th: Sei Boku Bonsai Kai 25th Annual Show at the San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA. Admission is free. Hours are 10 am to 4:30 pm both days. Demonstrations 12 Noon-3PM by Gordon Deeg (Saturday) and John Thompson (Sunday)... read more »
At our last meeting...
- May General Meeting - Gordon Deeg
- May 8th: Our guest for the May 8th General meeting will be Gordon Deeg. Gordon will be leading a discussion and workshop/clinic on using deciduous trees for bonsai. Gordon will bringing deciduous bonsai to the meeting as examples... read more »
- April 2008 General Meeting - Cotoneasters
- Apr 10th: April General Meeting Cotoneasters are ideal candidates for small bonsai. Their stems are packed with small leaves and back-bud over the entire trunk... read more »
Articles & Blogs
- From the prez
- May 6th
- First, I want to welcome all of our new members to the Bonsai Society of San Francisco, I hope you find our club as inviting as I did several years ago... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/From the President, Robert Smith
- Fog City Bonsai May 2008 Issue
- May 5th
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for May 2008... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/Newsletter Archive
- Why bonsai exhibits are important
- Apr 27th
- The Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Bonsai Exhibit on April 19 & 20 showed a range of bonsai material and a diversity of approaches to tree styles and exhibition styles... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
It is a common theme heard among bonsai enthusiasts that they already have too many trees to take care of and not enough time... - Fog City Bonsai April 2008 Issue
- Apr 3rd
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for April 2008... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
- Fog City Bonsai March 2008 Issue
- Mar 4th
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for March 2008... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/Newsletter Archive