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
- September General Meeting - Auction, Auction, Auction!!!
- Sep 9th: Come to our annual auction where you will find excellent plant material and bonsai supplies at great prices. This is also a great opportunity to clean out your collections of extra plant material. Donate it to our auction and help out the club... read more »
- October General Meeting - Super Secrets of Bonsai
- Oct 14th: Our October meeting will be full of top secret information for obtaining bonsai material and supplies. Ever wonder where more experienced members find all their soil components? What about great recipes for fertilizer... read more »
- November General Meeting - Marco Invernizzi
- Nov 18th: Back again will be Marco Invernizzi, Italian bonsai master and world traveling man. Marco will be giving a workshop to BSSF members on Thursday, November 18 (NOTE OUR MEETING IS ON THE THIRD THURSDAY) Two workshops will be available for the day... read more »
Upcoming events
- San Mateo Bonsai Club 47th Annual Bonsai Show
- Sep 19th: San Mateo Bonsai Club 47th Anual Bonsai Show at the San Mateo Gardner Hall.(New Location) 503 E. 5th Ave. San Mateo, 5th & Claremont. Hours: 10AM - 5PM. Plants,bonsai materials for sale. Contact: Sam Tachibana (650) 548-9470 or s.tachi(at)yahoo... read more »
- Marin Bonsai Club Annual Auction
- Sep 21st: At the Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross, CA 94957 Members’ trees, pots, stands, tools and books for sale. Viewing at 7pm, live auction starts at 7.30pm. Great material for cash or check... read more »
- Golden State Bonsai Federation Convention XXXIII
- Oct 28th: October 28-31. Golden State Bonsai Federation Convention XXXIII: “New Face of Bonsai... read more »
At our last meeting...
- August General Meeting - Carving Deadwood - Tools and Tricks of the Trade with Tim Kong
- Aug 12th: Tim Kong will be leading our August General Meeting about carving deadwood on bonsai. Carving deadwood on your tree highlights your artistic abilities and promotes the appearance of age on your trees... read more »
- July General Meeting - Japanese Black Pine Development with Lawrence LeClaire
- Jul 8th: Lawrence LeClaire will be leading our July General Meeting about Japanese black pine development. The meeting will cover seed collecting, germination, early care, and long term development. A demonstration of candle cutting will be performed... read more »
Articles & Blogs
- Bonsai on My Mind
- Aug 11th
- Bonsai on My Mind What a thrill to participate in the Bonsai Society’s 50th Anniversary Show... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
- From the Prez…
- Aug 11th
- Greetings everyone! First of all, my apologies for spotty newsletter/website coverage the past few months... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories/From the President
- Fog City Bonsai June 2010 Issue
- Jun 7th
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for June 2010... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
- From the Prez…
- May 5th
- May is here! That means the time to prepare for our 50th Anniversary Party, Show, and Sale is running out... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/From the President
- Fog City Bonsai May 2010 Issue
- May 5th
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for May 2010... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/Newsletter Archive
- The History of the Bonsai Society of San Francisco
- May 2nd
- In the autumn of 1959 there was a notice in the San Francisco Chronicle asking that those interested in forming a bonsai club come to the Hall of Flowers at such and such time on a certain day... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/Pieces of Bonsai