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
- July General Meeting - Kathy Shaner
- Jul 9th: Go ahead and mark your calendars for a very special meeting and demonstration by Kathy Shaner - bonsai master and curator of the Collection North bonsai garden. We are very excited to have Kathy stopping by our for our July meeting... read more »
Upcoming events
- Marin Bonsai Club Show
- Jul 5th: July 1-5- San Rafael, California - Marin Bonsai Club Show: Bonsai show at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Marin County Fairgrounds. Highway 101 (exit N. San Pedro Rd.) Hours are from 11AM-10PM daily... read more »
- Marin Bonsai Club Auction
- Aug 4th: The Marin Bonsai Club will host their annual auction on Tuesday August 4 at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross. A range of bonsai trees will be offered as well as pre-bonsai material, pots, books and tools. Something in every price range... read more »
- Redwood Empire Bonsai Society: 26th Annual Bonsai Show
- Aug 30th: Aug 29-30 - Santa Rosa, California - Redwood Empire Bonsai Society: 26th Annual Bonsai Show at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave. Hours are Saturday, 10AM-5PM and Sunday, 10AM-4PM... read more »
At our last meeting...
- June Free Members’ Workshop - 3rd Thursday
- Jun 18th: Come in for our free 3rd Thursday workshop to take advantage of all the experience and knowledge of the senior members of BSSF! In June take some time to sit down and wire all the new growth on your trees... read more »
- June General Meeting - Tim Kong - Coastal Redwoods as Bonsai
- Jun 11th: Our world famous (well, at least Bay Area famous) Mr. Tim Kong will be presenting our June meeting on using coastal redwoods as bonsai. World’s tallest trees? Not in our bonsai gardens... read more »
Articles & Blogs
- BSSF Workday at Bonsai Garden Saturday June 20
- Jun 18th
- Join fellow BSSF members in the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt Saturday afternoon... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
- Fog City Bonsai June 2009 Issue
- Jun 8th
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for June 2009... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories, Articles And Stories/Newsletter Archive
- Party at Lake Merritt
- Jun 6th
- YOU ARE INVITED TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GARDENS AT LAKE MERRITT SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009 11:00 to 4:00 The Bonsai Garden and the Gardens at Lake Merritt will be filled with music , art, gardening demonstrations, food and fun more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
- Fertilize!!!
- May 6th
- We are all busy people. Sometimes we cannot keep up with all our bonsai pruning when juggling jobs, parenthood, spouse/sig-others, and other responsibilities... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories
- Fog City Bonsai May 2009 Issue
- May 6th
- Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for May 2009... more »
- filed in: Articles And Stories/Newsletter Archive
- Do what Jim said…
- Apr 19th
- If there is one thing that stuck in my mind from the Yamadori-style juniper workshop that Jim Gremel provided for our April general meeting it's this quote: "one experiment is worth a thousand opinions... more »
- filed in: Blogs, Blogs/Eric's Blog