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Activities
Our Club offers Bonsai demonstrations by Masters in the art, hands on experience, lectures, workshops, beginner classes, benefit drawings, Bonsai information and local events
Magical Miniature Landscapes
The History of Bonsai and the Related Arts By Bonsai Historian Robert Baran
Annual Tree Show 2023
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Welcome the Sonora Suiseki Club of Arizona
The art originated in China where stones were admired for their natural beauty. They were used in miniature landscapes and depicted in scrolls. Stones then made their way to Japan where it was refined into an art form. This art form featured stones with uncut natural beauty and shapes were admired for generations. The stones were placed at just the right angle in their container or stand that enhanced the all-important viewing.
Learn: Rules & Techniques, attend shows, Trips to collect stones of your own.
Meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday each month starting Sept 11th @7:00pm
Location: Valley Garden Center 1809 N. 15 Av. Phoenix AZ
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Japanese Friendship Garden
Bougainvillea 'rescue'
These photos are out of order, but we salvaged some bougainvillea cuttings from an abandoned office complex Sept 3rd. Check out the tough love, take no roots, approach. Bonsai club guru Gary said “guaranteed to grow” using this method. Bougainvilleas are survivors
Our new Bonsai Basic instructors
Phoenix Bonsai Society members Susie, Liz, Jenna & Val (not pictured),
All were Certified Bonsai Basic instructors this past week at the GSBF convention.
Peter Macasieb the Shohin Master
Bonsai Fast Forward