Bonsai Nurseries and Professional Bonsai Artists
Bonchi Bonsai / Matthew Walker – Matthew sells bonsai and bonsai supplies including copper wire. He teaches classes and leads workshops. Garden open by appointment.
https://www.bonchibonsai.com
Greater Bay Area
415-730-3499
Bonsai Boon / Boon Manakitivipart – Boon sells trees, teaches classes, and leads study groups. Garden open by appointment.
http://bonsaiboon.com
Sacramento area
510-919-5042
Bonsaify – Eric Schrader is a bonsai professional who offers in-person classes, online courses, styling services, bonsai, pre-bonsai, and containers for sale. Indoor bonsai, outdoor bonsai, and bonsai gift items are available online.
https://www.bonsaify.com
San Francisco Bay Area
415-823-7984
Bonsai Tonight – Jonas Dupuich is a bonsai professional who teaches and writes about bonsai on the Bonsai Tonight blog. The Bonsai Tonight Online Store sells tools, soil, wire, and supplies.
http://bonsaitonight.com
San Francisco Bay Area
510-915-2025
Carman’s Nursery – Carman’s has bonsai starters, dwarf, rare, and unusual plants suitable for bonsai or accent plants.
https://carmansnursery.com
8470 Pharmer Road
Gilroy, CA 95020-9463
408-847-2313
Cedar Rose Nursery – Bonsai grower Dylan Ferreira offers field-grown pre-bonsai, bonsai starts, accent plants, and garden plants.
https://cedarrosenursery.com/
Sierra Nevada foothills
707 217 8314
Dirty Locust Garden Center / Ron & KD Anderson – The Dirty Locust Garden Center sells bonsai, pots, tools, and supplies. It offers educational classes, tree maintenance, and bonsai consulting services.
https://thedirtylocust.com
Greater Sacramento Area
877-610-9038
Evergreen Gardenworks – Evergreen Gardenworks grows traditional, rare and unusual species of plants for use as bonsai.
https://www.evergreengardenworks.com
Lake County
Grove Way Bonsai Nursery – Grove Way Bonsai Nursery is a retail nursery that sells trees, pots, tools, and supplies.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grove-Way-Bonsai-Nursery/122645451126669 27
1239 Grove Way
Hayward, California 94541
510-537-1157
Jerry’s Suiseki and Viewing Stones – Jerry Braswell sells viewing stones and stands for bonsai. Custom stands are built to order.
Sierra Nevada foothills
https://www.facebook.com/jerryssuisekistore
Lone Pine Gardens – Lone Pine Gardens produces container- and field-grown pre-bonsai.
http://www.lonepinegardens.com
6450 Lone Pine Road
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707-823-5024
Lotus Bonsai Nursery & Gardens – Lotus Bonsai Nursery sells trees at different stages of development, pots, and supples. They offer services including workshops, tree boarding, and styling.
http://www.lotusbonsai.com
1435 Lower Lake Drive
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 622-9681
Maruyama Bonsai Nursery – Maruyama Bonsai Nursery sells trees, pots, tools, soil, and supplies.
https://maruyamabonsainursery.wordpress.com
1423 47th Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 421-6888
Mendocino Coast Bonsai – Mendocino Coast Bonsai specializes in collected trees including redwoods, junipers, coast live oaks, and Mendocino pygmy cypress.
http://mcbonsai.com
Mendocino County
(707) 884-4126
Peter Tea – Peter styles trees, teaches classes, and sells bonsai trees and supplies including copper wire. Previously blogged at Peter Tea Bonsai.
https://www.ptbonsai.com
Greater Sacramento Area
Soh-Ju-En Satsuki Bonsai – Soh-Ju-En Satsuki Bonsai sells bonsai, soil and supplies.
www.sohjuensatsukibonsai.com
Greater Bay Area
Events
Bonsai Rendezvous – The Golden State Bonsai Federation hosts the Bonsai Rendezvous every other year opposite the Pacific Bonsai Expo. The educational event features seminars, demonstrations, workshops, and vendor sales. Learn more at the GSBF website.
Mammoth Fundraiser – the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt hosts a one-day auction followed by a one-day plant sale and vendor sales at the Lake Merritt Garden Center every February. Learn more at the BGLM website.
Pacific Bonsai Expo – The Pacific Bonsai Expo features an exhibit of extraordinary bonsai held every other year in Northern California. Learn more at https://www.pacificbonsaiexpo.com
Clubs
See the Golden State Bonsai Federation website for a list of bonsai clubs in Northern California organized by district.
Gardens
Oakland’s Lakeside Park is home to a beautiful collection of bonsai, The Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt. Learn more at the BGLM website.
Trident maple on display at the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt
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