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
Sierra Foothills
510-919-5042
Bonsai Tonight / Jonas Dupuich – The Bonsai Tonight Online Store sells tools, soil, wire, and supplies. Jonas teaches classes and sells trees. Garden open by appointment.
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
Danny Powell – Trees for sale. Follow link to view the catalog.
San Francisco Bay Area
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
Eric Schrader / Bonsaify – Eric is a Bay Area-based bonsai professional who offers classes, styling services, and bonsai for sale. Previously blogged at Phutu.
https://www.bonsaify.com
San Francisco Bay Area
415-823-7984
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
North American Satsuki Bonsai Center – The North American Satsuki Bonsai Center sells trees, pots, tools, soil, and supplies.
https://nasbc.com
San Francisco Bay Area
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
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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