Category: Classes

• Since the inception of the Flower and Garden Festival in 1997, the Bonsai Societies of Florida (BSF) has collaborated with Walt Disney World (WDW) to showcase Bonsai at Epcot. This display is far from ordinary and involves a process unlike any typical exhibit creation. To Disney ticket holders, what may appear as just another display amidst countless plants and flowers represents months of meticulous planning to present the trees on their stands.
• This year Disney will exhibit bonsai in both the Japanize and China pavillions.
  • Japan will host classic Japanize bonsai styles
  • China will host styles that lean toward Chineze traditions, often referred to as Penjing

Details and Applications:

Please go to this link to read more about the event, process, and application. Applications need to be submitted by December 31, 2024.

Epcot Bonsai Show Overview

Entry Application

The BSOB club is hosting a joint beginner and intermediate class during this year’s Brevard Zoo event. These bonsai classes will be part of the annual 2-day cooperative event between Brevard Zoo and the Bonsai Society of Brevard (BSOB).  The classes will be held concurrently allowing beginners and intermediates to participate together.

The class will be held in the Brevard Zoo during the Bonsai at the Zoo event on August 17-18, 2024. The class fee includes entrance to the zoo during the weekend event.

The Beginner Class will introduce students to the basics of bonsai. Participants will use a pre-bonsai Dwarf Jade (Portulacaria afra) to learn tree styling, wiring, potting, and care. The students take home a finished bonsai with tree, pot, soil and care instructions.
Beginner class costs:
$40 member and $60 non-member (includes membership to BSOB).

The Intermediate Class is reserved for club members who want to expand their bonsai repertoire.  We will use a Hollywood Juniper to give intermediate students instruction on creating a conifer style planting.  The class will focus heavily on shaping and wiring.  This class includes the tree and wire.  The student will need to bring their own tools. There will be no re-potting, soil, or pots for this class because replanting is recommended in winter.
Class costs:
Medium tree: $40 member
Large tree: $50 member

Where: Brevard Zoo – Nyami Nyami River Lodge
When: August 18, 2024
Time: 10:30am to 2:30pm (30 min break at noon)

Go to the shopping area to signup and pay for the class.

Questions? Please contact Scot at: treasurer@bonsaisocietyofbrevard.com.

• Since the beginning of the Flower and Garden Festival in 1997, Bonsai Societies of Florida (BSF) has partnered with Walt Disney World (WDW) to display Bonsai in the at Epcot. However, this is no ordinary display and by no means is it the usual process for creating an exhibit.   What looks to a Disney ticket holder as perhaps just another exhibit among the thousands of plants and flowers, took months of planning to have the trees on their stands.  
• This year Disney will exhibit bonsai in both the Japanize and China pavillions.
  • Japan will host classic Japanize bonsai styles
  • China will host styles that lean toward Chineze traditions, often referred to as Penjing

Details and Applications:

Please go to this link to read more about the event, process, and application. Applications need to be submitted by December 31, 2023.

Epcot 2024 Entry Form – Bonsai Societies of Florida (bonsai-bsf.com)

It’s that time of year when bonsai clubs announce their membership drive for next year. Please take a moment and consider your membership standing. If you have paid for next year, thank you! If not, BSOB has a new website service provider that enables secure online payments. Our site uses industry standard commerce tools to enable online credit card purchases.

Go to the top menu, click on SHOP, select your items, see your cart, and checkout using a credit/debit card.

The BSOB club is hosting another beginner class to introduce students to the basics of bonsai. This class will use pre-bonsai Green Island Ficus material to help students learn tree styling, wiring, potting, and care.

The class will be held in the Brevard Zoo during the Bonsai at the Zoo event on August 19-20, 2023. Class includes tree, pot, soil, wire and 2023 membership to BSOB. The fee also includes entrance to the zoo during the weekend event.

Where: Brevard Zoo – Nyami Nyami River Lodge
When: August 19, 2023
Time: 10:30am to 2:30pm (30 min break at noon)

If you are interested in attending, sign up by paying HERE.
And/or please contact Scot at: treasurer@bonsaisocietyofbrevard.com.

Please see the class flyer for more information.

Our club has recently hosted two completely full “Introduction to Bonsai” classes. We have scheduled the next class on April 1, 2023. If you are interested in attending, please contact Scot at: treasurer@bonsaisocietyofbrevard.com.

Please see the class flyer for more information.

The BSOB club website has entered a blooming phase as depicted in this Paper Flower tree (bougainvillea glabra) shown at the Hwa Fong Exhibition.

BSOB has a new website service provider that enables secure online payments. Our site uses industry standard commerce tools to enable online credit card purchases.

Go to the top menu, click on SHOP, select your items, see your cart, and checkout using a credit/debit card.

Our club has hosted two completely full “Introduction to Bonsai” classes over the summer. We will schedule the next class soon. If you are interested in attending, please contact Barb at: newsletter@bonsaisocietyofbrevard.com.