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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv
From: bartlone@zeke.med.ge.com (Michel Bartolone)
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Subject: The rec.arts.bonsai/alt.bonsai FAQ: Part4
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Name: Part4 Version: 2.2 LastUpdate: 11/6/93 13:37:32
Section 10 -- Suppliers and Nurseries
====================================
Many other supplier and nursery names are available in
Bonsai Today magazine's ad section! This is a list of
suppliers that one or more of the readers of the group
has had some contact with.
+++++++++++++++++++++
The Bonsai Farm
13827 Hwy. 87 So.
Adkins, TX 78101
USA
Tel: (512) 649-2109
Owners: Edith & Leonard Sorge
(Note: Good variety plants for indoor and outdoor bonsai
tools, and pots)
+++++++++++++++++++++
Greenwood Gardens
Ollerton Road
Arnold
Nottingham
ENGLAND.
NG5 8PR
Tel: 0602 205757
+++++++++++++++++++++
Bonsai Nursery
966 S. Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road
San Jose, CA 95129
408-252-1458
Very nice selection of finished bonsai ranging from $40.00
on up, clay pots, tools, and starter plants. The starter
plants are in 3" and 4" containers and priced between
$3.00-$5.00. This is a very good way to begin a new
bonsai. They also carry a good selection of plants in 1
gallon containers that can be "bonsai-ed".
Friendly and knowledgeable service.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Ken's Bonsai Gardens
471 Page Mill Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
415-325-4840
"Ken" is a master. I was very humbled by visiting his
gardens which are located in his small front yard. Very
high-quality "finished" bonsai. Prices ranged from $20.00
up into the thousands. No supplies to speak of...just a
few pots sitting on the front porch.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Ruukkupuu
PL 32
36601 PALKANE
FINLAND
tel. (936) 2842
Finnish bonsai-equipment supplier (has been for about 20
years now). It has quite large selection of pots and other
equipment, may have indoor bonsai soon...
+++++++++++++++++++++
Carter Seeds
475 Mar Vista Drive
Vista, CA 92083
Predominantly a wholesaler, but they do carry 1 oz packets
of Pinus thubergii (Black Pine) seeds. Write for a catalog.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Yonemoto's Nursery and Landscaping
208 El Pueblo Rd. NW
(on 2nd just South of Paseo del Norte)
Albuquerque, NM 87114
(505) 898-0120
+++++++++++++++++++++
Midwest Bonsai Pottery
8311 Racine Trail
Austin, TX 78717
Mike and Candy Hansen, the proprietors, have a stoneware pottery and
bonsai-ery. They sell trees, pots, tools, soil mixes, and other
equipment.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Shibui Bonsai
1165B Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 736-8256
(408) 248-5743
Hours: 1st Saturday of the month, 9-12am,
2nd Wednesday, 6-8pm
and by appointment
Shibui carries a large assortment of bonsai supplies, and specializes in
Tokaname pots. If you're looking for a special pot, this is a good place to
check. They also carry wire, fertilizers, pruning hardware, etc.
In addition, they have a color catalog from which they can order pots from
Japan if you don't find what you're looking for in stock.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Bonsai Nursery
3750 S. Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80110
(303) 761-3066
2-3 acres of plants. One 20x75 foot roundtop full
of bonsai. Also nice outdoor display.
$3.99 juniper starters. Assortment of other bonsai
(maple, etc.).
Cons: no moss or nifty ground cover for sale.
The people are friendly enough, and they won't try
to pull a fast one on a first-timer (the lady said I
didn't need to spend $25 on a new set of shears--use
a pair of cuticle scissors to see if I like bonsai,
then come back and buy the shears). The clerks didn't
know the answers to some of my questions, saying I
should speak to "Mr. Ron" the bonsai guy.
++++++++++++++++++++
Little Trees
Supplies for Bonsai & Penjing
Herb Frey
(Chicago, IL suburban area)
(708) 323-0257 or (708) 598-4852
Has tools, pots, wire, soil, etc.
++++++++++++++++++++
Sid's Greenhouses, Garden Center
Florists, landscaping
10926 Southwest Highway
Palos Hills, IL 60465
(708) 974-4500
Ask for Dan Kosta, Asst. Greenhouse Mgr., Bonsai Specialist
They have a very good department with Bonsai supplies and trees,
both outdoor and tropical.
++++++++++++++++++++
Flora and Fauna
Horticultural & Biological Consultants
324 Silver Street
Elgin, IL 60123
Michael J. Kolaczewski
(708) 931-5285
Plant materials
++++++++++++++++++++
DALLAS BONSAI GARDEN
Post Box 801565
Dallas, TX 75380-1565
(214) 661-3421
Owners Fred & Elizabeth Meyer
Quotes: "Specialist in the Rare & Unusual since 1965"
"The Most complete Bonsai Store in the Americas!!"
"America's largest Bonsai importer"
They offer a complete line of Bonsai accessories, fertilizers, vitamins,
pots-ceramic & plastic, bonsai tools, bonsai seeds, vacationers,
Tillandsia air plants, butterflies & rare plants.
++++++++++++++++
Shoki Bonsai
3373 San Saba Dr.
San Jose, CA 95148
(408) 238-5229
Tool supplier, carries Masakuni, Kiku, Joshua Rothe and others
Prices are reasonable.
++++++++++++++++
Gardens Alive
5100 Schenley Place
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
(812) 537-8650
Offers nationwide mail-order sources for organic and environmentally
responsible gardening products.
++++++++++++++++
Brussel's Bonsai Nursery Inc.
8365 Center Hill Road
Olive Branch, MS 38654
Telephone: (601) 895-7457
Fax: (601) 895-4157
Brussel's Bonsai catalog is most impressive. "Finished" bonsai from
$10(US) to thousands of (US) dollars, starter plants from $3 to ~$10(US).
They also supply tools, pot, figurines, soil, books, and other misc. items.
++++++++++++++++
All Things Bonsai
Greenfield WI
(414)421-9122 (Ask for Gerry)
By Appointment Only!
Specializing in tropical and indoor bonsai
Private instruction, ionsultation, demos
lectures, workshops, personalized styling
and bonsai supplies
++++++++++++++++
Exotica Seed Co. & Rare Fruit Nursery
2508-B E. Vista Way,
Vista, CA 92084
(619) 724-9093
(10am - 4pm, 7 days)
(Info temporarily unavailable.)
++++++++++++++++
Niwa Tools
2661 Bloomfield court
Fairfield CA 94533
(800) 443-5512
Fax:(510) 524-3423
They sell Japanese Bonsai and gardening tools.
++++++++++++++++
Mountain Maples
5901 Spy Rock Road
Laytonville, CA 95454-1329
(707) 984-6522
They carry an astounding variety of Acers, some extremely rare. Though they
attempt to describe trees, the best reference to accompany their catalog is
the book "Japanese Maples" by J.D. Vertrees. If a local library doesn't have
it, Mountain Maples has it for sale (at $40).
+++++++++++++++++++++
New England Bamboo Company
P.O. Box 358
Rockport, MA 01966
(508) 546-6512
+++++++++++++++++++++
Burt Associates
P.O. Box 719
Westford, MA 01886
(508) 692-3240
Both carry an impressive range of bamboos and the catalogs are full of
good information.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Master Bonsai
#307-1208 Wharf Street
Victoria, B.C., V8W 3B9
Canada
Tel: 384-0954
Fax: 384-5491
Stocks "finished" specimens up to about 25 years of age, books, tools, supplies
and some starter materials that seemed to be in the $5(Canadian) range. Also
has tools in the $45-$100 (Can) range.
+++++++++++++++++++++
J & J Landscape
Bonsai International Division
P.O. Box 21683
Tampa, FL 33622-1683
Tel: (813) 645-8777
Bonsai tools (quite a variety), pots (quite
expensive), figures etc,.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Sara Rayner Pottery
1025 4th St
Red Wing MN 55066
(612) 388-5133
Hand thrown porcelain and stoneware
Specializing in Bonsai containers!
+++++++++++++++++++++
The international Bonsai Arboreum
412 Pinnacle Road
Rochester, New York 14623
Phone (716) 334-2595
William N. Valavanis
May need an appointment!
+++++++++++++++++++++
Colorado Bonsai Ltd.
12355 W. 34 Pl
Wheat Ridge CO 80033
(303) 232-8700
finished and starter bonsai, pots and tools
============================================================
End of Section 10 -- Suppliers and Nurseries
End of part 4 of 5 of the rec.arts.bonsai/alt.bonsai FAQ
Continued in part 5