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[IBC] Locating Bonsai Pots in Port St. Lucie, FL?
Hi all-I just found this list and was wondering if anyone in the Treasure
Coast area of Florida could tell me where I could get bonsai pots locally. ("online" isn't locally LOL). If I had only had access to a kiln... I'm new to bonsai, a friend of mine does it mainly using Portulacaria's and I made off with a bunch of cuttings. I also found some Junipers ('nana' type) at HD and Lowe's I liked, although I've heard they are hard to keep alive in this area. I'm interested in learning as much as I can, and heard a rumor that there's a bonsai clue that meets in Ft. Pierce.. now to track down the rumor! If anyone had any idea or hints on where to get pots (mainly training ones at this point) I'd appreciate it.. thank you! ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Treasure Coast Bonsai Society
1755 74th Avenue,Vero Beach,FL 32966-1340 Meets at Saint Lucie County Agricultural Center 8400 Picos Road,Fort Pierce,FL This is just north of the Ft. Pierce interchange of the FL Turnpike and very near the HiLi Fontoon (sp) 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. President is Richard Turner (772)569-5630 Ernest Johndrow (772)286-0815 Barbara Poglitsch (772)287-5356 Ray Malin (772)466-0054 I just thought that I would add that the meeting time has been changed for the Treasure Coast meetings from 7:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., effective as of January '04. You are also welcome to contact me if you are looking for more information, as I am the newsletter editor. You can contact me at or (772)-778-4181. Charles Bevan Vero Beach, FL Zone 9B ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Susan L. Marsh wrote:
Hi all-I just found this list and was wondering if anyone in the Treasure Coast area of Florida could tell me where I could get bonsai pots locally. ("online" isn't locally LOL). What IS local in your mind? There's a bonsai nursery in Jupiter to your north and another in Homestead to the south. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Bonsai nursery in Jupiter?! That's local enough! (homestead is a little
far)... it's not in any of my yellow pages...... what's it called? From: Jim Lewis Reply-To: Jim Lewis To: Subject: [IBC] Locating Bonsai Pots in Port St. Lucie, FL? Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:07:01 -0400 Susan L. Marsh wrote: Hi all-I just found this list and was wondering if anyone in the Treasure Coast area of Florida could tell me where I could get bonsai pots locally. ("online" isn't locally LOL). What IS local in your mind? There's a bonsai nursery in Jupiter to your north and another in Homestead to the south. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson __________________________________________________ _______________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/...ave/direct/01/ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
Sue Marsh wrote:
Bonsai nursery in Jupiter?! That's local enough! (homestead is a little far)... it's not in any of my yellow pages...... what's it called? Ta da! Jupiter Bonsai. 561-746-5074 - directions on the website: http://jupiterbonsai.com. I've never been there, so . . . . There's also one in Brevard County, a bit further north. Durra-Stone Co. -- http://jimsmithbonsai.com -- and I HAVE been there. Great! Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
There is a listing of Florida bonsai plant and supply providers on the BSF website. They are divided by region. Check it out at www.bonsai-bsf.com
Tom Zane, BSF Webmaster -----Original Message----- From: Sue Marsh To: Sent: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:07:22 +0000 Subject: [IBC] Locating Bonsai Pots in Port St. Lucie, FL? Bonsai nursery in Jupiter?! That's local enough! (homestead is a little far)... it's not in any of my yellow pages...... what's it called? From: Jim Lewis Reply-To: Jim Lewis To: Subject: [IBC] Locating Bonsai Pots in Port St. Lucie, FL? Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:07:01 -0400 Susan L. Marsh wrote: Hi all-I just found this list and was wondering if anyone in the Treasure Coast area of Florida could tell me where I could get bonsai pots locally. ("online" isn't locally LOL). What IS local in your mind? There's a bonsai nursery in Jupiter to your north and another in Homestead to the south. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson __________________________________________________ _______________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/...ave/direct/01/ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
That's actually in Vero Beach, Indian River County. Durra-Stone
Co. -- http://jimsmithbonsai.com -- and I HAVE been there. Great! Billy on the Florida Space Coast ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
I'm curious as to what other people have planted bonsai in besides regular
pots. For instance, I've got a few pre-bonsais growing in a shot glass, a mug, a dog dish (plastic with holes drilled in the bottom), and a whelk shell (it's cracked so it drains well). A few days ago a friend of mine and I were eating lunch at a mexican restaurant and I remarked that the salsa bowls would be cool bonsai pots... later that same and I was at the dollar store and lo and behold I found a twin pack of similar dishes! Conned said friend into drilling holes in the bottoms (by giving him two) and viola... bonsai pots! What else have you guys and gals used over the years to either grow out cuttings or put bonsai in? I love the "off the wall" stuff myself :). Susan L. Marsh www.susanszoocrew.com __________________________________________________ _______________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/o...ave/direct/01/ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Sue Crabtree++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
I'm curious as to what other people have planted bonsai in besides regular
pots. For instance, I've got a few pre-bonsais growing in a shot glass, a mug, a dog dish (plastic with holes drilled in the bottom), and a whelk shell (it's cracked so it drains well). A few days ago a friend of mine and I were eating lunch at a mexican restaurant and I remarked that the salsa bowls would be cool bonsai pots... later that same and I was at the dollar store and lo and behold I found a twin pack of similar dishes! Conned said friend into drilling holes in the bottoms (by giving him two) and viola... bonsai pots! What else have you guys and gals used over the years to either grow out cuttings or put bonsai in? I love the "off the wall" stuff myself Sake cups make nice mame/kusamono containers. Japanese rice bowls, ditto and since those often are some of the prettiest ceramics in the world, they're often quite striking (hard to drill porcelain, but it can be done). Tall bud vases for cascades. Walnut shell for a small Chinese elm (briefly). I have several different Japanese tea cups drilled for bonsai. Ceramic roofing tiles make nice trays for larger trees. Floor tiles -- chipped around the edges for irregularity (or not) or cut smaller make nice platforms for multi-tree groups or clump style trees. I have a mid-sized Chinese elm growing on a burl from a dead tree; it'll rot away before too long. It is one big mass of moss and fern with a small tree growing from the top. My tastes don't run to the truly odd things for containers -- coffee pots, hubcaps, etc., but I've seen those used. I DO have a potensai growing in the stainless grease splatter tray you'd put around your burners on an electric stove. ;-) But that's NOT a permanent home. Nice drainage hole, though. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Sue Crabtree++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
From the Phoenix Bonsai Society's FAQ page:
Check also the various import stores, Oriental markets, and thrift shops. Many of our members have been pleasantly surprised by the occasional "diamond in the rough" discovered at these kinds of places. Finally, consider these traditional American (if somewhat heretical) alternatives if your trees are anywhere from just dug to a ways to go before you would consider them ready for formal display: ceramic food serving trays, wooden packing crates or oak whiskey barrel halves, the ubiquitous orange Italian clay flower pots, some of the less ornate Mexican clay flower pots, thrift store-found ceramic pots, partly hollowed-out pieces of pumice rock or slabs of slate, metal or plastic oil pans or mortar-mixing bins, and even large plastic mixing bowls or cut-down milk jugs. Very large specimens have even been known to get a dedicated wheel barrow. All of these need to be given necessary drainage holes before they can be used as half-way homes for your potential masterpieces. Cordially, Robert J. Baran outside of Kingman Sunset Zone 10 Phoenix, AZ Sunset Zone 13 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Sue Crabtree++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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