Events Calendar
Heike Van Gunst
will be California Bonsai Society's guest artist at our May meeting. Please come and enjoy hearing about her more than 40 years of experience in bonsai.
Kofu Kai Events and Club Meetings:
May 17, 2025 Please join us this month as the California Bonsai Society brings Heike Van Gunst from Hamburg, Germany as our guest speaker. With over 40 years of experience including chief editor the German BONSAI ART magazine, founder of the Bonsai AK Hamburg & Umland club, to her bonsai related travels to Australia, Belgium, China and Japan, this will be a special evening.
April 19, 2025 Wanda Danesi will be our guest bonsai artist this month. Wanda has been involved in bonsai for many years and enjoys working with a variety of plant material.
March 15, 2025 Will Baddeley, master wood carver will be our guest speaker
Feb. 15, 2025 This month Kris Springer will be our guest artist. He will be critiquing member trees, but this probably won't be your traditional bonsai critique, as Kris tends to be a little less than conventional. This should be good! Please contact David Melitz if you want to bring a tree.
Jan. 18, 2025 No club meeting. Unfortunately, the Baikoen Winter Silhouette's exhibition at the Los Angeles Arboretum has been canceled due to the wildfires in the area and the poor air quality.
If you haven't done so already, please remember to pay your membership dues for 2025. Please go to our "Club Membership" webpage to download our membership form.
Other Events:
November 7-9, 2025 Kofu Kai's annual bonsai show at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA
August 16, 2025 Kofu Kai's annual benefit auction, Anaheim United Methodist Church, 1000 S. State College Blvd., Anaheim, CA. Drop off auction items between 5:00 and 6:00pm. Auction will begin at 6:30pm. This is a great opportunity to obtain a variety of trees, pre-bonsai material, pots and more! Please feel free to bring items to donate to the auction.
June 28-29, 2025 Orange County Bonsai Society Show, Cool Japan Center, 4199 Campus Dr. Suite A, Irvine, CA.
June 8, 2025 LA Bonsai Swap meet, Woodley Park, Van Nuys, CA
May 31-June 1 Coastal Bonsai Club annual show at the Sherman Library and Gardens in Cororna del Mar, CA. 10am to 4pm. Demonstrations on both days. This exhibition will be held concurrently with the Orange County Fuchsia Society annual sale.
May 24-26, 2025 Santa Anita Bonsai Society Show, 10am to 4pm at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, Baldwin Park, CA
May 10-11, 2025 Dai Ichi Bonsai Kai show, Serenity through Bonsai, 10:00am to 4:00pm, and May 11th from 10:00am to 1:00pm, at the Nakaoka Center in Gardena. Reception on Saturday at 6pm
March 8-9, 2025 California Bonsai Society's 67th annual exhibition at the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA. Exhibit hours: 10:00am to 5:00pm with demonstrations at 1:00pm. Please visit huntington.org for reservations and additional information.
February, 22-23, 2025 Bonsai-A-Thon at The Huntington Library
January 18-19, 2025 Baikoen's Winter Silhouettes Show, CANCELED due to the wildfires and poor air quality.