Come for the Plants, Stay for the Day!
You Don't Want to Miss This Event!
Free Admission & Accessible Parking
(Park near the corner of 41st Avenue & Capitola Road)
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22,000 sq. ft. full of bonsai trees, cactus, and succulent plants
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Large bonsai exhibit with more than 70 bonsai trees on display
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Rare cactus, succulent plants, collector specimens exhibit, and sale
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Bonsai trees and supplies available for purchase, including over 200 pre-bonsai starters priced up to 75% below typical nursery rates. We also offer unique handcrafted pottery and containers, bonsai stands, tools, and premium soil
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Special bonsai demonstration each day from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. Saturday: Michael Nelson & Sunday: Robert Potts. Completed trees to be raffled.
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Raffles throughout both days
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Bonsai Workshop “Make Your Own Bonsai (MYOB)” – 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM each day. Cost is $35 which includes: a tree, pot, soil, and expert instructions. Maximum 15 participants each day. For more information contact
santacruzbonsaikai@gmail.com. Sign up ahead of time or at the event if space allows
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Origami demonstrations
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Expert growers and bonsai artists happy to share knowledge
VENDORS
Rough Cut Pottery – Aptos, CA
Robert Potts
Instagram - @roughcutpottery
Handmade pots and bonsai trees
Bent Bonsai Wire – Watsonville, CA
Tyler Bailey
Instagram - @bentbonsaiwire
Annealed copper bonsai wire & aluminum wire
Ole Laustsen – San Carlos, CA
Custom made bonsai stands
Drew Tucker – Salinas, CA
Bonsai trees, tools, containers and supplies
Jason Garcia – Ben Lomond, CA
Bonsai trees and handmade pots
Danny Powell – based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Instagram - @dpowellphoto
Bonsai trees
Object Interactive – based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Instagram - @object_interaction
Fine furniture, lighting, bonsai stands, structures, and more
Monterey Bay Koi and Pond Club - serving the Monterey Bay area including Santa Cruz, Monterey & San Benito counties
Website – monterey-bay-koi-and-pond-club.org
Facebook – www.facebook.com/p/Monterey-Bay-and-Pond-Club
The Monterey Bay Koi and Pond Club will be displaying pictures of their club’s pond and will be there to answer questions about koi and water gardens
