How big is the 2017 Mammoth?

The biggest and best bonsai Auction & Sale is humongous – in fact, it is Mammoth. But if you have been in bonsai for more than a few...

November 21, 2016 by  Read more...


We are GROing just fine

The BGLM has begun its GRO (Garden Revitalization Opportunity (GRO) project. Our first effort was a test of the upgraded water system in our primary reserve area near...

November 2, 2016 by  Read more...

2017 Mammoth Auction & Sale

February 18, 2017 noon – 3:00 February 19, 2017 9:00- 4:00 You wanted a bigger Auction & Sale  You will get BIGGER THAN EVER! (auction & sale items, food,...

September 6, 2016 by  Read more...

What’s GROing at the Bonsai Garden?

Irrigation Update As I mentioned in my previous message, we are in the process of revitalizing the Bonsai Garden. We decided to initially focus on the irrigation system,...

June 30, 2016 by  Read more...

GRO Our Bonsai Garden Museum

We have made a number of small but significant improvements to the Bonsai Garden in the past few years including the following: added name tags to all of...

May 26, 2016 by  Read more...

Docent note of thanks

Yesterday I spent a few hours at the garden….my first visit since mid-January.  For those who don’t follow my activities (not that anyone should) ….I was hospitalized for...

March 29, 2016 by  Read more...

RIP Frank Bardella

Went above and beyond for family, friends and the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt Gianfranco Teodoro Bardella, died on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at the age of 79....

March 17, 2016 by  Read more...

2016 Mammoth Auction & Sale Supports BGLM

On Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Lakeside Garden Center in Oakland, California, it was the year’s biggest fund raiser for the Bonsai Garden...

March 10, 2016 by  Read more...

Article and Email from the National Bonsai Federation

The Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt (BGLM) in Oakland, California, is one of the largest and finest collections of bonsai on the West Coast. Approximately 90 bonsai and suisuki viewing stones are on...

February 24, 2016 by  Read more...

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