Near the Lakeside Garden Center
666 Bellevue Ave
Oakland, CA
Hours:
| Tuesday-Friday 2nd and 4th Tuesday only |
11am - 3pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 4pm |
| Sunday | 12 noon - 4pm |
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Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt Near the Lakeside Garden Center 666 Bellevue Ave Oakland, CA Hours:
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| Assistant Curator Program | Revised Foster Tree Program | |||||||||||||||
| Sponsor A Bonsai | ||||||||||||||||
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 Gary works on one of his foster junipers. |
Assistant Curator
Program Assistant Curators are assigned the role by the Curator, Kathy Shaner, after an individual has shown exceptional understanding of care on tree species in the Garden under her leadership. These individuals will lead teams of other approved volunteers with the care and tending of the trees under their categories. The following categories have been assigned to assistant curators who are indicated by each group.
Curator Kathy Shaner, began a program in 2006 called Fostering Bonsai. Foster Parents will be assigned by a curator or assistant curator after they have shown consistent dedicated care and understanding of the trees they have been working on. Under Kathy’s direct or indirect supervision, foster parents will also participate in pruning, wiring, restyling and repotting.
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 Tree # 101, Bill Sullivan’s redwood, sponsored by the Redwood Empire Bonsai Society |
Each of our bonsai requires hours of maintenance, pounds of wire, quarts of quality soil, fertilizer and pots. All these elements add up to many hours and dollars to care for every tree.
We are very excited about our newest program: sponsoring a bonsai. Sponsors will pay for the maintenance of a specific tree for an entire repotting cycle of three years. This is an opportunity for you or a group or your club to support a tree of your choice over a 3-year period. Sponsorship fees will vary with the size of the tree but are anticipated to be in the range of $200-1000 per year.
There are more than
200 trees from which you may choose, so start planning now. At your
next club meeting, ask the members which of the Garden’s trees they
might like to sponsor. Or consider an individual sponsorship. When
you’ve made a decision, contact
Andrea Burhoe. Sponsors will be acknowledged in our handout. And of course,
individual contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by
law. |
 Tree #262, Mas’ Japanese Black Pine, also sponsored by REBS |
 Members of the San Mateo Bonsai Kai weeding Tosh’s Path early one Sunday morning in June 2007 - an incredible group of workers! |
Garden Maintenance Anyone with horticultural experience, a home gardener for instance, can help the Garden tremendously by volunteering to:
This is a small list of ways to help out. If you think you can help, contact the garden at (510) 763-8409 to begin the process. |
 Our newest and youngest and perhaps most energetic volunteer, Isaac. He weeds like an angel. |
 Pruning landscape plants |
The Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt is a garden with many landscape plants which need tending. Those with garden experience are invited to help maintain the landscape plants: prune the trees and shrubs in appropriate season, remove dead flowers and other unromantic but quite satisfying tasks. Contact the Garden at 510-763-8409 for more details. |