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Bonsai-A-Thon at the Huntington

Saturday, February 25th, 2023
7:00 am to 8:00 pm
​San Diego Bonsai Club has planned our trip to the Bonsai-A-Thon, the fundraiser for the Golden State Bonsai Federation Collection at the Huntington (GSBFC), on Saturday, February 25.  The Bonsai-A-Thon is the largest bonsai event in southern California, held at the Huntington Botanical Gardens’ Brody Botanical Center in San Marino.  
 
In addition to the Huntington Bonsai exhibit, many activities are planned, including: 
  • benefit drawing
  • live & silent auctions
  • vendors selling top-quality tools, pots and trees
  • Bonsai Master styling demonstrations with auctions of styled trees
  • Tour of the new Japanese Heritage House
  • Tour of the Chinese Garden and Penjing Court
  • Backstage tour of the Bonsai Nursery
 
Food will not be available inside the Bonsai-A-Thon event, but the Huntington will have several food-service venues open that day.
 
The cost for the bus trip is $40 per person.  Please also consider bringing items to donate to their benefit drawing and auctions. To receive a free reservation and one-day admission ticket, you must be registered for the event on our list. 
 
The bus schedule is as follows (times approximate):
  • Depart Balboa Park 7:00 a.m.
  • Depart Carlsbad 7:30 a.m.
  • If time permits, we will stop at a Bonsai supplier along the way.
  • Depart Bonsai-A-Thon 5:00 p.m.
  • Arrive Carlsbad 7:15 p.m.
  • Arrive Balboa Park 8:00 p.m.
 
Seating on the bus is currently sold out. A sign-up sheet for the waitlist will be available at the January meeting.  We will also have a Reservation/Admission sign-up sheet at the January meeting for Club members who plan to attend but will not ride on the bus.  You may contact Phaedra Ehring, VP for Special Projects for more details.
 
Event details for those not travelling on the bus 
All visitors to the Bonsai-A-Thon must have an advance reservation and enter through the admissions ticketing booths.  Our Club will have access to a limited number of free reservations and one-day admission tickets.  Please be sure to register with the club as soon as possible to be included in our reservations.  If you plan to attend but do not plan to travel on the bus with the Club, you must sign-up to be registered by the club, or make an independent reservation in advance and pay the entrance fee.
Seating on the bus is currently sold out, but a wait list is being maintained if your are interested in attending.

San Diego Pickup: 

Veterans Museum & Memorial Center, southwest parking lot.  From Park Blvd, turn east onto President's Way then take the very next right and proceed to the lower parking lot.  
​7AM
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Carlsbad Pickup 

Pickup is at the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Pio Pico. next to the Shell station. From I-5, go east on Carlsbad Village Drive a half-block turn south on Pio Pico. Park along the street.
7:30AM
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      • 2016 Nisei Week Trip
      • 2016 Spring Show
      • 2016 Bonsai-A-Thon
      • 2016 Winter Silhouettes
      • 2015 Fall Show Photos
      • 2015 Nisei Week Trip
      • Bonsai Stolen from San Gabriel Nursery
      • 2015 Spring Show
      • 2015 Bonsai-A-Thon
      • 2014 Fall Show
      • 2014 Nisei Week Trip
      • 2014 July Bus Trip
      • 2014 Spring Show
      • 2014 Bonsai-A-Thon
      • 2014 Winter Silhouettes
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      • 2013 Spring Show
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      • Soil: It's What Goes in the Pot
      • 'Lyn's Bonsai Soil Mix
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      • REBS 2014 Show
      • 2014 Boxwood Dig
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      • First Show May 1966
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      • Remembering Marty Mann
      • Remembering Ko Tsushima
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