The Scottish Bonsai Association (SBA) was formed in 1979. Our aim is to promote interest and participation in the art and culture of Bonsai in Scotland.
We meet regularly at venues across Scotland and also have an online members group for those members not close to one of our venues.
Come to see us at the SBA National Exhibition, and at Gardening Scotland. Meet our members and see our bonsai trees, both of these major bonsai events are well attended by Scottish bonsai enthusiasts, bonsai experts and members of the public. There are demonstrations by bonsai practitioners with years of experience.
Find out more about SBA bonsai events and our area groups by using the navigation menu on the left. View images of our members bonsai trees and Scotland's National Bonsai Collection by clicking on the Image Gallery, or by joining the SBA to give you access to the Members' pages where you will find more information about Area groups and members-only events.
Have you recently acquired a bonsai tree? Do you need tips on how to keep it healthy? Have any of your bonsai trees died? We can't bring your dead bonsai back to life but we can help you to keep the new ones alive. Look at Bonsai FAQs
The SBA National Exhibition is held in September each year, all the Scottish Bonsai Association groups have a display of their bonsai trees. Gardening Scotland has a bonsai competition with classes for different types of bonsai, it is held at Ingliston showground in Edinburgh in early June, and for the last three years there have been over a hundred bonsai trees entered, as well as a display from the Scottish National Bonsai Collection which regularly wins medals. SBA groups have displays at Ayr Flower Show, and our members enter their local flower shows, such as Dundee Flower Show, as well as shows further afield, like the Newstead Bonsai Show, and the British Shohin Association events.
Members pages are a meeting place for like minded people who have joined the SBA, there are discussions, forums, ideas, the monthly newsletter, personalised pages where people can show off their bonsai trees, share their skills, or volunteer to help at bonsai events.
Our visit count has gone through the 10,000 mark for the site.
We are all getting ready (or at least thinking about) Gardening Scotland which comes up in early June. One of the major events on the Scottish Bonsai calendar where there will be more than 300 bonsai trees on display.
