I was recently introduced to the art of Bonsai from my brother in law. I have been researching how to Bonsai small plants and train them but most everything I have seen says I need a special mix of soil. I have my own compost and sand but needed pumice and gravel. Most garden places I have looked at either have huge bags or no clue what I'm looking for. I looked online and found a Bonsai club that listed baker nursery as having Bonsai supplies.
When we got there we loved how large the nursery was. They had a very large selection of plants and almost every kind of garden decoration you can think of. We kept looking through all the plants & thinking where we can put each one in our yard & garden. They had almost anything you can think of & a few things i had never seen before. It is rose season & the selection & colors of roses made me wish i had won the lotto so i could drop it all on flowers!
I had heard though that they had a collection of Bonsai on display in the nursery & when we found it I was amazed! They were georgeous! It is truley amazing that something that small can look so majestic!
We did end up finding a small bag of pebbles & a small bag of Pumice which was exctly what we needed. We even bought a decoration for my new Bonsai. And of course my husband could not resist some plants either, so we got a few small things for him to put around the yard. When we had a good look around & were checking out we asked if there was anyone there that really knew a lot about Bonsai plants & care so we can ask a few questions. They told us they would page Charlie over for us.
Let me tell you Charlie was great to talk to. I was a little shy at first because I am not starting with a traditional plant, but am trying to Bonsai a Gardenia, but Charlie told me it was great that I was trying it out on something so pretty. He walked us around & even showed us a few plants that he is personally working on. He assured us that what we were planning on doing was right on track and the nutrients we had to feed the plants with would be great! I ended up buying even more Bonsai stuff from them after we talked. I will definately be back to this gem of a nursery. It was worth the drive!