Gulf Coast Bonsai Fall Bonsai / Plant Sale

 

The first Gulf Coast Bonsai Fall Bonsai Sale will be Saturday, November 1, 10:00 to 3:00, at the River Oaks Baptist Church, 14959 Old Hammond Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70816.  It will be to sell or buy any bonsai plants, equipment, supplies, tools, etc.  To assist members in developing their own private collection and support the Gulf Coast Bonsai public displays of bonsai.  

Several members have Gulf Coast Bonsai plants they are developing and caring for.  Most of the plants were worth very little when they started developing them, so they can purchase them for their own collection, bring them to the sale, or put them into the public display.  They name their own purchase price to purchase them for their own collection.  In some cases, they may want to continue developing them longer so they will sell for more or look better on the display.

Like most plant sales in Baton Rouge, each seller will have a table or share table and will manage his own sales giving 10% of the gross to the Gulf Coast Bonsai Foundation.  The Gulf Coast Bonsai will have a table manned by volunteers.  The tables will be covered by nice looking plastic covers to protect the tables.  We want to attract and assist as many bonsai enthusiasts as possible, so we have invited Byron Myrick, Dennis Burke, Bill Butler, and Underhill Bonsai to sell bonsai tools and accessories.  Underhill Bonsai said they don't have enough staff to participate.  Each seller will set his own price and sometimes it is difficult to find a price that will sell and compensate the seller enough.  Developing bonsai is a lot of work and fun and it is not easy to determine the exact amount of work and the amount of fun it was.  So how much should I sell the bonsai for?  I plan to set prices on some things, and some things will have a price or best offer.  In other words, negotiating on prices is acceptable.

We would like to say how much we appreciate the members who are taking care of Gulf Coast Bonsai plants and you can purchase any of them for your own collections for the price you decide. Please send descriptions of each to John Nackley, jnackley@gmail.com, who is working on the inventory. 

Please send a picture and description of anything you plan to bring to the sale to Wyler Murray who is creating a catalog to help bring more people to the sale.  Also please send us any comments, questions, and suggestions.  We need your input and will have another planning committee meeting soon.  

Please contact us if you have any suggestions or questions.