2026 Soil Sale
Our 2026 soil sale is still open for business: https://dirtmerchantsrus.com/
Keep in mind that soil is LOCAL PICK UP ONLY in order to keep our prices down. Pickup dates and times will need to be arranged with Brownlee Currey.
Address:
3482 Oakcliff Road Unit C
Doraville, GA 30340
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July Club Meeting: The Art of Bonsai Display
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Location:
The Retreat Building
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
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Join us for our July club meeting, where we will explore Keido, the traditional art of bonsai display. This month’s program will be led by Arjun Sawhney, who will guide us through the principles of creating thoughtful displays to “tell stories with your bonsai”. The presentation will also include a hands‑on session with trees, stands, accent plants, and scrolls to demonstrate how these elements express mood, season, and narrative.
Following the morning session, the club will provide a light lunch.
In the afternoon, we will offer a scroll and calligraphy workshop with a local Japanese calligraphy artist, Yuri Ansari, for a limited number of participants. It will be a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of traditional Japanese sumi calligraphy, Shodo, “way of writing,” and to create your own calligraphy scroll to display with bonsai trees.
Schedule
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Club Meeting and Traditional Art of Bonsai Display with Arjun
12:00 p.m. | Lunch provided by the club
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Scroll and Calligraphy Workshop with Yuri Ansari
Workshop
Please bring ideas and images for your scroll’s calligraphy and blank papers (e.g., newspaper, copy paper) to practice sumi calligraphy with. Yuri will provide a group demonstration and individual guidance on selection of words, style, and calligraphy techniques during the workshop.
Each participant will receive an imported Japanese traditional blank scroll and 3 shikishi inserts, Japanese art boards with high-quality washi paper, elegantly framed with a gold foil border. The club will provide sumi ink, sumi brush and other necessary supplies.
This meeting is open to current Atlanta Bonsai Society members and anyone interested in bonsai. If you’re not yet a member, we encourage you to join before or at the meeting.
Bonsai Workshops
We offer novice workshops led by a local bonsai professional and advanced workshops led by various guest artists. Since bonsai have needs based on the calendar, our workshops are seasonal in nature.
Depending on artist demand, we may have more than one workshop session per weekend, so check the events page for times as the monthly meeting approaches. Please remain flexible with whether you can take morning or afternoon workshop. The cost of each workshop session is currently $75 for at least 3 hours, unless we are including tree or other materials, which may be extra. The club will provide wire to use at workshops and meetings; everything else you may need should be brought by workshop participant, including tree and tools.
Recent Guest Artists
- Young Choe
- Shannon Salyer
- Jonas Dupuich
- Rodney Clemons
- Adam Jones
- Kenji Miyata
- Kathy Shaner
- Tyler Sherrod
- Jerome Kellerhals
- Sergio Cuan
- Eli Akins
- Mike Lane
- Julian Adams
Membership
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