Welcome once again to "Bonsai is For Everyone"-- my perennial favorite class! Hosted by Portland Nursery on Division, this class always fills due to the significant interest in the art of bonsai in this community. Learn the secrets of styling and go home with your first bonsai specimen, ready for years of enjoyment!

This weekend marks the beginning of a unique and exotic gallery experience in Hood River, Oregon! Gallery owner Faith Hinkson has sought out some of the area's best artists to create a "blooming" event-- Wall art and bonsai to celebrate Spring. This will be a virtual gallery tour due to the current restrictions on gatherings. See the website for The Remains Gallery for the link to our exhibition, available for free on video all month. I will have eight of…

Our first Open Garden of the year, is set for Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th, and will proceed as planned. We'll be welcoming visitors to the display garden to wander under the dawn redwood and enjoy the large variety of flowering bonsai and conifers. Camellias and Azaleas are in bloom, and Lilacs are coming on! We have permission to be in business from the Oregon Nursery Association, and will be showcasing incredible bonsai specimens, both from my private…

We'll again be opening the nursery and display garden to visitors on the weekend of Saturday, may 16th and Sunday, May 17th. Hours are 11:00am to 5:00pm. Please call for an appointment if you are unable to come at these times or if you need to visit when there are no others present due to risk status. Phone # is: 503-720-3113 We'll be observing the Nursery Association's protocols to keep all visitors safe, and we have been in constant quarantine…

Sorry this Event has Been Cancelled Our last event of the summer for 2020 will be an open garden and bonsai sale, on the last weekend of June.       Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th we'll welcome you to the outdoor studio. The entire collection of bonsai will be on display including my personal specimens. Over 130 bonsai are ready for sale, in unique and handmade pottery containers created by local artists. Enjoy the display garden featuring lilies…

Save the dates! Bonsai Akira Nursery looks forward to again hosting visitors! Our abbreviated schedule has included two dates earlier this year that received no publicity from our beloved garden club, so--                            We will be welcoming visitors on two weekends in the Fall season to showcase an entirely new collection of finished bonsai in dramatic and unique stylings with new pottery from America's foremost bonsai ceramists. All…

Rescheduled for Saturday, October 10th-- Due to wildfires and ensuing local crisis conditions in the past few weeks we have deemed it best to wait till air quality improves to host you to our bonsai collection and sale.          You are welcome at our annual Bonsai Show and Sale, hosted by Bonsai Akira at our home and nursery in Portland. We will be observing social distancing by scheduling visitors-- either call ahead or come and wait in…

Look for us at —http://Charbonneau.org— Lucy’s bonsai creations are featured in this juried show— under Sculpture— because bonsai are indeed “living sculpture”.

Note:-- We will be observing social distancing as usual at this event hosted at a private residence-- Please join us to wander among the bonsai for sale and my private collection as we host visitors on Saturday, October 10th, 2020. At my small bonsai nursery all specimens are designed by the owner/artist (Lucy) and we are frequent participants at local art shows and festivals throughout the region. There will be finished bonsai as well as nursery stock and a limited…

While we have had many great opportunities to display our bonsai over these past five years, 2020 has seen cancellation of all my shows... With this in mind I’m extending the invitation to come to the studio over three days in November to preview our Christmas gift selections. FromKokedama to Calendars, gardeners’ aprons to hoodies, supreme handmade bonsai pottery to beautifully styled bonsai of many species including flowering trees and shrubs— there is something for discerning and nature loving people…