Local Resources

At Timberwinds Nursery, we’re known for our passion for beautiful, hand-picked plants & trees focusing on dwarf conifers and collectible maples. Stop by today and let our friendly & knowledgeable staff help make your garden & landscape all you can imagine.

Timberwinds Nursery is a good friend of the Bonsai Society of Greater St. Louis. Most of our Saturday workshops are held there and they offer Society members a 25% discount on all merchandise.

Wheel thrown and hand built pottery

Bonsai pots of all sizes and shapes available year-round

native Missouri trees
all varieties of pots
pruners and other hand tools
organic fertilizers

We are still getting things up and running and will have our first major offering of things at the 2024 Bonsai Central Show. Our website is currently in development but will be at Confluencebonsai.com

Confluence was co-founded by senior members of the Bonsai Society of Greater St. Louis to provide quality materials and supplies to the community. Check them out.

Mostly Japanese pots, $80-$1,000
Some stands and other offerings available too
Aoki pre-mix (small and medium)
Akadama (double red line)

28 years of Gardening Excellence. We’ve been in business for 28 years now, helping make homes and gardens all around our community spectacular! Since the first day of spring in 1996, home gardeners and green-industry professionals alike have chosen Garden Heights Nursery for their plant, gardening, and outdoor living needs.

Garden Heights Nursery has an entire display near the front dedicated to bonsai including starter material and some finished trees. They also carry some premixed bonsai soils and a modest selection of bonsai pots and other containers.

Selection varies but is typically best throughout Spring. Species usually in stock include Japanese Black Pine, Canadian Hemlock, Dwarf Cotoneaster, Arborvitae, False Holly, Korean Fir, English Yew, Chinese Elm, Hinoki Cypress, Mugo Pine, Ginkgo, Bald Cypress, Japanese Maple ‘Rhode Island Red’ and ‘Mikawa Yatsubusa’
Wide selection of landscape material
Modest selection of 6″ to 18″ ceramic bonsai pots
No bonsai specific tools, but a good selection of shears and other general garden tools easily adapted for bonsai
Small selection of pre-mixed soils for bonsai and succulents in 4-quart bags

Chris Jersan has been practicing bonsai for 23 years. He offers study groups, 1-on-1 teaching, and wiring and styling of your trees. He also offers starter material, finished trees, and Japanese bonsai pots.

A significant portion of Chris’s extensive bonsai collection includes native, and especially Missouri-native, collected trees. You can see Chris’s work on Instagram at @arcadiavalleybonsai and @u_hills_bonsai

mid-to-upper level Japanese pots

Where the Pros Go To Grow!

This is a large, retail warehouse with a wide selection of growing mediums, chemicals, containers, irrigation systems, lighting systems, and tools for anyone interested in hydroponic growing. Nothing is bonsai specific but much of it is useful, affordable and the staff are very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful.

Good selection of general-purpose hand tools. Wide selection of growing containers including pond baskets, seed trays, irrigation systems, lighting systems, grow tents, etc.
Pumice, lava, and a wide selection of other growing mediums
Wide selection of organic and other fertilizers.
Wide selection of insecticides, herbicides, and other chemicals

Dan Saterfield has an entire room at the St. Charles Antique Mall dedicated to a large collection of over 100 exquisite ceramic bonsai pots. These are hand-forged, certified exhibition quality bonsai containers. And he has more inventory off site if you’re looking for something special.

You will not find a better selection of bonsai pots locally. Dan’s inventory includes modest 6″ and 8″ pots all the way up to 10″ x 15″ mammoths. The collection includes pots made in the USA by Sara Rayner and from the Italian brand Certre (pronounced “chair-tray”)