About the Blue Ridge Bonsai Society
The Blue Ridge Bonsai Society became an approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization as of Nov. 8, 2015, so contributions to the Society are tax-deductible.
Officers for 2024 - 2025
President: Chris Pazoles
Vice-President: Chris Sealy (and Program Chair)
Secretary: Jane Lovett
Treasurer: Brian McCrodden
At-Large Directors
Ricci Gilbert
Felix Laughlin
Webmaster: Jon Kidder Immediate Past-President: Peggy Snow
Membership
Membership in the Blue Ridge Bonsai Society is open to anyone interested in the art of bonsai from the totally inexperienced to professionals.
Our annual dues are $35 for single memberships and $40 for families. Please feel free to attend a meeting or two before deciding to join. Send any questions to:
blueridgebonsaisociety@gmail.com
You can pay dues online by pasting the following link into your browser (This feature is temporarily disabled):
Copy & paste the following:
You can also download our membership form here and bring it to a meeting with a check or cash when you are ready to join or mail it with a check to our Treasurer:
Rebecca Ayres, BRBS
15 Murrough Dr
Biltmore Lake, NC 28715
Please send all questions about our club or activities and any problems with the website or corrections or suggestions to: blueridgebonsaisociety@gmail.com
Meeting Times & Location
Most of our regular meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the meeting room at the Asheville Botanical Gardens
We also sometimes meet at the Woodfin Community Center, depending on that month's program content
Meeting locations are given in the Meetings list on the Welcome page.
Meeting Locations
Asheville Botanical Gardens
151 W. T, Weaver Boulevard
Asheville, NC 28804
Driving Directions:
From Downtown Asheville: Take Broadway/Merrimon Avenue (US 25) north for approximately 1.5 miles to the traffic light at W.T. Weaver Blvd. Turn left. Pass the entrance to University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) at the traffic circle. Entrance to Gardens is the about .2 mile on the right.
From the South (Hendersonville) Take I-26 West. As you approach Asheville, I-26 will be joined by I-240. Continue to follow signs for I-26 (future I-26) Once the road begins to cross the Smokey Mountain Bridge, move IMMEDIATELY into the left lane. Take LEFT Exit 4A. Go to Exit 25 which comes up quickly. At the bottom of exit ramp turn right. At second traffic light, turn left on to W.T. Weaver Blvd. BGA's parking lot is first driveway on left.
From the North (Weaverville) Take I-26 East to Exit 25. At the bottom of exit ramp turn left. At second traffic light, turn left on to W.T. Weaver Blvd. BGA's parking lot is first driveway on left.
Woodfin Community Center
23 Community Road
Woodfin, NC 28804
The Woodfin Community Center is one exit further north from Rte. 26 than the exit to the Asheville Botanical Gardens.
