OUR CLUB LIBRARY

 

This Page Last Updated: July 28, 2007


       Over 1,000 books on all areas of horticulture, design, gardening and related subjects are available to members of all clubs through the Valley Garden Center Library.  The Phoenix Bonsai Society has many books and periodicals available for check out to members who have paid their membership dues for the year.

       Thanks to the generosity of many people, our Phoenix Bonsai Society has an exceptional library from which we can all draw information and inspiration.  Please help us keep it that way by observing the following guidelines.

             To Check Out Bonsai Club Books:
             1.  Be an active dues paying member of the Phoenix Bonsai Society.
             2.  Fill out the card inside the book or periodical.  Include your name and the date you are checking out the item.  No more than two items may be checked out at any one time.
             3.  Give the card to the librarian who will retain the card.
             4.  Books and periodicals may be checked out for one month.
             5.  There is a section of books that may not be removed from the Garden Center.  This section is clearly noted and is located on the Top Left shelf.

       If you find you will not be able to attend club meetings for a period of time and you have books checked out, please contact the Librarian or other club official to arrange for pick-up of books.  The books are popular and often there is a waiting list for materials.

       When returning books, give them to the club librarian.  The librarian will mark the card returned and put it back in the book, re-shelving the materials for you.  Please do not re-shelve books when returning them; the librarian will perform this task.

Phoenix Bonsai Society Books for Checking Out

All About Pruning by Ortho Books (1978)
An Introduction to Bonsai by Bonsai Kai… Japan Bonsai Society (1989)
A Step-by-Step Guide, Growing and Displaying Bonsai by Colin Lewis & Neil Sutherland (1993)
Basic Bonsai Design by David De Groot (1995)
Beginners Guide to American Bonsai by Jerald P. Stowell (1986)
Beginning Bonsai_ the Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing by Shirley & Larry Student (1993)
Bonkei, Tray Landscapes by Jozan Hirota (1974)
Bonsai by Susan M. B. Resnick (1991, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Bonsai by Alan Roger (1985, Royal Horticultural Society)
Bonsai – 101 Essential Tips by Harry Tomlinson (1996)
Bonsai – A Care Manual by Colin Lewis (1997)
Bonsai – Complete Guide to the Art and Technique by Paul Lesniewicz (1987)
Bonsai – Japanese Miniature Trees by Kan Yashiroda (1960)
Bonsai – Miniature Trees by Claude Chidamian (1958)
Bonsai – Step by Step Growing Success by David Pike (1989)
Bonsai – The Art and Technique by Dorothy S. Young (1985)
Bonsai – The Complete Handbook by Darlene Dunton (1984)
Bonsai Book of Practical Facts by Jerome Meyer (1990)
Bonsai by Kenji Murata and Keiji Murata (1974)
Bonsai by Christine Stewart (1992)
Bonsai by Susan Lang and the Editors of Sunset Books (2003)
Bonsai by the Editors of Sunset (1994, 1997, 1967)
Bonsai by Harry Tomlinson (1995)
Bonsai Design – Deciduous/Coniferous Trees by Peter D. Adams (1990)
Bonsai Design – Japanese Maples by Peter D. Adams (1988)
Bonsai Design – Scots Pine, Juniper, Larch by Peter D. Adams (1985)
Bonsai For Americans by George F. Hull (1964)
Bonsai For Indoors by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1986, 1976)
Bonsai for the Home and Garden by Leonard Webber (1985)
Bonsai from Native Trees and Shrubs by Werner Busch (1993)
Bonsai Ideas by Marty Mann (2005)
Bonsai Identifier by Gordon Owen (1995)
Bonsai- Illustrated Guide to an Ancient Art by Sunset (1972)
Bonsai Illustrated Guide to an Ancient Art: A New Edition by Sunset Books (1994)
Bonsai in your Home – An Indoor Growers Guide by Paul Lesniewicz (1996)
Bonsai Its Art, Science, History and Philosophy by Deborah R. Koreshoff (1984)
Bonsai Journal of the American Bonsai Society, Vol. 1 – 5 (1967 – 1972)
Bonsai Landscapes by Peter Adams (1999)
Bonsai Manual – Judging – Buying – Appreciating by the American Bonsai Society (1997)
Bonsai Manual for Appreciating, Judging and Buying Bonsai by Lynn Perry & Dorothy Young (1974)
Bonsai Manual for Appreciating, Judging and Buying Bonsai by Lynn Perry & Dorothy Young (1984)
Bonsai Masterclass by Peter Chan (1987)
Bonsai Miniature Potted Trees by Shufunotomo, Co. Ltd. (1964) (2 copies)
Bonsai Saikei and Bonkei, Japanese Dwarf Trees and Tray Landscapes by Robert Lee Behme (1969)
Bonsai Special Techniques by Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1981)
Bonsai Survival Manual by Colin Lewis (1996)
Bonsai with American Trees by Masakuni Kawasumi (1975)
Bonsai with Tropicals by Mary C. Miller (2005)
Bonsai, Culture and Care of Miniature Trees by Sunset Books (1965)
Bonsai, The Art of Dwarfing Trees by Ann Kimball Pipe (1964)
Bonsai: A Guide for Baffled Buyers by Portia Bohn & Wallace B. Stone (1975)
Bonsai: Indoors and Out by Jerald P. Stowell (1996)
Bonsai: Trees and Shrubs by Lynn R. Perry (1964)
Bonsai-Miniature Potted Trees by Kyuzo Murata (1964)
Bonsai-Miniature Potted Trees by Norio Kobayashi (1959)
Bonsai-Miniature Potted Trees by Norio Kobayashi (1996, 1951)
Bonsai-Miniatures Quick and Easy by Zeko Nakamura (1973)
Bonsai-the Art of Growing and Keeping Miniature Trees by Peter Chan (1985)
Catalog From the 13th Nihon Bonsai Meihin Ten by the Japanese Bonsai Gems Exhibition
Chinese Bonsai – The Art of Penjing by Llona Lesniewicz & Li Zhimin (1988)
Chinese Penjing – Miniature Trees and Landscapes by Yunhua Hu (1987)
Ching Chung Bonsai by The Hong Kong Bonsai Society (7 booklets, Pink, Orange, Green, Red)
Create your Own Bonsai with Garden Plants by Peter Chan (1998)
Creating Bonsai by Joe Davies (1995)
Creating Japanese Gardens by Phillip Cave (1993)
Creating Japanese Gardens by Crocker (1989)
Cultivating Bonsai by Edito Publishing (1998)
Designing Dwarfs in the Desert by Robert J. Baran (1997)
Dwarfed Potted Trees – The Bonsai of Japan by Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2 copies)
Dwarfed Tree Manual for Westerners by Samuel Newson (1960)
Elements of Japanese Gardens by Isao Yoshikawa (1990)
Floral Art of Japan by Tourist Library, Vol. 1 (1936)
Flower Oasis – Potted Tree (1995, In Japanese)
Four Seasons of Bonsai by Kyuzo Murata (1991)
Handbook on Dwarf Potted Trees: The Bonsai of Japan by BBG (1959, 1953)
Herbal Bonsai by Richard Bender (1996)
Ideas for Japanese Gardens by Sunset (1972)
In the Japanese Garden by Michael S. Yaashita & E. Bibb (1991)
Indoor Bonsai by David Pike (1989)
International Bonsai Digest Bicentennial Edition by Juyne M. Tayson (ed.) (1976)
International Bonsai Digest presents Bonsai Gems by Juyne M. Tayson (ed.) (1974)
Introducing Bonsai Training and Growing by Christian Pressey (1989)
Introductory Bonsai and the Care and Use of Bonsai Tools by Masakuni Kawasumi (1971)
Japanese Azalea Bonsai (1975, In Japanese)
Japanese Deciduous Bonsai (1976, In Japanese)
Japanese Haiku by Peter Pauper Press (1955-1956)
Japanese Satsuki Azalea by Japan Satsuki Association
Keep Your Bonsai Alive and Well by Herb L. Gustafson (1995)
Keeping your Bonsai Perfectly Shaped by Herb L. Gustafson (1997)
Low Maintenance Bonsai by Herb L. Gustafson (1999)
Making Bonsai Landscapes by Herb L. Gustafson (1994)
Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants by Yee-Sun Wu (1969) (2 copies)
Masterpieces of Bonsai by Yoshio Takayanagi (1986)
Masters’ Book of Bonsai by Japan Bonsai Association (1986)
Miniature Bonsai by Herb L.Gustafson (1995)
Miniature Bonsai by Kuo-cheng Lin (1995)
Miniature Plants, Indoors and Out by Jack Kramer (1971) (2 copies)
Miniature Trees in the Japanese Style by Gillian E. Severn (1967)
Miniature Trees, Plants and Landscapes by Tatsuo Ishimoto (1956)
National Bonsai Collection Guidebook by John Y. Naka and Yuji Yoshimura (eds.) (1977)
Native Treasures, American Bonsai and Suiseki, Vol. 1 (1973)
New Horizons in Bonsai by Brian Batcelder (1990)
Outstanding American Bonsai, a Photographic Essay on the Works of Fifty American Bonsai Artists by Randy T. Clark (1989)
Penjing – The Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens by Yunhua Hu (1982)
Penjing – Worlds of Wonderment by Qingquan Zhao (1997)
Practical Bonsai for Beginners by Kenji Murata (1964)
Practical Gardening in Southern Arizona by the Valley Garden Center (1988)
Saikei – Miniature Living Bonsai Landscapes by Herb L. Gustafson (1994)
Saikei and Art – Miniature Landscapes by Lew Buller (2005)
Saikei: Living Landscapes in Miniature by Toshio Kawamoto (1976) (3 copies)
Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Deserts by Janice Emily Bowers (1993)
Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Bonsai by Gianfranco Giorgi (1990)
Successful Bonsai Growing by Peter D. Adams (1988)
Successful Bonsai Shaping by Peter D. Adams (1993)
The Art of Bonsai by Peter D. Adams (1990)
The Art of Indoor Bonsai by John Ainsworth (1989)
The Art of Training Plants by Ernesta Ballard (1962)
The Bonsai Book by Dan Barton (1990)
The Bonsai Book, the definitive illustrated guide by Dan Barton (1989)
The Bonsai Handbook by David Prescott (2001)
The Bonsai of Kimura by Onishi Katsuhito (1992)
The Bonsai Workbook by Herb L. Gustafson (1994)
The Complete Book of Bonsai by Peter Chan (1989)
The Complete Book of Bonsai by Harry Tomlinson (1990)
The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai by Ken Norman (2005)
The Creative Art Of Bonsai by Isabelle & Rιmy Samson (1986)
The Essential Bonsai by Ken Norman (1998)
The Garden Center Bulletin by The Garden Center of Greater Cleveland
The Living Art of Bonsai – Principles and Techniques of Cultivation and Propagation by Amy Liang (1995)
Tray Landscapes (Bonkei and Bonseki) by Soen Yanagisawa (1962)
Understanding Bonsai by Pieter Loubser (1993)

 

Periodicals for Checking Out

Bonsai by Bonsai Clubs International
Bonsai in California by the California Bonsai Society
Bonsai Journal by the American Bonsai Society
Bonsai Today by Stone Lantern Publishing (just a few issues)
Clippings by the Potomac Bonsai Association (just a few issues)
Golden Statements by the Golden State Bonsai Federation
International Bonsai by International Bonsai Arboretum

 

Restricted to the Garden Center

Bonsai Masterpieces, compiled by the Japan Bonsai Society, Inc. (1972, in Japanese, with English translation booklet by Yuji Yoshimura)
Bonsai Miniature Potted Trees by Norio Kobayashi (1966)
Bonsai Suiseki Show at Exposition '70 (1970)
Bonsai Techniques by John Naka (1973)
Bonsai Techniques II by John Naka (1982)
Bonsai: The Art of Living Sculpture by Jack Douthitt (2001)
Classic Bonsai of Japan by Nippon Bonsai Association (1989)
Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants by Yee-sun Wu (1969 and 1974 editions)
Matsudaira Mame Bonsai Collection Album (1975, in Japanese)
Memorial Album from the Bonsai and Suiseki Show at Osaka World Exposition '70 (1970, in Japanese)
Miniature Trees and Landscapes by Yuji Yoshimura and Giovanna Halford (1957)
Practical Bonsai for Beginners by Kyuzo Murata (1964)
Satsuki Azalea Bonsai by Kenko Rokkaku (ed.) (1974, in Japanese) (2 copies)



Some of these books and others are also available at the various branches of the Phoenix
Public Library and/or at larger bookstores.  Borders Books occasionally carries issues of Bonsai magazine.
Also, please see this comprehensive listing of bonsai books and magazines in twenty-four languages!


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