NABF Newsletter #6

Feature #8

Okanagan bonsai clubs

by Len Bidwell & Jim Pugsley

The Kelowna Bonsai Club is located in the southern interior of the province of British Columbia Canada Kelowna and region has an urban population approaching 150,000. The area abounds in a wide variety of climatic zones, making bonsai a collector’s paradise; from a USDA zone 6 along the shores of Okanagan Lake to an alpine climate on the ski slopes of some of the 7,000 foot mountains of the region.

Our club was founded in 1983 and has grown to 60 - 70 memberships paid each year. We have had a goal to encourage new clubs in the area, and in the past few years, clubs in the neighboring cities of Penticton and Vernon have started.

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