Please enjoy this website, the images, and the instructional blogs. However, as of 2024 Zach retired from bonsai and is no longer posting new information. God Bless!
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We Craft Trees For Serious Bonsai Enthusiasts
Our trees are collected and field grown … which means we hunt them in the wild and we raise them in our bonsai garden. We choose only the best because we deserve … and you deserve … only the best.
Coming Attractions
Here’s a sneak peak at some of the bonsai Zach is currently styling.
We expect these beauties to be released for sale in June 2020.
Expertly Sourced.
Beautifully Designed.
Twice every year a new journey begins. Through rain, cold, sleet, sweltering heat, and notorious mosquitoes, Zach and his wife, Cathy, trudge through the swamps of South Louisiana to bring you the most unique, one-of-a-kind, affordable trees in the industry.
We do it because we love it. We love the hunt; we love the harvest. But most of all, we love the results. To this end, Zach also grows and shapes indigenous trees in his own backyard so he can offer you even more selection.
Zach has one of the keenest eyes in the industry and with over 30 years experience with bonsai, the care and time he puts into every single tree is clear to see …
Featured Selections
Bonsai takes time … and Zach takes the time each tree needs so he can be assured that the tree you choose for your collection will be the best it can be. Because of his reputation for quality design, trees that are posted for sale generally are purchased relatively quickly. This means you will never see sub-standard product or receive sub-standard service. To that end, here are a few trees currently available.
Zach and Bonsai South
Each tree you see on this site has been personally collected, grown, selected (for those acquired from other collectors or growers), pruned, potted, and in the case of “finished” trees, styled by Zach.
His bonsai philosophy revolves around one simple mantra:
“Better Material Means Better Bonsai.”
Years Experience
Bonsai Created
Bonsai Demonstrations
The Bonsai Blog
We have a large library of how-to articles that details for you, step-by-step, how Zach develops both stock material and finished bonsai. Images are included.
Bonsai Odds & Ends – Rip, Swamp Maple, Ginkgo, Surprise
bonsai odds & ends - rip, swamp maple, ginkgo, surpriseSneak PeekSpring is in full force, and there's lots going on around here. Today it's worth checking in on 'Rip van Winkle' the Willow oak, the Swamp maple and Ginkgo I potted late, and a surprise.Bonsai Odds...
Late Potting Or Repotting Your Bonsai
late potting or repotting your bonsaiSneak PeekWho doesn't dread the idea of late potting or repotting a bonsai? It's all supposed to get done on time. But ....Late Potting or Repotting Your BonsaiThere's potting time for bonsai, which is usually repotting time. ...
Big Water-Elm Progression
big water-elm progressionSneak PeekWe collected this big Water-elm in late-summer 2018. It's three years later, and time for the tree to go into its custom bonsai pot.Big Water-elm ProgressionThis very nice and very large Water-elm - trunk base 4" above the root...