Bonsai artists in the San Francisco Bay Area share a common interest in providing optimum care for their Japanese-styled mini-trees. This calendar provides guidance for monthly care of bonsai. Thirteen appendices provide recipes and detailed instructions for: preparing growing mixes; fertilizers and fertilization; making fertilizer cakes; how and when to graft; control of diseases, weeds, and insects; learnings from an American bonsai teacher; tool selection and care; wiring trees into pots.