Your donation will be gratefully acknowledged within the exhibit upon its completion. Also, as a non-profit corporation, chartered under IRS 501C3 rules, your donation may be tax deductible. All of the funds raised will be used in the construction of the exhibit. Each of the officers and Directors of The Texas State Bonsai Exhibit, Inc. are volunteers and serve without remuneration.

Gifts of cash in the form of checks or securities should be sent to:

Joey McCoy, Treasurer
The Texas State Bonsai Exhibit, Inc.
13450 N. Hwy 183 suite 116
Austin, Texas 78750-3227

All gifts will receive a receipt from Mr. McCoy via regular mail. To make a gift via VISA or MASTERCARD click below:

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Major fund-raising is upon us towards the goal of creating the pond on the property!  Read the exciting news of how this creation will happen and who will be involved.  Every donation helps and we appreciate any and all

Fall  Newsletter 2011

Nice article regarding the donation from long-term bonsai collector Neal Hern and also about the collecting day on the property site.

Spring Newsletter 2011

Exciting information about the new pond and green development.

Spring Newsletter 2010

GivingJoe.com Fundraiser Flyer

Eat In - Build a Pond Flyer

How can the number 25,000 be brought down to size?  It does seem to be a lofty goal.  But what if there were 2,500 interested people, all willing to strive for a single goal?  Each of them chose to not eat lunch one day and instead give the $10 to that single goal.  That equals $25,000.

Now maybe there are not that many who are striving for that goal, maybe there are only 1250 people.  That would mean a $20 dinner would be lost and the $20 x 1250 equals $25,000.

This is really interesting now, there are only 625 people to depend on and the goal would be reached when ONE really nice dinner that year was cancelled.  Take that $40 and again do the math, 625 people give $40 and the tally is again $25,000.

 I could do that!!! That is how we could build our latest project: The pond, a 100′ wide approximately 400′ long POND!  The pond is the foundation of the exhibit.  It would give tremedous freedom—-Not only the care of the exhibit trees would be much easier but all of the beautiful landscape around and in the exhibit area would not ever be in jeopardy.  The flora and fauna would flourish and the vista would be for every visitor to enjoy.

 Thus far over $2500 has been donated towards the effort.  When does ZERO ADD UP TO A LOT??  W hen we ADD one more zero to the NUMBER — THAT adds up to a huge POND!

                                                                         EAT IN, BUILD A POND!

 THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE DONATED THUS FAR TO THIS SPECIAL PROJECT.

Read more about the TTSBE progress and the Bonsai workshop held in July for 6 year olds. There is a nice article about the Ash Juniper also.

 Fall 2009 Newsletter

Read all about what’s been going on with the TTSBE Land Development, Grants, Collecting Trips, and more!

Spring 2009 Newsletter

We’ve added a very useful list of Regional Bonsai Societies, Vendors, and Resources. Please contact us if we left you out of this list.

View the Regional Resources page.

Read all about what’s been going on with the TTSBE Land Development, Foster Care Workshop, and more!

Fall 2008 Newsletter

In January of 2009 TTSBE is sponsoring two collecting trips.

Some of you are familiar with the location in west San Antonio. Many nice specimens were successfully collected last year at Red Bird Ranch.  This will be the third year for collecting at this site.  The species available are: Oak, Cedar Elm, Texas Persimmon, Candalia, and Mt. Laurel.  Other native species have been collected by the Local Bonsai Societies of Austin and San Antonio with success.

This year it is necessary to reserve a space. The weekends of January 24th and 31st are available. Please contact Donna Dobberfuhl. Two2views@yahoo.com or 210-326-0860.

Don’t forget the cameras,!! Good Hunting.

Joey McCoy of the Austin Bonsai Society acquiring a Cedar Elm Jan. ‘08

by Donna Dobberfuhl, Secretary