bonsaiTALK Community - View Single Post - hmmm... could I just go into the forest and dig up a small tree to start a bonsai?

You can always do the popular pluck and run. That has been a popular hobby for some bonsaists in the area and also a great collecting story too.
I know two guys that ran into a wild florida panther on one of their bald cypress collecting endeavors. 30 minutes of acting like the bonsai they wanted to collect so they wouldn't turn up as fertilizer.

You can find out easily whic trees are protected, and even more so help out by taking pest trees, vines, and bushes. I'd say talk to someone in the US Forest Service, they can tell you were to find pest trees and what they look like. A local college might have an agricultural branch that might even be able to help!

28-Mar-2008	#9
Taakeulv19 Bonsai Viking Join Date: Mar-2008 Location: Broward Country: US USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: 11 Posts: 14	You can always do the popular pluck and run. That has been a popular hobby for some bonsaists in the area and also a great collecting story too. I know two guys that ran into a wild florida panther on one of their bald cypress collecting endeavors. 30 minutes of acting like the bonsai they wanted to collect so they wouldn't turn up as fertilizer. You can find out easily whic trees are protected, and even more so help out by taking pest trees, vines, and bushes. I'd say talk to someone in the US Forest Service, they can tell you were to find pest trees and what they look like. A local college might have an agricultural branch that might even be able to help!