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weirdowl

Anyone ever been to Bonsai by the Monastery in Conyers,GA? I've been to their website http://www.bonsaimonk.com/ but they don't sell any trees from their website. Have you heard much about this place? I've never been to a bonsai store, I could probably count the number of bonsai trees I've seen in person, including my own, on one hand.(I have a ficus that's about 5 years old and in a bonsai pot, and about 15 starter size trees). I'll try to take a few pictures to post when I get back.

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weirdowl

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Carl_Bergstrom

WierdOwl,

Boy are you in for a treat!

Bonsai by the Monastery is amazing. I've been there a half-dozen times - and even the time it was 102 out, I spent hours browsing through their wonderful collections of trees. More trees than you'll have any idea what to do with or how to look at. Show-ready trees, starter seedlings, and everything in between.

And trees aren't really even their forte, in my opinion. Their trees are good - really good - maybe even great - but their pots are what really impressed me. Be sure you look around in a lot of detail - not only are there all the pots upstairs and out in the main showrooms, but there's also a basement full of treasures. Not to mention that fact that the basement is a pleasent 15 degrees coolor this time of year.

Let us know what you think!
Old Mister

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TreeBay

I have seen their wares at bonsai conventions and they look like nice pots. If I remember correctly they were importing pots and had nice tokoname stuff and some more affordable ones.

I always get a kick out of this photo on the http://www.bonsaimonk.com website, which shows Br. Michael at the cash register. Something about the monk robe and the American Express/Mastercard/Discover decals leave me a little unsettled every time I see it.

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weirdowl

Thanks, OldMister, I'm excited to get there. You can't really tell much at all about their trees on their website. I was hoping they'd have some starter trees.
That's the same thing I thought when I saw that picture Matt. He's actually wearing a business suit under that robe. I wonder if they keep a baseball bat behind the counter. That'd be pretty funny.

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GaryS

Although I've never been there I've puchased pots by mail order from them. Well packed and arrived in good condition. Alot of styrofoam peanuts though. I like those paking peanuts that are made of starch the best. Add water to them and throw them on the compost pile.

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amaribbw

Hi folks,

Bonsai by the Monastery is a place you simply must see if you're in the Atlanta area. I lived there for a short time and made a few trips to Conyers. It's the best collection of pots for sale that I've ever seen.

Since moving to California, I recently purchased a dozen mame pots from their website. They were very friendly and made sure that I got as many pots as possible for my shipping dollar. And they were great about meeting my color specifications.

I can't praise them enough!

Annette

weirdowl

Thanks everybody. I can't wait to see the place. I should be going in a couple weeks. I've gotta get a usb port and I'll be ready to post pictures. Thanks again.

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weirdowl

Hello,
My visit to Conyer's was great. The staff on hand was friendly, helpful, and easy to talk to. OMC- I can't believe the number of pots, and what reasonable prices. I bought a chinese pot that was approx. 1.5"x7.5"x5" for 6$. That seemed pretty cheap to me.
Here are the pics. I've hesitated to post them because I was originally wanting to get pictures of the premises plus trees and do kind of a review of my visit, but I couldn't really get many good pictures like that. The layout of the place makes pictures like that kind of difficult. So, here are a few of the trees they had. I somehow managed to leave without getting a good picture of my favorite tree. It's a white pine styled by Yoshimura. It's in the background of the hornbeam pic.

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