The Tropical Bonsai Symposium & Exhibition is being held on October 3-4, 2025. Sponsored by the Bonsai Shohin Society in San Juan, Puerto Rico the event is being held at Jardin Selecto, owned by the Morales family. Organized by Carlos Morales (Pedro’s cousin) their garden center is rather complete with a complete inventory of soils, fertilizers, pesticides, tools and landscape plants for homeowners. Carlos has large sections with bonsai, pre-bonsai, containers, tools, wire and a wide variety of different soil mixtures.

The formal opening of the Tropical Bonsai Symposium will be held on Thursday evening. Critiques, lecture/demonstrations and a workshop will fill the weekend mainly discussing bonsai 3 point displays. William N. Valavanis is the invited guest leading the educational activities.

The exhibition featuring bonsai 3 point displays was not completely set up, so mostly overall view images are included here, along with photos of the garden center. Watch for part 2 featuring individual bonsai and displays.

Jardin Selecto Garden Center: