About Us - Red Dragon Bonsai - Bonsai Specialist on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Hi, my name is Chris White and I started Bonsai in 1989 after seeing a beautiful group of bonsai-ed liquid ambers at a nursery on the Gold Coast. I suppose something 'switched on' inside me and the journey began. My first tree is 'no longer with us 'however a few of my early trees somehow managed to survive. I think I loved the first ones to death with wire, water and fertiliser. At the time no one teaching and no one I even knew was doing bonsai.

From this beginning, I began the process of teaching myself. Now after all these years, I am still only 'scratching the surface'. The passion I had in the beginning continues unabated.

Red Dragon Bonsai started in 2000 as a part time business which grew out of my passion for Bonsai. It began with small classes "Introduction to Bonsai" and has developed over the years and we now supply trees, tools and pots, In June 2005 we located to our current premises.

Our philosophy here at Red Dragon Bonsai, is in the spirit of an overwhelming passion to create in miniature, that perfect tree. We believe that the human nature has a powerful drive to be self expressive, and creative. It is for all to enjoy, the young and old alike. It is to this end we are committed to teaching, imparting, and encouraging this same spirit. It is about giving rather than withholding information.

This is accomplished by teaching the rules and guidelines of Bonsai, enabling the student to then go on and explore the endless possibilities available. It is to encourage and inspire Bonsai enthusiasts of all levels, to always go further, and develop their skills, to bring great satisfaction.