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Our History

Hukyu (meaning "everlasting") Bonsai Society was founded by Mr. Phillip Lin, the first president of Hukyu, along with charter members Leota Johnson and Bill Henderson, as Suncoast Bonsai Society in 1965, becoming Gulf Coast in 1969, and then, in search of a more unique name, Hukyu. In 1971 Mr. Lin, originator of the idea of Bonsai Societies of Florida, contacted the seven or eight bonsai societies, suggesting we should have a Florida Bonsai Newsletter, and through the newsletter, leaders of the Florida bonsai clubs arranged to meet in Orlando to organize the Bonsai Societies of Florida. Some of our Hukyu members known at the state, national, and international level have been Phillip Lin, Jorge Lucero, Rowena Berteau, Marian Borchers, Gay Laubsch, Ely Johnson, Cliff Pottberg, and Felton Jones.