Bonsai Plaza opens Azalea Weekend 2026 during peak bloom in Boskoop
Peak satsuki bloom drew Bonsai Plaza into an extra open weekend, with flowering stages shifting across the Boskoop collection and staff on hand for care questions.
Satsuki azaleas were at the center of Bonsai Plaza’s extra open weekend in Boskoop, and the timing mattered. The nursery opened its doors for Azalea Weekend 2026 on Saturday, May 30, from 08:00 to 16:00, and Sunday, May 31, from 11:00 to 16:00, giving visitors a rare chance to see the collection at full bloom, with different trees at different flowering stages.
The weekend took place at Omloop 4, 2771 NL Boskoop, with free admission and no registration required. Bonsai Plaza also made clear there was no special program attached to the open days. Instead, the draw was the living collection itself, where color, form, and bloom timing changed from tree to tree as the azaleas advanced through their flowering window. Staff were available throughout the weekend to answer questions about trees, care, selection, and further development.
That hands-on approach fit the way Bonsai Plaza presents itself. The nursery says it is generally open Monday to Thursday by appointment, and its collection ranges from miniature bonsai that fits in the palm of a hand to larger specimens more than 100 years old. For visitors, the azalea weekend was not just a spring viewing stop, but a chance to compare varieties, study how individual trees were presenting in bloom, and think ahead to the next round of refinement once the flowers fade.
The Boskoop open weekend also sat inside a wider international picture. Bonsai Plaza’s story page says Maarten van der Hoeven’s turning point came after he returned from Japan with a deep passion for high-quality Japanese bonsai. That outlook shows up in the company’s broader event presence, from Kokufu-ten in Tokyo, which reached its centennial in February 2026 and traced its history back to the first exhibition in 1934 with 96 trees, to The Trophy in Genk, Belgium, where Bonsai Plaza said it would have two stands and show recent imports and ceramics from Japan and Korea.
With azaleas in bloom and a short, weather-dependent window to catch them at their best, Bonsai Plaza used the extra weekend to turn a nursery visit into a live lesson in seasonal timing, variety differences, and post-bloom decisions.
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