Beau Pett Biography

Beau Pett began his bonsai journey at just 11 years old. Over the past 20 years, he has benefited from the generosity and guidance of numerous members of the Australian bonsai community, particularly those from the Gold Coast–Tweed Bonsai Club, as well as respected artists including Carole Waller, Chris White and Tony Bebb. He also furthered his studies as part of Boon Manakitivipart's Australian Bonsai Study Group.

At 16, Beau spent a year on exchange in Japan, regularly visiting Omiya Bonsai Village in Saitama, where he spent some of his weekends learning from Masashi Hirao and Juan Cruz at Mansei-en (Kato family nursery).

Returning to Australia, Beau became President of the Gold Coast–Tweed Bonsai Club at just 18, becoming the youngest club president in Australian bonsai history. He currently serves as President of the Capricorn Region Bonsai Society in Central Queensland.

Beau is a qualified high school teacher who also speaks Japanese, he regularly returns to Japan to attend bonsai exhibitions and further his knowledge of bonsai. He is currently the Bonsai Horticulturist at Tondoon Botanic Gardens in Gladstone, Queensland, where he manages the Yūjō Bonsai House and supports the development of its bonsai collection and Friends of Bonsai volunteer program.

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