Run a bonsai growers association of hobby and commercial growers from one place: member growers, joining papers, annual fees, receipts, show circulars and society meeting attendance, without a personal spreadsheet as the only roll. Show judging stays outside; Associan keeps the growers’ society organised.

Growers are in the greenhouse. The association still tracks subscriptions in a notebook that only one secretary keeps.
One body mixes levels. Fees differ, but the roll is flat. Hobby growers and nursery-scale growers sit in one society with different dues.
UPI arrives with personal names. Matching the member takes an evening. Workshop payments arrive under first names that do not match the roll.
When a show needs a member list, last year’s file is incomplete. Show organisers ask for member lists faster than a notebook can be typed.
A show circular is forwarded until half the growers still have the old dates. Show dates change; image forwards freeze the wrong weekend.
Attendance is a sheet while growers are still working trees. Repotting weekends are sacred — and they clash with hall bookings.
A member needs a graft partner and has to ask around. Species specialists are known personally, not discoverable in a list.
Society membership for growers; show judging and plant sales stay outside Associan.
A grower applies with name, city, hobby or commercial category and papers from a phone, so the committee is not rebuilding the same list every month.
The documents your committee asks for stay with the grower, so the committee is not rebuilding the same list every month.
Set separate fees for hobby, commercial and associate, so the committee is not rebuilding the same list every month.
Members pay online. Cash at the desk is recorded against the same member, so the committee is not rebuilding the same list every month.
Post a show or meeting note once. Members read it in the app, so the committee is not rebuilding the same list every month.
Members search other bonsai growers by city and category, so the committee is not rebuilding the same list every month.
After a workshop a grower pays the society subscription; receipt PDF is ready for the member file.
A commercial grower joins with class tags so hobby and commercial members stay distinct.
Show week packing lists pull from the same member roll the treasurer uses for subscriptions — no second handwritten sheet. Society meet: pass scans, unpaid filtered, show circular on the board with correct dates. Show week packing lists pull from the same member roll the treasurer uses for subscriptions — no second handwritten sheet.
Subscriptions live in one system.
Directory by city.
One board.
Subscriptions and member lists share one source.
The same simple flow for every bonsai grower, set up for your association in about a day.
Post it in your group or on your letterhead. Each bonsai grower fills the form on their phone.
Firm details, GST and the documents your committee needs are uploaded with the application.
The committee approves and the fee is paid online, or recorded if paid by cash or cheque.
Membership number, PDF receipt, certificate and QR member pass are issued automatically.
A small committee with volunteer office bearers moved dues, receipts, notices and meeting attendance onto Associan. The treasurer stopped matching payment screenshots, and every resident can see notices in one place instead of scrolling a busy group.
Read the case study →Grower society demo. Setup typically one day.