This weekend Bay Island Bonsai will host its 16th annual exhibit in Oakland, California. Admission is free – you’re all invited! BIB is hosting an auction Saturday and a demo Sunday. In addition to vendors offering a wide variety of bonsai wares, this year’s event also includes an expanded club sales area. Trees, imported pots, […]
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Planning a bonsai exhibit
Every summer Bay Island Bonsai members are invited to Boon’s house for a barbecue. It’s one of the two most important events of the year – the other being the annual exhibit in January. The barbecue is a great opportunity to catch up with other members. The focus: planning for next year’s exhibit. Morten at […]
Bay Island Bonsai’s 15th annual exhibit
The theme for Bay Island Bonsai’s 15th annual exhibit was Born in the USA. It was an exhibit with no imported trees. Honestly, we weren’t totally sure how things would turn out a few years ago when we decided on the idea. Now that the show’s over, I can say that we were happy with […]
Preparing a small pine for exhibit
Two years ago, I showed a young black pine at Bay Island Bonsai’s 13th annual exhibit. Shohin black pine – January 2012 The tree has continued to develop, so I thought I’d show it again at BIB’s 15th annual exhibit. Here’s what the tree looked like last week. January 2014 I brought the tree to […]
Preparing a black pine for exhibit
Not long before last month’s Bay Island Bonsai exhibit, Boon mentioned that there was room for more trees if I was interested. I looked around my backyard for candidates and found that one of my black pines had filled in nicely after the previous year’s decandling. I brought it to workshop to see if it […]