Bay Island Bonsai held their 12th annual exhibit last weekend at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. The show was a big success, drawing several hundred bonsai enthusiasts from around the country. Each year a handful of trees receive Members’ Choice Awards. Here are the 2011 winners. Ogata (large) conifer bonsai – Western juniper Ogata deciduous or […]
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Play of light
Sunlight coming through the windows at Bay Island Bonsai’s recent exhibit created some interesting shadows. Pine with second thoughts about becoming a Western juniper Spruce joining California juniper and Beech in spirit More photos from the exhibit coming soon!
Maruyama Bonsai Nursery
Maruyama Bonsai Nursery 1423 47th Avenue Sacramento, CA 95822 (916) 421-6888 yuzomaruyama at aol dot com I received a tip last week that Maruyama Bonsai Nursery had a cryptomeria I might be interested in. Finding myself in the neighborhood over Thanksgiving weekend, I stopped by to take a look. Maruyama Bonsai Nursery It had been […]
National Bonsai and Penjing Museum – North American Pavilion
What a who’s who of bonsai in America – the North American Pavilion at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington D.C. includes trees donated by many prominent names in American bonsai. Some of the names evoke the history of bonsai in America – others are friends. All are generous in their contributions to […]
National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
I was fortunate to find myself in Washington D.C. last weekend during a spell of fantastic weather. So I headed to the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the National Arboretum. I’d visited several years ago, but had forgotten what great age the trees in the collection have attained. Keeping these trees healthy is no […]