Bay Island Bonsai’s recent exhibit included a penjing display – a rare occurrence for the event. As time passes, I find I’m more concerned with improving the quality of the trees in the exhibit each year – and keeping the event fun. This piece has fun in spades. Penjing with shimpaku Shimpaku Cascade shimpaku Shimpaku island […]
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Three-point displays
Eighteen inches, give or take, counts for a lot at Bay Island Bonsai exhibits. Generally, trees between 8″ and 18″ tall are considered medium bonsai and are exhibited in “three-point displays” – displays with two trees and one accent plant. Composing these displays requires care. If you haven’t set up a medium display before, imagine […]
Juniper bonsai
A lot of juniper bonsai made it into Bay Island Bonsai’s 12th annual exhibit this year. Whether common garden varieties or collected specimens from deserts or mountain ranges, the trees were impressive. Here is a selection of the junipers on display at the exhibit. Taiwanese juniper Procumbens juniper Western juniper Sierra juniper Shimpaku (grafted) Shohin […]
Akio Kondo Bonsai Award – 2011
Bay Island Bonsai members were happy to entertain a visiting bonsai professional from Japan at their recent exhibit. Akio Kondo was in Northern California to visit the exhibit, to work on client trees, and to teach. While at the exhibit, Kondo selected a tree for a new award, the Akio Kondo Bonsai Award. The winning […]
Members’ Choice Awards
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 […]