Upon learning I would visit Australia last month, I wrote to a local Bonsai Tonight reader about which nurseries I might visit around Sydney. I received a good list of recommendations as well as a tour-guide for the adventure. On the appointed day, Scott, along with Craig and Bree, picked me up for what turned out […]
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Chinese Garden of Friendship
I had the fortune to visit Australia last month. After a long, sleepless flight, I arrived in Sydney unable to check into my hotel for several hours. So I wandered around. Just five minutes from the hotel, I stumbled into Sydney’s Chinese Garden of Friendship. And right inside the front gate, I found myself in […]
What’s with the white stuff?
A visit to the GSBF Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt this spring will reveal an intriguing bonsai technique – paper-wrapped bonsai wire. I learned about the technique from the garden’s curator, Kathy Shaner, not long after she completed her apprenticeship to Yasuo Mitsuya in Toyohashi, Japan. Copper wire is more commonly used on conifers than […]
GSBF Collection North
After visiting the GSBF Mammoth Fundraiser last weekend, I stopped by the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt. Spring is a great time to visit the garden as the quince are in bloom and the maples are just starting to leaf out. It’s also a good time of year to see the blooms that make the […]
GSBF Mammoth Fundraiser 2011
Last weekend the Golden State Bonsai Federation (GSBF) held simultaneous fundraisers in support of its Northern and Southern California bonsai collections. In Northern California, the GSBF held an auction Saturday and a bonsai bazaar on Sunday. I’ve always been a fan of bonsai auctions. I’ve participated in them as a buyer, a seller, and a […]