Last month the Bay Area Bonsai Associates held their 42nd annual exhibit at the Lake Merritt Garden Center in Oakland, California. The event featured an exhibit, sales area, and Saturday evening demonstration by Adam Toth. Japanese black pine California juniper I appreciated that the show included a good mix of deciduous, broadleaf evergreen, and coniferous […]
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A visit to Walter Pall’s garden
One of this year’s highlights was getting to spend time with Walter Pall in his garden. After joining his master class for a few days in Zorneding, Germany, I headed to Walter’s garden to record him talking about his trees. The result was a series of nine videos in which Walter shares stories of how […]
2026 Shohin School registration open
A couple of years ago, Andrew Robson and I hosted a Winter Shohin School in Milwaukie, Oregon featuring headliner Daisaku Nomoto from Japan. The event is coming to Northern California next month! The 2026 Winter Shohin School will be held at Lincoln Park’s Harrison Recreation Center in Alameda, California, on January 31st and February 1st. […]
Shohin School
NOTE: Registration is required to participate in workshops. If you purchase a workshop, you must also purchase the seminar registration to participate. January 31 – February 1, 2026Harrison Recreation Center, Lincoln Park, 1450 High St, Alameda, CA 94501 Tentative Schedule Saturday 9:00 a.m. – Staff and vendor set-up10:00 a.m. – Registration and Vendors open10:30 a.m. […]
Highlights from the 9th US National Bonsai Exhibition
Attending regional events like the US National Bonsai Exhibition is a good way to gain an understanding of the work happening within a given community. At the National, the community showing trees represents a big swath of the US. As a result, it features a lot of great trees. I don’t tire of visiting events […]