Last weekend the Sei Boku Bonsai Kai held their 36th annual exhibit at the San Mateo Garden Center in San Mateo, California. By hosting the show on the first weekend of June, Sei Boku gives members the opportunity to display trees with flowers, with fruit, and with plenty of new growth. Azalea Eleagnus Coast redwood […]
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Development Intensives
The Bonsai Development Intensive is a three-day course for enthusiasts who enjoy growing bonsai at different stages of development. We’ll cover refinement techniques such as wiring and styling as well as basic approaches to creating bonsai from younger material. Participants will learn to identify the next steps required to improve their trees throughout the year […]
A thousand posts and counting – ten years of Bonsai Tonight
A little over ten years ago, I shared an update about a black pine I’d grown from seed (see “Recent pine work“). This was the first post in what became a bi-weekly blog about bonsai care and development. The tree today – Japanese black pine, 12″ tall Today’s post is number 1000. To date I’ve […]
A closer look at the Bonsai on the Bayou exhibition
Anyone unfamiliar with the Texas bonsai scene might be surprised by the broad range of species in training in the Lone Star State. Alpine species, tropicals, and a variety of Texas natives are commonplace in Texas exhibits, and the recent LSBF/HBS/ABS event was no exception. Sea hibiscus, Hibiscus tiliaceus Sea hibiscus foliage Seeing such a […]
Prize-winning Bonsai at Bonsai on the Bayou: An American Bonsai Summit
Last weekend the American Bonsai Society held their 2019 Convention in Houston, Texas. Hosted by the Houston Bonsai Society, the event featured an awesome program of workshops, demonstrations, lectures, and artist spotlights. The convention exhibit included bonsai, suiseki, and kusamono displays. Headliners Enrique Castano de la Serna, Boon Manakitivipart, and Ryan Neil selected the prize-winning […]