1. The Pacific Bonsai Expo will be held this coming weekend, November 12-13, at the Bridge Yard in Oakland, California. The address is 210 Burma Rd. 2. Show hours are Saturday, 9:00am – 5:00pm, and Sunday 9:00am – 4:00pm. 3. Limited same-day tickets will be available at the door. 4. Parking at the venue is […]
Pacific Bonsai Expo
Three more weeks until the Pacific Bonsai Expo!
If you haven’t heard the news, the Pacific Bonsai Expo is sold out – thanks so much for the support! There’s a chance we’ll have a limited number of same-day tickets available at the door, but we have yet to receive confirmation about this from the venue. I’ll provide an update when we know more. […]
Pacific Bonsai Expo updates
I can’t believe it – the Pacific Bonsai Expo opens in four weeks! Here are the latest updates. Saturday is sold out, but tickets are available for Sunday, November 13. There is a chance same-day tickets will be available on Saturday (stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks), but if you want to attend, […]
Pacific Bonsai Expo update
This fall’s Pacific Bonsai Expo is coming together quickly. As a result, all of us working behind the scenes wanted to share some updates so here we go! Volunteer signups are online now If you’d like to help set-up the exhibit or make sure things run smoothly when the Expo opens to the public, we’d […]
Kokufu scoring exercise part 1: coniferous and deciduous bonsai
In the run-up to this fall’s Pacific Bonsai Expo, I’ve been thinking a lot about evaluating bonsai. We’re working on a scoring system for the Expo judging panel and wanted to give everyone who’s interested a chance to test the approach out. For sample trees, I’ve selected images from the 94th Kokufu Exhibition held in […]