Sandy has some lush plants she will be using to demonstrate the art of landscape bonsai. This is a good use of smaller plants.
In Japan, trees can be trained and shaped for years before inclusion in a planting such as this. They are also done with younger stock
Jim, Pauline, and Duncan have been studying the new azalea techniques developed by Tatemori Gondo and taught at El Dorado Bonsai in Placerville. Upon completion of three-year course, students are eligible to take an instructor's course and exam to become certified instructors capable of teaching others these new techniques.
Bring in your azaleas and find out what work is necessary on your particular plant. Also bring your tools and aluminum wire.
Tropicals with Ed Poggensee, Thoi Nguyen, and Sandy Vrooman.
It is interesting that on the East Coast some of our normal garden shrubbery is considered to be tropical like pomegranate, olive, and grewia.
With the world getting smaller due to the speed of travel and now the Internet, bonsai is no longer strictly a Japanese art form. In fact, JAL has a competition annually for the best 100 bonsai trees outside of Japan. Sheldon Savage is the proud owner of one of the 50 best in this competition for 2004 and that was the tree featured in our Tokonoma.
There are people living in climates where they cannot grow pines or deciduous trees. So the plants they choose are local to their climate. Other folks live in apartments and want to enjoy bonsai, so they are limited to tropical plants featured for indoor use.
We will discuss the care and development of bougainvillea, schefflera, and ficus as bonsai. We will also do a coffee tree bonsai demonstration.
Kusamura Bonsai Club would like to announce a sale of wonderful old bonsai books and magazines.
We have some rare books, several first editions, a few signed.
All were donated by former members Joe Clepp, Tom Refvem and Pete and Amy Sugawara. This sale is raising funds for our club.
To see the collection click here.
by Brent Walston of Evergreen Gardenworks
Adapted from Golden Statements articles translated by Hideko Metaxas
From A Year of Bonsai Tips
May 7-8 Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento Bonsai Club 59th Annual Bonsai Show at the Sacramento Buddhist Church, 2401 Riverside Blvd. Show hours are Saturday 12noonÐ5PM and Sunday 10AMÐ4PM. Demonstrations at 2PM both days by Boon Manakitivipart; raffles to follow. Show is dedicated to long-time club member Kaneyoshi (Oscar) Tomiyama. Free admission. Plants and other bonsai-related items for sale.
May 15 San Mateo, California San Mateo Bonsai Club Annual Satsuki Bonsai Show at the San Mateo Gardeners' Hall, 503 E. 5th Ave. (corner of Claremont and 5th Ave.) Show hours are 10AM-4PM. Free Admission.
May 21-22 Sacramento, California Satsuki Aikokai of Sacramento Annual Show and Sale at Sacramento Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. Show hours are Saturday 10AM-5PM and Sunday 10AM-4PM. Demonstrations both days at 1:30PM. Plant sales, door prizes, and raffle of demonstration tree.
June 4-5 San Mateo, California Sei Boku Bonsai Kai 22nd annual bonsai exhibit at the San Mateo Garden Center at Beresford Park, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo. Continuous demonstrations both days from noon to 3 pm: Saturday, Steve Jung and Tim Kong and Sunday, Steve Iwaki and Mike Page.
More Events (from Golden State Bonsai Federation)
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