Yama Dori Mono A few months ago I made a trip to visit some yama dori mono. Trees collected from the wild. These trees were growing at about 4000 ft. and were absolutely beautiful. My thanks P.W. The tree on the left and...
“Suiseki” or Viewing Stones Theme November 2014 Monthly Meeting This was another windy and stormy night with only 26 members attending. The meeting focused on the art or "Suiseki" or viewing stones and Lynn was gracious enough to bring a photo board of such stones....
Pine Group Quarterly Meeting The group met at Japan Bonsai with Tak Yamaura providing the teaching and guidance . Peter worked on his Japanese Black Pine with Claudia providing input. Regrettably it was a very blustery evening and only five members attended. ...
You don’t need a lot of equipment to start your bonsai hobby, but over time you will want to accumulate equipment to enhance your abilities and try new techniques. A beginner kit focuses on basic technique and developing raw material quickly to build your collection. ...
The flowering and deciduous study group held their first meeting on April 3rd, 2012. As one would suspect from the group’s name there was quite a variety of trees and shrubs brought to this initial meeting. A total of 8 club members...
In our pine workgroup this fall, our focus was on removing old needles. Tak pointed out that trees could have 1st, 2nd and 3rd year needles on them. Under his direction we removed any 3rd year needles that had not dropped yet, and plucked all...