Spotted in the Wild
Historical Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and RSS posts previously curated by the club (2017–present). Not authored by the club — preserved here since the original source feeds no longer carry this history.
still getting better
still getting better (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Rocky Mountain Juniper comes in a vast variety of
Rocky Mountain Juniper comes in a vast variety of forms and iterations. The quality that makes these trees so special is their variability: the uniqueness of the branching and foliage are features not easily duplicated…
Bonsai Mirai: Asymmetry by Bonsai Mirai on Apple Podcasts
On this week’s episode of Asymmetry, Ryan sits down with Telperion Farms owner Chris Kirk and his friend & collaborator Gary Woods to dive into the intricacies of field-grown bonsai material. They discuss pre-field…
getting along
getting along (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Beauty Doesn’t Always Conform to Our Expectations | Bonsai Bark
Beauty Doesn’t Always Conform to Our Expectations 10/26/18 Before and after European olive by Javi Campos Juan. Though it looks as though Javi has somehow managed to bend the trunk, perhaps all he has done is changed…
coming along nicely
coming along nicely (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Illuminated bonsai at the Oakland Autumn Lights Festival
Each fall, the Gardens at Lake Merritt host the Autumn Lights Festival . The event is a fundraiser for the seven-acre garden in Oakland’s Lakeside Park. Held over three evenings, the event attracts thousands of visitors…
Water-Elm #38 – “Big Hoss” – Made It
Wild Plum Bonsai, Before & After | Bonsai Bark
Wild Plum Bonsai, Before & After 10/25/18 Walter Pall's Wild plum (Prunus cerasifera) before and six years later Continuing with our latest before and after series… Walter Pall has long been a favorite of ours. Aside…
Without foliage now.
Without foliage now. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
The images with the slab are virtuals, of course.
The images with the slab are virtuals, of course. The plan is to mount the tree onto a slab by Mariusz Folda, Poland in March 2019. The slab will be custom built so that the root ball will be almost undisturbed. (Source…
We were honored to have Secretary of the United
We were honored to have Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, Sonny Purdue, visit the museum with his wife and friends the other week. They were lead through the museum by the US National Arboretum's…
Before & After Bonsai – the Desire to Improve What Most of Us Might Settle For | Bonsai Bark
Before & After Bonsai – the Desire to Improve What Most of Us Might Settle For 10/24/18 Before and after Shohin pine by Koji Hiramatsu. No size or species is mentioned, but you can tell it is quite small and you might…
In little more than three weeks our November club
In little more than three weeks our November club meeting/workshop will be held at Meijer Gardens, Saturday, November 17 at 9:00 am in the new Covenant Learning center. We will have a brief meeting and and then a…
25 years of development from a flat stump.
25 years of development from a flat stump. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Tonight on Mirai Live, we return to a massive
Tonight on Mirai Live, we return to a massive Scots Pine and the formidable task of trunk bending. Big bends require engineering and proactive problem-solving skill sets–recognizing problems before they occur, and the…
Godzilla Refines a Monster Bonsai – Before & After | Bonsai Bark
Godzilla Refines a Monster Bonsai – Before & After 10/23/18 Before and after Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) by Todd Schlafer. The tree belongs to Mike Andrews. For the Godzilla reference, scroll down to…
Photographing bonsai – getting the level right
I’ve long found that the hardest part of photographing bonsai is figuring out how high to hold the camera. Holding it too high can be good for showing the foliage but not so great for seeing the branch structure.…
Bonsai Mirai updated their cover photo.
Bonsai Mirai updated their cover photo. (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
The U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition is not just a
The U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition is not just a show. It’s a space for American bonsai practitioners to gather, share their work, interact with one another and with professionals, and generally bring the community…
Shadow Shots & Stainless Bonsai Tools | Bonsai Bark
Shadow Shots & Stainless Bonsai Tools 10/22/18 Juniper with shadow. This and the other trees shown here belong to Luis Vallejo It’s time to visit Luis Vallejo, one of our favorites. I was attracted to these photos for…
Hidden Gardens sits in Willowbrook which is just
Hidden Gardens sits in Willowbrook which is just south of Chicago and is run by Jeff Schulz. I spent the pst weekend there. Here some glimpses into the Bonsai Academy which was held last weekend. (Source Facebook)…
getting there slowly
getting there slowly (Source Facebook) www.facebook.com
Hidden Gardens sits in Willowbrook which is just
Hidden Gardens sits in Willowbrook which is just south of Chicago and is run by Jeff Schulz. I spent the pst weekend there. Here some glimpses into the Bonsai Academy which was held last weekend. (Source Facebook)…