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Boon Is Doing Two Bonsai Demonstrations in Sacramento

chuhin — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:58:20 +0000

May 5 & 6, 2012 Sacramento, California

66th Annual Sacramento Bonsai Club Show: Sacramento Buddhist Church, 2401 Riverside Blvd., May 5 (12-5pm) & 6 (10-4pm). Demonstrations both days, 2 pm, by Boon Manakitivipart, followed by benefit drawings. Free admission, plant and tree sales.

The Work Shops Are Filling Up

chuhin — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:45:34 +0000

The work shops are getting fuller and fuller. In order to accommodate club members better, the work shops must for now be limited to Bay Island Bonsai members only.

Some time in the (distant) future, when Boon’s work and travel schedule lightens up, there may be additional work shops scheduled.

Members at BIB show on Sunday

chuhin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:27:13 +0000

BIB Exhibit 2012

chuhin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:29:24 +0000

Pictures from the show

japanese maples

chuhin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:27:20 +0000

sango kaku

Kiyohime

Japanese balck pine from the workshop

chuhin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:21:56 +0000

grown from seed about 15 yo.

Hinoki Cypress

chuhin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:21:41 +0000

Every year our trees will need to be worked on. This hinoki cypress came from rooted cutting. It is about 30 years old.

Last year it was in BIB show in January. it also was shown agin in November at GSBF convention in San Jose.

it is very dense. that is the way this dwarf hinoki grows. if we keep it this dense, interior buds will get weak from lack of light and air circulation. it need to be thinned. we takes a couple hour thinning it using sharp fine tips scissors

this is the look after we finished

The Akio Kondo Bonsai Award Is Coming

chuhin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:39:25 +0000

Akio Kondo is Boon’s senior colleague. They both came out of the very famous bonsai garden, Kihachi-En in Japan. Kondo is a busy and succesful bonsai master in Japan. Among his awards is the very prestigious Nippon Bonsai Koku-Fu Award.

This year he will attend our Bay Island Bonsai Exhibit this weekend (15th – 16th of January) in Pleasanton, California. At that time, he will choose one tree from the exhibit and give it the “Akio Kondo Bonsai Award.”

Along with the award, the winner will also receive a $ 300.00 bonsai pot carried back from Japan. Which tree will it be? Come and see.

The 2010 Bonsai Show Book Is Here!

chuhin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:14:18 +0000

You can now buy the “Bonsai Exhibit Book 2010″ from our last show. Michael did a great job on the book. The photography was great. With just over a hundred pages of quality bonsai, this is a book worth having.

To buy the book, go to: http://bonsaiboon.com/pages/shopping.html

Of all the show books out there, this one has one added value. With every bonsai there is also information about the pot that was used with each bonsai. That makes this book also a pot-study book.

My favorite pot is on page 37. First of all, the bonsai is ancient. It is a variety not often seen: “Mino Yatsubusa” trident maple (these refuse to ramify). But more importantly, the glaze on the pot matches the flaky bark of the bonsai well. It has my vote for best matching pot and tree.

Intensive Graduates

chuhin — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 07:13:13 +0000

We are proud to announce that we have 2 more graduate students this fall.

David Johnson from Toronto

and Rich Lenson from Napa

Congratulations to both of you!!!