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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!!!

Pacific Northwest Convention Exhibit Winner

chuhin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:00:57 +0000

I want to congratulate Tom Knoblauch. He won the best of show at PNBC in Washington. It is the Japanese white pine below. This tree was also in the first national show in Rochester, NY. The picture is from our 2008 B.I.B. bonsai exhibit. Today it is much improved and more refined.

As part of the greater B.I.B. Bonsai Boon family, Tom is a graduate of the three year Intensive Program.

One of the greatest satisfactions I get is when students and friends do well. Like Tom , many students are now becoming leaders in their communities. They are beginning to teach – and they show great trees.

Again, congratulations Tom. This is why I teach.

tree from workshop

chuhin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:07:34 +0000

junipers from the workshop last week

after work

This one belong to a new member. after one day of work.

procumben nana before work

after work