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BILL JUMPS A BROAD– Part 6 Final!

Bonsai Society Of Western Australia Two years ago I was invited to The Bonsai Society of Western Australia on my return trip home from the South African Bonsai Convention where I was teaching. The club...

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2013 GOLDEN STATE BONSAI CONVENTION

October 31 – November 3, 2013 Marriott Convention Center, Burbank, California Before returning home from my successful teaching tour throughout Australia, I stopped in California for the 36th annual...

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Winter Arrives in Upstate New York

Upon return home from Australia I discovered that we did not have our typical brilliant autumn colors upstate New York is famous for. The colors were beautiful, but not like in the past years. In...

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Japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 1

After a two hour delay and airplane evacuation in Chicago due to tornadoes, we finally arrived in Japan for our semi annual bonsai tour led by Kora Dalager and me. This time we have a good small group...

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Japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 2

Our Tokyo hotel lobby is on the 25th floor. The entire wall behind the front desk is a plate glass window with an unbelievable view of Tokyo Tower and Mt. Fuji. Our group saw Mt. Fuji leaving S-Cube,...

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Japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 3

Thursday was judging day for the Taikan Bonsai Exhibition. Julian Adams and I first went with the tour to visit the Ryoanji Temple, where I caught him selecting seed. We then took a taxi to the...

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Japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 4

Although beautiful, the Japanese maples in the garden temples are not quite at their peak of color yet. So, rather than share photos of colorful maples, I thought I’d share an interesting colorful...

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Japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 5

My friend in the hotel lobby. On Saturday morning we went to the opening of the Choseki Kai Suiseki Exhibition before heading on to the Taikan Bonsai Exhibition. We actually got there at 9am and the...

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japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 6

  On Sunday we took the bullet train from Kyoto to Nagoya where our private tour bus was waiting. We first visited the Daiju-en Bonsai Garden of Toru Suzuki. Daiju-en Bonsai Garden is famous and was...

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Japan International Bonsai Tour Exploration– Autumn 2013, Part 6- Final

Today was the last full day for our bonsai tour. Tokoname is one of the famous ancient kiln areas in Japan because of the local clay. In the world wide bonsai community people think that Tokoname is...

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FINAL WINTER PROTECTION FOR BONSAI

Last week I returned home Japan in a blizzard! I hate snow and cold weather! We had about 10 inches of snow, so far we have had over 13 inches with many more feet to follow. While I was in Japan...

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BONSAI WINTER SILHOUETTE EXHIBITION

      On December 7-8, 2013 the first Bonsai Winter Silhouette Exhibition on the East Coast was held at the David H. Murdock Research Center in Kannapolis, North Carolina, just north of Charlotte. The...

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Classical Bonsai MasterClass

I’d like to announce a new educational bonsai program I’m starting in spring the Classical Bonsai MasterClass If you have been growing bonsai for some time and wish to advance your skill level in...

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Merry Christmas!

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Bare Root Seedlings & Classical Bonsai MasterClass

The severe cold and snowy weather delayed the arrival of the bare root seedlings from nurseries around the country. Finally they arrived, in good condition too. Bob Pfromm and Harvey Carapella grading...

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The 14th California Shohin Bonsai Seminar

  The popular California Shohin Bonsai Seminar was held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 31-February 3, 2014. The event was held at a small hotel in Santa Nella, California, which is a small...

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A visit To Bonsai Boon & A Suiseki Collection

A visit to Bonsai Boon and the suiseki/bonsai collections of Mas Nakajima and his wife Janet Roth concluded our visit to the Golden State before departing for our tour to Japan. Bonsai Boon is the...

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2014 88th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition– Part 1

Japanese flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa After an uneventful and on-time arrival in Tokyo our group was “welcomed” by cold and wet snow. NO, I did not order the weather, in fact the...

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A Visit To The Shunka-en Bonsai Museum

      We had a private morning visit to the Shunka-en Bonsai Museum of Kunio Kobayashi in  the Edogawa area of Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Kobayashi has developed his museum to display many of his masterpiece...

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Our Visit to Mr. Kimura, Omiya Bonsai Village and Mr. Morimae

Our tour group was scheduled (with confirmed appointments) to visit Mr. Kimura, Omiya Bonsai Village and Mr. Morimae on Saturday. However on Thursday we  were informed that the gardens would be not be...

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