Many of us in Southern California has met Barry at last year's Bonsai-a-Thon at the Huntington Library. Barry is know in our circle of growing rough stock or pre-bonsai from many types of species that do well in our weird Southern California climate. He is also known for his love of one particular type of oak "cork"! Barry has been smitten with cork oak since the beginning, mostly 30 years ago. Every single cork oak was pot grown from seed that either he or a friend has colle