Kenji Miyata is a household name for some people in the California Bonsai circles. Several people in our club and guest demonstrators of our club have taken classes from Kenji over the years: Bob Pressler, Mary Morrissey, Michael Sykes and Fred Miyahara just to name a few. From all their description of Kenji's work and trees is that they are all well designed and maintain. Without hesitation that I heard Kenji was having a moving sale, I had to go first hand to witness this a

I bet some of you people that read this blog, wonder how was the sale at California Bonsai Studio last Monday. Well, I was not disappointed and many San Diego Bonsai Club member neither. First of all Travis Goldstein owner of California Bonsai Studio put the sale on Monday because he didn't know the demand he would have if he put the sale on a weekend. Also, Travis didn't have the personal to help support with customer service without the help of Colin Purcell also pictured a

During the weekend of June 5th, Ed Clark from Lindsay, California came down to visit. If you like to read more about Ed Clark please click on this link to an earlier blog post. Ed came down to visit several individuals and just enjoy Southern California. Ed did a small meet and greet at Ted Matson's house with a small "shohin" sale of some of his specialty bonsai pre-material. A beautifully twisted shohin Japanese Black Pine. That base is what you will be looking for. This is

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

Nothing will get me out of bed early on Saturday if it does not involve a sale of some sort. Big Joe and I planned on heading to Kimura Nursery as early as they open. So I made an effort to get out to the valley early enough to miss all the morning traffic and get breakfast before heading to Kimura Bonsai Nursery. After picking up Big Joe and a huge breakfast at Galpin Ford, we head off to the nursery with 20minutes before the sale beginning. To my horror the doors were open

Bill & Lois Hutchinson, Moving Sale Sunday March - 22 18317 Colville St. Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Sale preview will be from 9 Am to 11 Am with the sale starting at 11:30 Am This will be a lottery style sale and will continue untill all items are sold. The Hutchinson's are moving out of state and wish to sell their remaining trees (material & show), Japanese pots, tools, accents and bonsai related items to the members of the local Bonsai clubs. Please do not contact the Hutch