55th Annual Exhibition at the Los Angeles Arboretum over the Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend! We are honoring Ted Matson with the Nagata-Komai Award at this years show. We are having a sales area and demonstrations on both dates. Finally we are having our reception Saturday night so come out and help support our club. #wintersilhouette

If you know me by and follow me on FB this webmaster has a beyond a full plate. In this post I just wanted to share some candied photos of the Winter Silhouette Show. That I did not really get to share. I hope you guys enjoy! And the final picture of Al Nelson setting up his tree in the tokonama. #wintersilhouette #bonsaishow

The Winter Silhouette that Baikoen Bonsai Club present annually for 54 years celebrates the leafless beauty deciduous trees. In this format of a show there is no hiding of crossed or faulty branching. It is appreciating bonsai at its simplest form: the trunk line and ramification. Cork Bark Elm - Michael Roberts Nagata Award - Al Nelson Again this year we had the fortune of having Shirley Quan's cousin Garth professionally photograph each tree this year. Most of the photos ar

As I sit here writing this, I'm just amazed how much energy goes into make a show go seamlessly perfectly without anybody understanding the stresses behind the scenes. I'm going to try to capture that here today through quick photos of the weekend's event. The setting up of the tokonama. Fresh coat of paint! Cause it rains does not mean we punch through as fast as we can. Elaine start setting up her display. Tak just finished setting up his first formal shohin display for pub

The Winter Silhouette Show that Baikoen Bonsai Club present annually for 53 years celebrates the leafless beauty of deciduous trees. In this format of a show there is no hiding of crossed or faulty branching. Its appreciating bonsai at the simplest form: the trunk line and branching. Nagata Award: Mel Ikeda This year we had the fortune of having Shirley Quan's cousin Garth professionally photograph each tree this year. Most of the photos are attributed to his work, thank you

As I write this post the sun is out and its kinda warm outside. It was one roller coaster of show. Cats and dogs on setup day, cold and clear on Saturday and back to cats and dogs on Sunday! Again, its amazing to see what a bunch of people working together on a common goal can accomplish in a very short period of time. Every year we start off the same way. Setting up the tables into the format we desire. Like last year, the show chair decided to have the tokonama in the off c

Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai will be conducting its annual Winter Silhouette show were trees will be displayed in their leafless form the week after the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend at the Los Angeles Arboretum. There will be a benefit dinner and auction on Saturday January 21, 2017. It is one of the oldest show running in the Southern California region and has been a tradition for 53 years. This year we will be honoring Mel Ikeda with the Frank Nagata Award for service

Is it a reception, party, grand get together, or friendly competition? I have to say its all of the above. It is a time for bonsai friends to talk about the show and how the year has shaped up for most people. It is also the time of the year the first main show dawns upon us as this marks the beginning of the show season for 2016. We had a ton of visitors coming from around the area to the reception this year. But the masses came from San Diego Bonsai Club on their annual bus

I always say its nice to be part of somthing that has history behind it. This club has history and seeing it evolve for the past 4.5 years has been awesome. This is been my 4 show and it seems to get better or at least I understand enough to see all the moving parts needed to make this show so great. The Winter Silhouette Show that Baikoen Bonsai Club present annually for 52 years celebrates the leafless beauty of deciduous trees. In this format of a show there is no hiding o

Most shows start and finish with the club members that help setup and teardown. These are the unsung heroes of the show. Even if they do not have a tree for show their heart is here making sure the stage is set. The day started with the unloading of the show truck. That's right everything for the show all in one truck. You can tell from this picture we just started to unload the supplies with all hands on deck. You can't take everything seriously with this club. Here is Walte

January 16-17, 2016 Location: Los Angeles Arboretum Time: 10:30am to 4:30pm Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai will be conducting its annual Winter Sillhouette show were trees will be displayed in their leafless form during Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend at the Los Angeles Arboretum. There will be a benefit dinner and auction on Saturday January 16, 2016. It is one of the oldest show running in the Southern California region and has been a tradition for 50 plus years. This year