Baikoen
Bonsai Kenkyukai
A Los Angeles Based Educational Non-Profit Dedicated to the Art of Bonsai
Ken Bishop
Hometown: Claremont, California
How long have you been interested in bonsai?
Began lessons with sensei Lindsay Shiba several years ago; regretfully lost all my trees over the time due to lack of time spent on them. Now that I'm retired I have lots of time for my trees.
Interested since I was 19 after seeing the Huntington's bonsai collection in 1973 (44 years ago).
Do you have a specialty, resource or method that you would like to share?
Method; whatever Sensei Shiba has taught me!
What other hobbies do you have?
1. Avid book collector & reader; modern firsts, preferrably signed (fiction-novel, novella, and short stories, some non-fiction-history&modern events.
2. Apiarist; two hives, member of the oldest beekeeping association in the U.S. - LACOBEE Keeper Association.
3. Weaving; take classes and have 7 looms.
4. Woodworking; take a woodshop class building a quarter sawn White Oak bookcase.
5. Shooting; member of the West End Gun Club.
What are your favorite type(s) of trees?
Whichever would not die on me. Prefer deciduous trees; small to medium size leaves.
What are your favorite bonsai style?
Evolving; working through styles, but have a fondness for multi-trunk.
