Thursday happenings May 8, 2008
The Bay Area Bonsai Society will meet on second Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at Park West Apartments Recreation Room, on 10th Street and Anderson Avenue, Coos Bay. For more information, those interested can call 267-7597. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Where is my special day? May 2, 2008
Bonsai trees, funny books on the workplace, decorative desk items, tools for relaxation, candy and flower bouquets. These holidays do give the gift companies a chance to make a little extra money, but the bottom line is we all deserve a special day for our hard work. (Daily Triplicate)
Cultivating success May 2, 2008
A Monbulk bonsai nursery is proving that from little things, big things grow. Relaunched in 2006 as a `social firm,' Bonsai the Imagination Tree nurtures people with illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia back into the workforce ... At Bonsai the Imagination Tree, employers who have a psychiatric disability are referred to the nursery by Eastern Access Community Health's Groundwork program, and must go through an interview and work experience before having the chance to land a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Merritt Aesthetic Pruning Club does makeovers Apr 10, 2008
By the end of the year, he was teaching bonsai basics and what he came to call "aesthetic pruning" of garden trees ... Aesthetic pruning is an intersection of centuries-old Japanese bonsai and garden-tree techniques with the sound scientific work of the late Alex Shigo and his successors ... Bonding over the task, the group started calling itself the Merritt College Bonsai and Japanese Garden Pruning Club, later pruning that unwieldy handle to Merritt College Aesthetic Pruning Club. (San Francisco Chronicle)
What's Ahead Apr 6, 2008
A Bonsai in the Garden event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, at the garden house in Shore Acres State Park near Charleston. For more information, those interested can call 267-7597. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
SUN CITY: Shop draws rockhounds, artisans Mar 26, 2008
The objects are often displayed along with bonsai plants. He and some other club members display their wares in cases in the studio. (North County Times)
The show goes on Mar 16, 2008
And before the Cow Palace gates close Sunday, as many as 60,000 will have pored over the 22 display gardens and browsed the peripheral marketplaces or sat through bonsai and succulents seminars at the annual garden show ... I missed seeing the University of Arizona's fantastic cactus and succulent garden, which has been a fixture in several past years, but that slight was more than made up for in the well-displayed bonsai exhibit in the concourse just above the gardens. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Eco-friendly Boston Flower Show Mar 15, 2008
There are so many other exhibits: garden designs, old but tiny bonsai trees, a Japanese spirited stone garden (with proper saki cups), orchids, and vendors selling everything one might desire. The state garden clubs have their competition of plants, flower arrangements, miniature garden scenes, also gold boxes made of seeds and leaves. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Sydney's seductive beachside cuisine Feb 26, 2008
At the end of the main Bronte strip is Swell (465 Bronte Road; 61-2-9386-5001), which along with its next-door sister establishment, Bonsai, offers an eclectic Asian-influenced menu, ranging from salt and pepper squid (18 Australian dollars) to Thai beef salad (22 dollars) to blue swimmer crab and king prawn pasta with tomato and chili (32 dollars). And members of the staff take a typically Australian "no worries" attitude toward the clientele, even when they stretch patience beyond all measure. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Hatsume Fair 2008 Feb 24, 2008
" Saturday visitors to the fair were treated to traditional Japanese food, music, martial arts, Koi displays and on the grounds of the Museum and Gardens. Here Tracey Prezeau of Miramar was checking out some of the Bonsai displays in the Bonsai garden on Yamato Island. - Tags: Bob, Shanley, Hatusme, Fair - 7 views - Emailed 0 times. - Uploaded on February 23, 2008. The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens held it's Hatsume Fair, a two-day festival that celebrates the first bud of spring."... (The Palm Beach Post)
Garden getaway at Melbourne's Florida Tech Feb 23, 2008
30-day news archives. "Before visitors even enter the garden path, they can see a big patch of bromeliads behind the library. They include pineapples, grown from the tops of fruits that were eaten in the dining hall.The gorgeous coral and white flowers of crown of thorns plants brighten the entrance to the shady wetlands, where Sanders points out what looks like a huge green UFO parked in a tree."We have quite a few specimens of Staghorn fern that have been donated by people," she says.The core... (Florida Today)
Chinese Landscapes Brought To San Francisco Feb 9, 2008
This Chinese style of art is called 'penjing' and it dates back more than 2,000 years, having been an inspiration for Japanese bonsai. SLIDESHOW. (NBC 11, CA)
Pioneering local scientist dies Feb 9, 2008
In retirement, he became an avid cultivator of bonsai, and won many prizes for his submissions at the Del Mar Fair. In addition to his wife, Dr. Dixon is survived by two sons Frank Jr. of Santa Ana, and Michael of Minneapolis; a daughter, Janet of Illinois; and four grandchildren. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Twigs from my garden Feb 3, 2008
Japanese cloud-pruning is still designed to appear most beautiful after a snowfall, and the art of miniaturizing is still practiced today in Chinese penjing and Japanese bonsai. The Europeans revived topiary art in the 16th century in the parterres or terraced gardens of the aristocracy. (Lima News, OH)
Purwokerto farmer conjures bonsai out of wild grass Feb 1, 2008
Forty-year-old Hayun prunes his bonsai at least once a week ... Unlike most bonsai, with their stunted and often shortened shapes, Hayun's plants, notably the creeper grass varieties, are bigger and taller with a greater diversity of forms ... While most only sell seedlings and plants to bonsai studios along the road leading to Baturraden, Hayun has mastered a creative flair for bonsai arrangement. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
More of this story Jan 26, 2008
Now, this stretch of San Pedro Street is literally in bloom, with an array of businesses that dot the sidewalk with a rainbow spectrum of blossoms, silk flowers, plants and glossy green bonsai trees. Mark Chatoff owns six buildings in the Flower District. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Kaua i Museum to highlight Japanese embroidery Jan 25, 2008
Also present will be artisans of Kauai Bonyu Kai bonsai and PanAmerican MOA Foundation presenting Chanoyu (tea ceremony), kohrinka (flower arranging), as well as some traditional healing arts. Nihon shishu is a 1,600-year-old needle art that came to Japan via Korean artisans, but originated in China. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Alcan Packaging continues Environment, Health & Safety excellence, and presents highest safety honor to Tubes France unit Jan 23, 2008
PARIS, Jan. 23 /CNW Telbec/ -Alcan Packaging, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan, has recognized its Tubes France unit with its highest safety honor: the Gold Bonsai Award for exceptional safety achievement and turnaround ... Each year, Alcan Packaging's 130 plants around the world compete for the Bonsai Awards, which recognize and promote success in Environment, Health ty (EHS) excellence ... The Bonsai tree concept was chosen as a symbol of continuous, nurturing care. (Canada Newswire)
New plants for New Year Jan 12, 2008
Also available at the bazaar are the bamboo shoots, change-your-luck bamboos, bonsai, crystal soil, pussywillows, vases, plastic plants, decorative items and garden fountains. The bamboo is very popular as a symbol of life, longevity and strength. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Fantastic forms: Book illustrates the art of bonsai using succulents Jan 11, 2008
Rudy Lime and Philippe De Vosjoli at Lime's backyard Wednesday with a succulent turned into a bonsai ... And when trained as bonsai, they become even more intriguing ... They are so arresting, in fact, that when Vista book publisher Philippe de Vosjoli first laid eyes on local bonsai succulent grower Rudy Lime's collection, he immediately approached Lime to co-write a definitive volume on the subject. (North County Times)
Home Briefs for Friday, Dec. 28 Dec 28, 2007
Feb. 9: Intro to Bonsai with Richard Wright. Feb. 16: Companion Plantings; Plants that grow better together. (North County Times)
Tranquil Hotel Kabuki Dec 28, 2007
If that's not enough to get you feeling Zen, you can order a shiatsu massage or an aromatherapy soak in the deep Japanese-style bath, stroll around the bonsai garden or visit the Kabuki Springs and Spa and let your cares ooze down the drain ... The grounds feature a lovely enclosed garden with bonsai trees, a fountain and koi pond, O Izakaya is the hotel's sleek Japanese tapas restaurant-bar, which offers specialty cocktails made with fresh ingredients like ginger grated in front of you ... On... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Miami gets colorful orchid convention Dec 6, 2007
It includes the nation's southernmost winery - Schnebly Redland's Winery, which has tropical fruit-based wine - Coral Castle, Everglades Alligator Farm, The Bonsai Garden, Robert Is Here Fruit Stand, Monkey Jungle, Capri Restaurant and the Fruit & Spice Park. Fuchs said the group is working to change zoning in the area to allow for bed-and-breakfast inns, which could provide new income streams for some of the businesses and preserve the area's rural character as mansions and subdivisions sprout. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
Hot local Stuff Dec 6, 2007
" She also sells citrus, fig and pomegranate trees, edible wreaths and some fine tableware. One of her most popular items, the Holiday spice swag with a star anise and cinnamon, smells fabulous ($39.50). If you live in California, you can still order it from her. With the exception of some of her Asian species, most of her plants come from the western United States. "I only get to work with people I really like," she said. And she will donate 10 to 15 percent of your purchase to the charity of... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Two die-offs behind them, Shinzen's koi swim strong Nov 26, 2007
Members of Fresno City College's Bonsai Club and Science Club watched last spring as Steve DaSilva, a member of the Shinzen board of directors and an instructional technician in the college's biology department, released 1- to 2-inch koi into the pond. Members of the science club suggested the donation of about 30 young fish spawned in a college pond. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Light up the night Nov 25, 2007
Hosts include Oregon Coast Community Action, the Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary, the Bay Area Bonsai Society, Cutting Edge Hair Designs, North Bend Medical Centers, Marshfield Student Council, South Coast Singles, the South Coast Cruisers Car Club and the Friends of Shore Acres, among others. Admission is a 3 per vehicle parking fee. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Add Oriental Touches to Your Home Nov 23, 2007
Most people know of Bonsai, but what about Lucky Bamboo. This special bamboo plant is made of little bamboo shoots all twisted up to give a happy yet artistic effect. (Suite101.com)
Get the party started Nov 22, 2007
Use polished river stones, bonsai trees, or lucky bamboo as centerpieces. Activities Buy white paper, ink, and brushes and show guests how to paint their Chinese characters. (Boston Globe)
Choose the right azalea for your climate Nov 20, 2007
Kurume Azaleas are the Japanese favorites for bonsai subjects. Unusually small plants are perfect for small city gardens or beach town communities such as Charleston, S.C., and New Orleans. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
In their 300 million years on Earth, cycads have learned survival tricks Nov 15, 2007
As slow growers, they're ideal for containers and popular as bonsai subjects. Good drainage is a must. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bonkers for bonsai Nov 10, 2007
But talk to some of the growers of bonsai and you'll quickly learn they consider their green charges members of the family, each with a unique character trait and personality, just like those animals. "They are like having a pet," says Rob Kempinski of the Bonsai Society of Brevard ... The casual observer who stumbles upon the rotating exhibit of 10 Bonsai plants at the Brevard Zoo might not realize how much work can go into keeping the miniature trees so well manicured. (Florida Today)
Bonsai artists treat tiny trees like real treasure Nov 9, 2007
Heinen uses the art of bonsai to sculpt trees ... The middle school art teacher was introduced to bonsai in 1992 ... Bonsai was the perfect melding of Heinen's background in biology and art. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Obituaries: Brad Louis Richter(1955-2007) Nov 7, 2007
He loved gardening and working with his bonsai and orchids. He was a man who loved his family and had a dry wit. (Daily Triplicate)
No lounger mum on mums Oct 30, 2007
The speaker will be Henry Harros, talking about bonsai gardening. ANGEL RUTHERFORD is a Cochise County Master Gardener and member of the Sierra Vista Area Gardening Club. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Stanford to build new 900-seat concert hall Oct 25, 2007
We have a small core of people around here who think Palo Alto is their personal bonsai tree. They want to keep this place alive, but pruned compulsively to their exact liking. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Early koto lessons pay dividends Oct 25, 2007
Shinzen Cultural Faire, featuring Taiko drummers, a koto player, martial arts, Japanese dancers, a bonsai demonstration and a haiku contest. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 3 at Woodward Park's Shinzen Garden. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Urban Farmer Oct 24, 2007
But does it have an answer to Tim Elliott's bonsai lettuces ... It struck me that we might have inadvertently grown the world's first bonsai cos, the kind of thing you use to decorate a doll's house, so Barbie can have a little caesar salad with her pretend tea ... But does it have an answer to Tim Elliott's bonsai lettuces. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The 50 sexiest places to be fed Oct 21, 2007
The best restaurant in Australia is guarded behind swish embassy-style gates, has a dining room that opens onto a serene Japanese garden of bonsai and water features and a menu from chef Tetsuya Wakuda that's a 14-course seafood-rich journey. 529 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, +61 2 9267 2900. (Guardian Unlimited)
Edel: PCs are gardening tools Oct 19, 2007
Topics range from bonsai and hydrangea inquiries to terrarium and weed sections. The "garden bazaar" link offers a directory of horticulture-related retailers. (NorthJersey.com, NJ)
10 successful years for Farmers' Market Oct 15, 2007
Gary Trafford, who sells bonsai trees, orchids and lucky bamboo at the market, said he has "regulars" who shop at his booth "year after year.". "It's a beautiful environment, and people keep coming back," he said from his spot in the tree-lined row of booths. (The St. Augustine Record)
Organic nurseries budding Oct 7, 2007
Only one other plant nursery has been certified so far: Ascus Nursery in Healdsburg, which is a wholesale supplier of bonsai and patio fruit trees. The owner, Keith Pratt, operates his business on only three-quarters of an acre, but he said that he found the VeriFlora certification process to be pretty straightforward, even for a small grower. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Edel: Be wary of overwatering Oct 5, 2007
The Bergen Bonsai Society is sponsoring a trip to the Staten Island Botanical Garden 8:45 a.m. Oct. 21. $40. (NorthJersey.com, NJ)
Unique Anniversary Gifts Sep 27, 2007
Other things to consider are a Bonsai tree, new bench for the backyard or wooden picture frame. Shared Anniversary Gifts. (Suite101.com)
Asian inspiration Sep 17, 2007
Cherry blossoms, bonsai and bamboo, along with traditional chinoiserie and kimono patterns is contemporized when played out in fashion-forward colors. At the opposite end of the spectrum, accent furnishings are antique-looking, with rough-hewn surfaces and black finishes with subtle red rub-through effects. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Vacationing at home Sep 13, 2007
If you can think on a smaller scale, your typical suburb becomes a Japanese bonsai garden, carefully designed to please the eye. It helps if you've been taking cold medicine. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Tiempos 'Bonsai' Sep 2, 2007
Tiempos 'Bonsai': Sublimating Nature ... Edith L. Tiempo's poem, "Bonsai," consists of four verse paragraphs; the lines are short and unrimed ... It is with this verse paragraph that the title, Bonsai, becomes clear: the speaker needs to contain her emotions in a way similar to the horticulturist who contains the tree that becomes a dwarf of itself. (Suite101.com)
Fremont couple gives seven-figure gift to area foundation Aug 31, 2007
In honor of that spirit, the Olsons were presented with a bonsai tree, as a symbol of the growth and outreach that their donation, as well as the foundation, represents. We're) helping out where help is needed, Dale said, noting that contributions to the foundation will keep on giving forever. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
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Among the highlights of the first night were the semi-finals of the Kauai Idol, livestock shows, bonsai, demonstrations and more. The keiki talent show amd Kauai Idol finals will be staged tonight along with the E.K. Fernandez midway, commercial and nonprofit booths, Home Show, floral and produce exhibits and competitions. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Ocean, mountain, forest -- Vietnamese art of hon non bo combines these elements into miniature landscapes Aug 24, 2007
A longtime bonsai enthusiast, Tacktill started practicing hon non bo under the guidance of Lit Phan, an El Cajon expert who wrote a book titled "Mountains in the Sea: The Vietnamese Miniature Landscape Art of Hon Non Bo." Hon non bo, writes Phan, means "mountainous island in the sea.". Unlike bonsai, which focuses on trees, hon non bo emphasizes the beauty of the Vietnamese coastline ... Also unlike the miniature bonsai, hon non bo vary widely in size; some are small enough to fit in one's hand,... (North County Times)
Bonsai workshop focuses on Japanese white pine Aug 22, 2007
DUNSMUIR The Window Box Nursery will host a bonsai workshop on Sunday, Aug. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon with local bonsai expert Jim Scott. Tenth in a series of bonsai workshops, this installation will teach how to make a Japanese white pine specimen ... Most bonsai styles can be utilized with the white pine. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
A Garden of Eden Aug 21, 2007
He had helped out at a Minnesota bonsai tree shop when he was 15, learning the basics of seasonal plants and how they grow. In the Valley, he joined local gardening clubs: The Alaska Botanic Garden, The Alaska Rock Garden Society, The North American Rock Garden Society, The Valley Garden Club, The Willow Garden Club and The Alaska Wildflower Society. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Appreciating ancestors is theme of Vista's Obon festival Jul 30, 2007
Beaded flowers and bonsai displays also delighted visitors ... Also unique are the bonsai displays created by Steve Valentine of the North County Bonsai Club in Carlsbad ... Valentine offered a quick Japanese lesson: "Bonsai" means "tree in a tray," he said. (North County Times)
Bangkok Blitz Jul 24, 2007
Said to be a blend of bonsai and topiary, youre unlikely to see such outlandish plants elsewhere in the world. 12. (iAfrica.com)
By gum, it might just be a solution Jul 18, 2007
"We just replace the bacterium's genes with the genes we want to introduce into the tree and the bacterium (or the plant) won't notice the difference. "If you take the gene that controls the production of growth hormone and turn it off you get a bonsai, but if you make it more active you get a tree that produces almost twice the amount of wood fibres," Nilsson says. An Australian PhD candidate, Jonathon Love, is at the Umea centre searching for his tree accelerator. His research focuses on how... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
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Those members meet the last Thursday of every month at the Siskiyou Performing Arts Center building, where they take part in workshops and educational lectures about bonsai, container gardening, roses and other gardening topics. They also have workdays, which produce areas like the park on North and Gold. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
And Now for That Dream Job Jul 3, 2007
THE BONSAI GROWER. Whatever you decide to do, you need to make sure it doesn't mess up your retirement plan. Pauline Muth of West Charlton, N.Y., was a junior high school science teacher who also loved shaping bonsai trees ... About 17 years ago she registered her home as a nursery and started selling supplies to other bonsai enthusiasts. (BusinessWeek)
Cry of the West -- Don't fence me in Jun 25, 2007
English gardens are sometimes Wonderland, but American gardens easily slip into Oz." She invites us to consider P.T. Barnum as a gardener, with his menagerie of sword-swallowers, pinheads, mermaid skeletons and 161-year-old ladies as the human equivalent of bonsai, sequoia and topiary. Aside from dreamy and often brilliantly inspired prose, Solnit's most striking feature is hope. The WTO, she writes, "seems largely defunct. killed off by activists and by resistant nations in the global South. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lodi man practices art of bonsai Jun 23, 2007
Don Ziemann cleans up one of his miniature bonsai grape vines Friday afternoon at his home in Lodi ... Ziemann's back lawn is a sanctuary where giant redwoods tower over nearly 50 bonsai trees ... Ziemann has been growing bonsai trees for about 17 years. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Yard art can enhance a garden and transorm a landscape Jun 22, 2007
She comes from a long line of horticulturists, including a grandfather who has a bonsai at the Smithsonian. So when she left her garden in Ketchikan and moved to Anchorage in 1999, it wasn't so much that she and her husband bought a new house that came with a garden, as the other way around. (Anchorage Daily News)
Rate the rival broadband plans Jun 19, 2007
One good thing about this argument - it is making the desiccated coconut / garden gnome / bonsai work for his wages. Posted by: Vanessa on June 19, 2007 12:35 PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Styx bassist writes about secret gay life Jun 12, 2007
But out back, in this oasis within a bustling city, amid the bonsai, the Buddha statue, the koi ponds, a hand-laid swimming pool and shady pavilions, Panozzo finally feels grounded. Now, he can talk about being a gay man in the hetero world of '70s and '80s big-time rock n' roll. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Summer fun guide Jun 9, 2007
If you like Bonsai trees or would like to learn more about them, the 2007 Bonsai Convention, "A Cypress Celebration," is the place to be this weekend. Outdoor activities. (The Palm Beach Post)
Sublime succulents are beautiful and low maintenance Jun 7, 2007
These are not Bonsai. Succulents propagate readily from the smaller ups or from cuttings, she said. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Learning to live again in the garden Jun 5, 2007
A lawn in the age of sprinkler systems demands very little attention, though some of the folks in my neighborhood lavish the same loving care on their quarter-acre lawns that they would on bonsai trees or an expensive stamp collection. Several have mowed six or seven times already this year, and a few have taken to mowing the borrow ditch between their homes and the formerly county road. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Add a little green | Jun 5, 2007
She adds that space limitations may even inspire new ideas and encourage homeowners to stretch their creativity, for example, by growing bonsai trees or focusing on hydroponics. Why not gather free advice and gardening tips from nurseries and exhibitors at home improvement shows. (iAfrica.com)
