Open-air art Jun 20, 2008
Steve Panarelli, copper bonsai sculptures. Don Bernard, metal sculpture. (Anchorage Daily News)
Conifer day, plant sale at Oregon Garden Jun 19, 2008
Coordinated by the Western Chapter of the American Conifer Society, the public is invited to enjoy a plant sale offering conifers, flowering shrubs and perennials; a bonsai demonstration by acclaimed bonsai artist Joe Harris; a native conifer identification class by Wilber Bluhm; and a patio fountains class by Oregon Garden Horticulturist Jeff Pera. To register for classes, contact Brian Jacobs at 503-868-7941 or. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Succulents' simple lines form perfect 'mid-mod' accent Jun 17, 2008
Some succulents -- which have fleshy leaves to retain water, plus a thickened stem called a caudex -- are outstanding bonsai specimens. When planted in bonsai-style pots, they make a superior focal point for any room, whether indoors or out. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Oh koi: Fish show swims to Frisco Jun 6, 2008
The event also will feature retail booths, garden and bonsai displays, raffles, auctions, family activities and the chance for all attendees to vote in the People s Choice award for their favorite koi. The show is free and open to the public. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Who should sell at 'farmers' market'? Jun 3, 2008
There was some wonderful dips/marinades , bonsai trees, etc. but only one guy selling veggies, and it was only turnips. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia Club home centers on Asian garden May 22, 2008
Bonsai, Asian influence infuse Georgia Club home ... Buddy and Judy Neel stand in their bonsai garden i ... Buddy Neel began to learn the art of bonsai before the couple ever lived in Asia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Bonsai, Asian influence infuse Georgia Club home May 21, 2008
Buddy and Judy Neel stand in their bonsai garden i ... Buddy Neel began to learn the art of bonsai before the couple ever lived in Asia ... Even before the couple lived in Asia, Buddy Neel had dabbled with bonsai trees. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
More to do at the Garden May 2, 2008
Comings, growings in Garden. By The Atlanta-Journal Constitution Published on: 05/01/2008. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
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)
Spring house and garden tours - and plant sales Apr 10, 2008
Marin Bonsai Club and Marin Rose Society representatives are on hand to give advice and provide demonstrations. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Catch 'spring fever' at garden club's festival Sat. and Sun. in W.G. Apr 9, 2008
The program includes a bonsai demonstration; speakers from Harry P. Leu Gardens and the Orange County Extension Service; Tom MacCubbin, Jerry Carris, Wayne McGonigal and Bruce H. Anderson; and talks on citrus, herbs, weeds and birds. One of the new vendors this year is Happiness Farms Inc. from Lake Placid. (Winter Garden West Orange Times, FL)
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)
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)
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)
Kaua i Museum features MOA foundation Feb 22, 2008
Joining MOA will be Kauai Bonyu Kai bonsai and nihon shishu Japanese embroiderer, Warren Takabayashi. Besides OPT healing arts, museum visitors can participate in or observe chanoyu (tea ceremony) and kohrinka (flower arranging). (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
More of this story Feb 18, 2008
Bob Davis of Redfield was likewise fielding one question after another as the guests perused his collection of home-grown Bonsai trees. Davis, who obtained a degree from the MiraCosta College in California in the art of raising Bonsais, nurtures the tiny trees on his patio ... This one here is 18 years old, he says, pointing to a stately Bonsai sitting amidst a stone design. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Green thumbs up: Begin planning your springtime garden Feb 13, 2008
Saturday and Sunday speakers will cover a wealth of subjects including water gardening, new plants, roses, bonsai, container gardens, flower arranging, and pruning. Monday programs are especially geared for children. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: VFW plans Valentine's Day dinner/dance Feb 12, 2008
ENCINITAS -- Quail Botanical Gardens will host its first Ikebana Exhibition, featuring floral arrangements from the Sogetsu School, as well as a bonsai show, a traditional tea ceremony and Japanese drummers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 23, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Quail Botanical Gardens, 230 Quail Gardens Drive ... Complementing the Ikebana exhibition will be a bonsai show in the Walled Garden ... Activities will also include: tea ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Feb.23; Ikebana demonstrations... (North County Times)
To Philadelphia to Smell the Flowers Feb 9, 2008
The show features 33 acres of indoor exhibit space brimming with fragrant flowers, towering trees, lush gardens, tranquil ponds and roaring waterfalls, as well a huge indoor marketplace where more than 140 vendors from across the country offer everything from garden tools to bonsai. In my opinion, by far the best part of the show is the wonderful overwhelming smell of spring. (Chronicle Newspapers, VA)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Acts & Openings Dec 7, 2007
Craft fair and bonsai at the Kauai Museum tonight ... There is also a winter bonsai exhibit today and Saturday only ... Kauai Bonyu Kai once again joins the museum to host a winter exhibit of fine bonsai Kauai-style in the Senda gallery and courtyard. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Sons of American Revolution to meet Oct 16, 2007
At 2:30 p.m., Mary-Anne Monck, president of San Pu Kai, will demonstrate the art form with trees, rocks and water and describe how Bonsai styles very. Call (760) 721-8124. (North County Times)
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)
2007 Decatur Garden Tour Sep 28, 2007
Highlights include Cozart Smith's bonsai garden, the garden of internationally recognized garden designer Ryan Gainey, the Oakhurst Community Garden, Woodlands Garden, Scott Community Garden, Glenn Lake Nature Preserve and the 54-acre Decatur Cemetery. Steve and Joy Provost's garden, also on the tour, offers up a bocce court nestled among their toad lilies, cornflowers, a tea olive and Rudbeckia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Japanese culture honored tomorrow Sep 28, 2007
The day-long event features traditional Japanese odori dancing, karaoke singers, tea ceremony demonstrations, ikebana flower arrangements, bonsai displays, mochi pounding and Japanese food and crafts for sale ... From learning how to craft a bonsai, an ikebana flower arrangement or even build an oshie-quilted picture, there will be representatives to share their knowledge with you. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
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)
Why protest? Sep 4, 2007
I hope that at the next election 'Bonsai' Howard gets the severe root and branch pruning he deserves. He won't get my vote. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Fair schedule Tuesday, Aug. 28 Aug 29, 2007
Noon-10 p.m. -- Bonsai Demonstrations. IRWIN EXHIBITS. (Anchorage Daily News)
State Fair weekend schedule Aug 27, 2007
Noon-10 p.m. Childrens Garden Maze by United Rentals Noon-10 p.m. Bonsai demonstrations ... Noon-10 p.m. Bonsai demonstrations ... Noon-10 p.m. Bonsai demonstrations. (Anchorage Daily News)
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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)
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)
10 reasons to relax at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens Aug 10, 2007
From learning how to speak Japanese to painting landscapes and caring for bonsai, the museum offers classes from October through June. The most popular ones are courses in flower arrangement and ink painting. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Ninety years of life lessons Jul 26, 2007
By Stacy Trevenon--[ ] When Donald Barnaby visits his backyard bonsai garden, the pride on his face glows like the sunshine warming his carefully sculpted, thriving little pine trees ... "That's a mountain," he said, pointing to one tall tree in a small assembly of bonsais ... But now the bonsai garden is a metaphor for Barnaby's life. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
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)
Ideas For An Avant Garden Jul 15, 2007
" There are dozens of vendors at the Tropical Plant Fair, selling just about anything you can imagine that grows. There are hibiscus, bromeliads, mango and papaya trees, banana plants, bougainvillea vines and bonsai trees. Vendors also provide advice on caring for plants and landscaping. Some patrons carted away wheelbarrows full of plants, and few returned to the parking lot empty-handed. The "Going Bananas" display of Homestead's Don Chafin featured the 90 varieties of bananas he grows on 5... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
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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)
Hayley Almighty Jun 26, 2007
" As a girl growing up in Palmyra, N.Y., Weston Murphy says, she had trouble remembering people's names but never forgot animals' names. From age 13, she worked for the local humane society until she went off to the State University of New York in Delhi. There, she earned an associate's degree in veterinary science. While earning a bachelor's in animal science at Cornell University, she worked nights in the intensive care unit at the College of Veterinary Medicine's hospital. Upon graduation she... (Boston Globe)
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)
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)
Pawling Garden Club readies Spring Market Jun 1, 2007
Another program in September will focus on bonsai trees. The club also recently announced the awarding of several horticulture-related grants for Pawling Middle School and Mizzentop Day School as well as honoring Armed Forces Day last week by distributing red geraniums to 32 families with loved ones in active service. (Pawling News Chronicle, NY)
Flower show ready to bloom May 25, 2007
Examples of the Japanese arts of ikebana and bonsai will be displayed, as will the competitive entries in the flower arranging, horticulture, botanical jewelry, photography and youth divisions. Even some of the permanent gardens have a new look for the show. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Molter named outstanding senior at UW-RF May 22, 2007
She has conducted Bonsai and Hypertufa workshops on campus for the students. The Bonsai workshop provided her with a memorable moment. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
