The following tree is a customer’s that is already well on its way as bonsai. The tree has had its first styling many years ago and is now at the development and refinment part of its life.

Before

The tree had just been un-wired when I received it to work on and I set about re-applying wire to fine tune certain areas of the trees canopy.

Many areas in the canopy had borrowed foliage that had served it purpose and could be replaced with growth from better locations so a fair amount of branches were removed. I also focused in turning large singular pads into multiple, smaller layers to add some more detail to the tree.

After

Probably the largest change to the tree was removing a portion of the first left hand side branch to reveal the elbow in the trunk and small shari. I also lifted the first…

It’s been a busy spring! Portland’s bonsai scene is humming, and I’ve had less time to blog about it than I should have. When you are sticky with sap and dirt, it’s easier to put it off another day…

We’ve had several Village Tours, and only a couple of which we’ve had cameras clicking away on. A few of them have been group tours (the largest with 19 people!), and others have been private tours. Our latest private tour features guest Roland Folse from the east coast.

Roland visiting Ryan Neil in his garden-

…and Roland in my garden.

Check out our past posts on the Portland Bonsai Village:

http://crataegus.com/2013/10/22/the-portland-bonsai-village-tours-continue/

http://crataegus.com/2013/07/31/scenes-from-the-very-first-portland-bonsai-village-tour/

…our wonky earlier post about the Village:

http://crataegus.com/2012/11/06/portland-bonsai-village-gets-on-the-design-board/

…and then have a gander at the Tours we’re offering (including our new Tour, the Tree Whimsey, a meandering tour of unique, ridiculously old historic trees in funky Portland neighborhoods, with potentially…

All Demonstrations FREE With Paid Admission

Daily Admission ^$15

Weekend Pass ^$20 Before September 1^st

Saturday, September 13, 2014

10 am– Oriental Brush Painting

by Dr. Alice Chen, New York

Watch, be amazed as a master artist creates beautiful oriental brush paintings as the color flows off her brush onto the paper. Many of Dr. Chen’s be,autiful paintings are quiet, simple and suitable to be displayed with bonsai and suiseki.

11 am– Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging

by Professor Jerome Cushman, New York

Ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging literally means “living flowers.” Accredited ikebana professor Jerome Cushman will demonstrate how to create arrangements in the modern Ichiyo School of ikebana which gives the viewer an experience with nature that is unexpected, stimulating and profound.

12 pm– Suiseki Japanese Viewing Stones

by Sean L. Smith, Pennsylvania

This year the US National…