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Tripping on Bonsai

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COMMENT 40457	2009-10-10 11:20 AM
Billy you should teach a class. I've had multiple bonsai trees over the years, I just have the one left- the liquid amber I grew from a seed (picked up on a vacation to SB fifteen years ago).
COMMENT 40530	2009-10-11 12:12 PM
Hey Bill, I was on a similar trip in the same time and place, but I took classes from John Naka at Adult Ed in SB while I was studying Phillosophy at CC and UC. So while the university prepared me well for a life in the Gardens, it was my passion for Bonsai that got me working in the towns many gardens to pay the rent. I realized that I could go out and prune the big trees around town and make some money having fun. So I did. Are those your personal Bonsai trees in the article? Or are they just illustrations. Beautiful little trees! [Wabi Sabi Gardens]
COMMENT 40532	2009-10-11 12:17 PM
Billy here: Micael: I WISH those were my trees. The forest is John Naka's Goshin. The others are from the National Bonsai Garden at the National Arboretum in DC. I had a few very nice ones, but nothing even close to the caliber of those works. My best, a 42" tall straight trunk, 6" diam "lightning-struck" topped Hollywood juniper was given to Geo Yamaguchi when I gave up my collect. Saw it for sale at his nursery years later with a hefty $1200 price tag on it. Very proud moment. Hope it found a nice home. I like your "trajectory." Bonsai opens a lot of doors once the aesthetic sinks in.

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