Bay Island Bonsai’s annual barbecue last weekend offered ample opportunity to wander through the marvel that is Boon’s garden. There are trees everywhere representing different sizes, shapes, styles and varieties of bonsai.
Boon’s garden
Small and medium-sized bonsai
As Boon’s garden is not open to the public, BIB events and Boon’s Intensives are among the best ways to visit. One tree worth checking out is one of the larger specimens in the garden, a massive Sierra juniper.
Big juniper
As many of the trees in Boon’s garden are collected, rebar is a common sight. Collected trees often go through significant transformations, and rebar is a useful tool in this transformation.
Rebar on a juniper
Accent plants fill many of the gaps between trees, as do a variety of fun non-bonsai-related specimens.
Pitcher plants
Pine foliage is never far away.
Pine foliage
Likewise, trees at every stage of development. Some of these are in their first bonsai containers awaiting initial styling.
Olives
Other trees are fresh from the field.
Black pines
After spending enough time in Boon’s garden, these undeveloped specimens begin to resemble trees we’d like to show. Here’s a black pine that’s about 20 years old after no more than 10 years of training.
Black pine
Of course, there are many refined bonsai too.
Red pine
Shimpaku saikei
In all, there are more trees than one can rationally catalogue in a day. I hope you enjoyed this glimpse!
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