Highlights from the forty first BABA Exhibition – Bonsai Tonight

On January 14-15, 2023, the Bay Apartment Bonsai Mates held their 41st bonsai exhibition on the Lake Merritt Garden Center in Oakland, California. Right here are one of the most highlights, starting with the Only Conifer award winner from the Pacific Bonsai Expo.

Grafted shimpaku

One other tree you would possibly perchance acknowledge from the Expo is a huge Fly redwood.

Fly redwood (see extra pics right here)

Regarded as one of the most displays that caught out to me was as soon as a California juniper. Right here’s the purpose out that accompanied it.

In Memory of Seiji Shiba. A pillar of the California bonsai community and regarded as one of the most founding people of the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt.

Seiji aloof this California juniper within the Mohave barren discipline within the early 1990s and it has been under his care since his recent passing in December, 2022.

California juniper

The Bay Apartment owes lots to Seiji. He equipped the community with imported tools and containers through a commercial, Shibui Bonsai, that he ran with chums, was as soon as regarded as one of the most predominant forces on the encourage of the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt, and managed a prodigious series alongside side many timber he aloof and developed over time.

My current reminiscence of Seiji was as soon as after we shared a bowl of udon on the Kokubunji Bonsai Center birth air Takamatsu in Shikoku, Japan.

Seiji, his wife Della, and I, had been in Japan to focus on with the 11th ASPAC Conference. We had been touring bonsai growers on a cold and rainy day after we chanced on a dinky meals stand on the Bonsai Center. Seiji lit up upon tasting the warmth, yummy noodles. Seeing that smile was as soon as regarded as one of the most highlights of the time out!

Olive

Corkbark dim pine

Chinese elm

Atlas cedar

To boot to to that comprises big and medium sized displays, the BABA point out included several shohin displays.

Six-tree shohin hide

Four-tree shohin hide

Six-tree shohin hide that comprises a pair of bunjin bonsai

Speaking of shohin, this weekend is the Shohin College Winter Seminar in Portland, Oregon. The following weekend will doubtless be the California Shohin Seminar in Santa Nella, California. Clearly it’s shohin season!

I’ll be at both events so please advise hey in case you intend to back.

Pacific Bonsai Expo Reveal E-book Update

For folks who grasp pre-ordered the Pacific Bonsai Expo Commemorative Album, we’re wrapping up the bettering and making ready to send the e book to the printers. Even though it’s too early to grasp an loyal timeline, it looks love the books will doubtless be ready to head out in March. We’ll part facts after we know extra referring to the timing.