Monterey Cypress Progression: From Seed to Show in 9 Years
Follow the journey of one Monterey Cypress from seed to show-ready bonsai tree. Grown from a seed (from a tree in the Presidio of San Francisco) in 2007, this tree grew quickly,...
Bonsai Show Prep
Show prep starts with the decision to show a tree. From there, the focus is on styling the tree - wiring, fine branch setting, and trimming. The next major hurdle is finding an ...
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Bonsai for You
Our mission is to educate and facilitate enjoyment of bonsai as a hobby sustainably, with a carbon neutral impact to the planet. We are committed to producing modern mini-bonsai that anyone can easily care for and enjoy
The Finer Points of Making a Bonsai Stand
Eric's desire to design his own bonsai stands for his show trees lead him to a woodworking epiphany - some woodworking projects can only be created with hand tools. Learn what i...
Making Bonsai Stands Creates Lots of Sawdust
A step-by-step walk through of Eric's design and build of his own bonsai stands, using typical mortise and tenon joints as well as the more intricate and complex joints that hav...
"Members Choice" Kifu Elm Bonsai
If old bonsai trees could talk, I'm sure they'd have amazing stories to share of places they're been and the people who've cared for them. They can live for decades, if not hund...
Lasting Impressions from a Bay Island Bonsai Show
Moments in time; snapshots; fleeting impressions - these had a great influence on me when I was a beginning bonsai student. I find it productive to walk around bonsai shows and ...
To Saulieu, France and Back - 2019 Bonsai-San Show
A quick review of the 2019 Bonsai-San show in Saulieu, France. Includes a video walk-through of this global bonsai show, one of the largest and best bonsai shows in Europe.
Bonsai Kayak
That time Eric Schrader designed and built a kayak specifically for a white pine bonsai clump to show at the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco's Japantown, and then took ...