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Recent Posts
- Season’s Changes: Autumn, 2020
- March 2020: Bob Shimon’s Redwood Demonstration
- January 2020: Jonas Dupuich – Shohin Bonsai
- MBC Club Fundraising Sale – November 7, 2020
- November 2019: Randall Lee Cedar Demonstration
- Bonsai work to do in May
- October 2019: John Thompson on Oaks
- Repotting season is in full swing!
- MBC 2020 Schedule of Programs
- September 2019: Jay McDonald rock planting
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Category Archives: Meeting Recap
March 2020: Bob Shimon’s Redwood Demonstration
In March of 2020, with pandemic-related uncertainty at its highest and information at its lowest, the Marin Bonsai Club had what would be its last meeting before the official stay-at-home order. Our last guest of honor: President of the Redwood … Continue reading
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January 2020: Jonas Dupuich – Shohin Bonsai
Jonas Dupuich, host of the popular blog “Bonsai Tonight” (www.bonsaitonight.com), and now author of the book “The Little Book of Bonsai,” joined us in January to give us some guidelines on how to admire and display shohin bonsai, which are … Continue reading
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November 2019: Randall Lee Cedar Demonstration
Professional aesthetic pruner, long-time bonsai enthusiast, and avid bonsai experimenter Randall Lee brought several species of cedar with him in November to demonstrate how to raise and style the variety. The last time we saw Randall was in January of … Continue reading
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October 2019: John Thompson on Oaks
John Thompson, an arborist, bonsai enthusiast, and oak specialist who has worked with trees since the ’80s, gave the Marin Bonsai Club its first oak demonstration in eight years this October, and it was well worth the wait. John was … Continue reading
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September 2019: Jay McDonald rock planting
Marin Bonsai Club and guests were treated to an educational and entertaining presentation on bonsai rock planting by Jay McDonald at the September 2019 meeting. In the Japanese tradition this is called a saikei (sigh-kay) and in the Chinese tradition … Continue reading
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August 2019: Peter Tea on Junipers
Peter Tea joined us in August to talk about the work that is appropriate to do on junipers late in the summer. He brought three Kishu Shimpaku junipers with him, plus an olive for contrast, and to illustrate how different … Continue reading
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June 2019: Bill Castellon on Pines
Our June presenter was Bill Castellon, a professional landscaper, aesthetic pruner, and shohin fanatic with extensive experience growing and pruning pines of all sizes and varieties. The topic of the evening was decandling black pines and Bill brought a vigorous … Continue reading
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