Earlier this year, we reached out to Casey Gillespie, creative director of Marin Living Magazine to see if we could do some community outreach. Casey put us in touch with Caitlin Hamer, Associate Editor of Marin Living Magazine to interview a few club members about the bonsai scene in Marin.
Caitlin interviewed Candace Key, Jay McDonald, and Tung Dao about our experiences with bonsai. The article featuring our club can be found in Marin Living Magazine’s July/August 2023 issue and also in our club’s July/Aug 2023 newsletter.
ARTICLE BY TUNG X. DAO, VIDEO BY ERIC SCHRADER, BONSAIFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwcEaB7Yuz0
Eric Schrader of Bonsaify recently posted a fantastic video on tanuki featuring our long-time member Jay McDonald.
Tanuki is Japanese for a racoon-dog who has a reputation of being a trickster. In bonsai, it refers to trees that have been grafted onto a dead trunk. It allows us to make a young tree look much older than it is.
Jay shows us how he creates one with some very old and dramatic deadwood and a Juniper. Check out the video!
We’re starting at 6pm on Tuesday October 18 for the Halloween Dinner so that we have dinner closer to normal dinner hour times. Here’s the game plan.
6pm: Set up. 
6:30pm: Dinner begins, Silent Auction begins. 
7:15pm: Spooky Tree Winners Announced. Prizes awarded. 
7:30pm: Silent Auction Ends. Winners to pay cashier for auction winnings. 
8pm-end: Clean up.
Take a look at your inventory. Those extra pots, tools, trees that could go to a new home. Bring them for the silent auction. Complete the silent auction form for each item and place next to said item.
Costumes encouraged! Spooky trees desired! Food and drinks are a must! Auction items welcome!
Eric Schrader of Bonsaify produced a wonderful video of Jay’s Garden. Some of the trees from this demo can be seen in this multi-part series.
