bonsai barry
Omono
This is the fourth year that we've offered a two day bonsai seminar at the middle school where I teach on the Central Coast of CA. I provide a short history of bonsai and present different styles of trees. We discuss potting and training process. On day two George Muranaka of Muranaka Bonsai nursery brings some staked procumbens and the students plant and wire their own tree. George does a great job working with young people. He promises that if they keep their tree alive for one year, if they come to the nursery, he'll give them another tree. The photos show some of the students (and a staff member) as they work with George, along with the finished product.