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by Lawrence LeClaireWhat You Are Missing
Jan 6th: I spent Saturday, December 20 at Collection North and what a wonderful experience it was to be there.  Our club is committed to being there as a docent from 1PM to 4PM the third Saturday of every month…no big deal three little hours. John Edwards and I arrived at the same time. We were a little early, so he took me on a little tour of the garden area and handed me a guide to the trees. The guide is one of the things we hand out to folks that walk into the garden and it is a few pages of very well organized information about all the trees on display...  read more »
by Eric SchraderJohn Boyce on Pines, a demo at GSBFCN
Sep 19th: John Boyce covered much of the basics in his talk on Japanese Black Pines Sunday the 17th at the Collection North. This was the fourth in a new series of demonstrations targeted to beginners and intended to reach out to the surrounding community. It has long been the goal of the GSBF organization to increase public awareness of bonsai; the Collection North is furthering that by offering this series of interesting and informative lectures by well-known Bay Area bonsai practitioners...  read more »