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by John BoyceReasons to Take Beginner’s Lessons
Jul 19th: Reasons to Take Beginner’s Lessons by John Boyce (1) To get the “feel” of the tree, its branches, trunk, and roots. You will actually learn how a tree can be structured to bring out its best qualities. Each tree is different. Often gallon sized trees are used, and while there is not much to a small tree, you can get an idea or make a plan on how it will develop if you follow proper procedures. (2) To get some hands-on experience of not only pruning a trunk and branches, but also the roots...  read more »
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by John PenningtonMy First Decade as a Beginner
Feb 1st: You would think that, after nearly ten years of doing bonsai, I would have accumulated some wisdom about the subject. Perhaps I have, but I feel more like I’m just beginning. However, I did pick up a few nuggets that may be useful to other beginners. How did I learn these things? Much of it came by learning from the more experienced members of the Bonsai Society of San Francisco, which I joined two years ago...  read more »
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by Eric SchraderI went hiking so you don’t have to
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Jul 24th: I love hiking, and I love being out in the wild; the time that I manage to spend putting one foot in front of another is almost as good as the time I spend wiring my trees :-) Over the fourth of July I went hiking in the Sonora Pass area. My main goal when I am hiking is to find trees that will inspire my bonsai designs. These can be anything from the blue oaks that I saw on the drive up there to those gnarled windswept bushes that are white pines at tree line...  read more »
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by Eric SchraderStyling Live Oaks
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Jun 17th: A few years ago I bought a large live oak tree from super-collector Tim Kong. It has a nice root base and two trunks, one of which splits a little above the base into two smaller trunks. The architecture of an oak is so far removed from that of a traditional bonsai shape that I cannot even begin to comprehend styling one with a first branch, second branch, back branch structure as is taught in many books...  read more »
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