West Coast Bonsai
On-line Store Now Open!
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This bonsai web site is dedicated to the living art of bonsai. West Coast Bonsai does not claim to be an authority on the art of bonsai nor do we profess to be experts in any style or technique used by today's bonsai artists. We are here only for your entertainment.
Our goal is to help educate the novice bonsai practitioner and to feature the "living art of bonsai " and showcase some of the bonsai artist that do it "west coast style".
Bonsai Junipers, Pines, Olives and Elms
The Bonsai Tools section with important articles on tool care is now up. The first two articles on bonsai tools are choosing the right bonsai tools and my favorite bonsai tool subject "How to care for your bonsai tools" Bonsai Tool Care. I neglect my tools all the time, this is some good bonsai tool care information.
Check out the Featured Bonsai Artists section for an overview of of what it is like to grow bonsai in the hot climate of Riverside, CA. In the coming months I will interview some local bonsai enthusist with some very unique visions including bonsai caudiciforms and desert shrubs.
"Bonsai is imagination and fantasy. You can’t just scale down a big tree, and put it in a pot. You have to paint the visions held in peoples’ minds." Morten Albek
Featuring today's bonsai artists without including the "Masters" who influenced them most would not be possible so from time to time we plan to interview some the founding legends of this art form and feature bonsai artists from other parts the world such as Morten Albek from Europe and Kenji Miyata from Japan.
Check out the Bonsai Styling 101 section for tips on pruning and basic design. Here Kenji Miyata and Bob Jardinico work on a large Shimpku at a Kenji Day event sponsored by Chikugo-en bonsai nursery in Gardena, CA. Kenji now lives on the west coast so we will be seeing much more of this talanted bonsai master.
We have a growing list of Bonsai Articles from around the web to help you in your education and in the near future we will be adding a few bonsai care articles of our own. For those of you interested in learning bonsai grafting techniques, the Bonsai Grafting section will be up soon. We have also added the Bonsai Care weblog. The bonsai care weblog will focus on basic techniques used to keep your bonsai plants in top display form and will feature links to other articles, websites and features we think will help. As you can see from the subject list to your left we have huge expansion plans for this summer.
We hope you enjoy your visit to West Coast Bonsai and come back often. If you have any questions please feel free to email me.
If you would like to have your pictures added to our Bonsai Gallery or if you have a suggestion for a Featured Artist please send them to the west coast bonsai .
The American Bonsai Society Find a Bonsai Club in your area.