Today's show was Great! Some beautiful trees and Michael Livingston's stands were really cool. Some he made using a drill and block of scrap wood. Eli Aiken's pots were super, I don't have any trees to match that quality pot, maybe someday. I have seen pictures of BVF shimpaku on here and photos of his work on it at his blog. But a picture is nothing like seeing the real thing, it was awesome! Did not see him, we were there when he was coaching. I picked up a couple of trees, juniper from Steve Cratty / Plant City Bonsai and a maple from local club member. Pictures are not good of them as it was about dark when I got home. The juniper is 2 trees in the pot, I think I may leave them together and the trident is short thick trunk. The picture of the shimpaku was for sale, I really liked it but have not been able to keep shimpaku alive. So I figured it would be a death sentence for me to purchase, someone else will give it a good home. I really liked it and wanted to share the picture. Maybe Brian will upload some of the show trees, all were really nice and a large crowd was there enjoying all day.
The garden has many variety of trees, one area has Japanese maples, pines, ponds, it was a beautiful day just walking through.
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