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On May 15, attendees of the Farm To Table seminar were lucky recipients of the full story of Telperion Farms, straight from Chris and Lisa Kirk. It was a touching story and a wonderful insight into their ups and downs in the business. BSOP closed the event awarding the Kirks with Honorary...

I thought I had a thread for this tree, but I guess I’ve only put it into the Tree Thread. Here we go! I scored a Telperion Scots Pine in 2017 for a song. It was in their bargain section, having been almost fully infected by needlecast (causing massive loss of interior buds and branches). This...

I’ve posted this tree here and there, but it doesn’t yet have its own thread. (Huh, maybe I should just have one bigleaf maple thread?!) Like the other 3 Acer macrophyllum I have, this one was part of a 2012 urban collection from flower beds and against sidewalks. It is an informal broom in the...

Like other photo thread rules: don’t make a post in here unless it has a photo! Except, it has to be a pot you own, by Nao Tokutake, and it has to be in use. I’d love to see what y’all have! I’ll start: This is a Red Huckleberry in a modest lil pot by Nao. I think I bought it from him in late...

Like other photo thread rules: don’t make a post in here unless it has a photo! Except, it has to be a pot you own, by Ashley Keller, and it has to be in use. I’ll start:

Like other photo thread rules: don’t make a post in here unless it has a photo! Except, it has to be a pot you own, by Vicki Chamberlain, and it has to be in use! (Like with a plant in it… don’t get wise, funny guy) I’ll start:

I got this tree from BSOP mentorship in 2017. Unfortunately I didn’t get a before photo and this photo is just the tree far in the background of a photo. This was field grown by Randy Knight. Aug 2018 Jan 2019 After. Unfortunately I tipped it too far forward June 2019 Feb 2020...

At the end of 2016 I got an inexpensive Western Hemlock from a BSOP auction. The tree was in a 1-gallon nursery can. It was fairly tall and straight and I’m going with that as the design, envisioning this as a mountain tree on top of a rocky outcropping or at the edge of a break in the woods. I...

https://www.reddit.com/rpan/r/TheArtistStudio/lvmric I’m doing some seasonal work and streaming it on Reddit. Stop by and say hi?

This technique isn’t novel and I don’t know where it originated, but I’ve had a chuckle over the name “The Oregon Hole.” It’s stormy this week so I’ve been hiding under my carport and listening to podcasts and music while monitoring the drill. Here’s what I wrote up to explain the process to...

Go over here, y’all — https://www.bonsainut.com/forums/the-2018-six-year-japanese-black-pine-contest.73/ Thanks for looking. This concludes the test of our (non) emergency broadcast system.

Please enjoy another progression thread… I bought this male European yew at the BSOP 2017 fall show for $385. It had gone to auction through the Heritage Program after the passing of a man by the name of McDonald. That’s about all I know about the history of the tree, but I guess it may have...

I’ve been working on this tree since June 2014. I think I’m working on an informal upright globe/flame sort of style. I’m inspired by Andrew Robson’s amazing beech. I have many years to go before this is show ready ;) As I bought it from Portland Nursery for about $12 in a 4" pot 2015 in a...

I’ve seen a lot of threads in which people have uncertainty of tree identification based on bud appearance. Here are some good photos from my yard to help folks. Unless noted these are all mature buds from the fall. If you contribute to this thread then please use enough keywords that people...

I’m working on an upright Trident Maple. It’s one of many trees where I’m attempting a fairly conventional and traditional aesthetic to build some of my skills. I’ll update this thread over time with progress. I got the tree in 2014 as a $14 sapling with a pencil-thin trunk in a 4" pot. I moved...

Please don’t turn this into an argument :cool: I welcome constructive on this flowchart I just whipped up — https://www.bonsainut.com/resources/should-my-bonsai-tree-go-outdoors.39/ << full PDF here! Remixes and spoofs are very welcome—how would you neutrally and gently guide somebody to...

parhamr submitted a new resource: Should My Bonsai Tree Go Outdoors? - A flowchart to help you through this decision. Read more about this resource...

In 2014 I bought a 1-gallon seedling Quercus garryana from a local retail nursery for about $15. Here it is in 2015 in a 3-gal clay pot: I decided to grow out a second main trunk line and work on a natural looking informal broom style This tree is inspiring So I grew it out in full sun...

We have threads for flowers, trees, and general photography… so how about one of fungi in bonsai culture? The standard rules apply—every post must include bonsai fungi :) Shohin European White Birch with two species of fungi: (That’s a cast bronze crow skull at bottom right)

And I found 10 reasons to spend money! I’ve flagged these trees at Randy Knight’s “Farm” so I can haggle and/or barter for how much he wants for them. If the price is right, I’m hoping to take home 3 or 4 of them. Trees H, J, and K are most tempting to me. These are from his 2017 collecting...

Please keep posts in this thread to a minimum so it’s concise and clear. Purchase 1: “2,000 Pinus Thunbergii Seeds (Pinus Thunbergiana, Japanese Black Pine Seeds) 2000 Pinus Thunbergii B28 SAC” from http://www.rarexoticseeds.com/ (2017-11-03) I’ve never purchased from this vendor before...

I bought a Western Hemlock prebonsai from a Bonsai Society of Portland silent auction in mid 2016. I forget the final price but I believe it was around $30. February 2017, top center In the 2017 growing season I let some of the lower branches run to put on vigor and girth. September 2017...

I bought a 3-gallon Dwarf Norway Spruce in mid 2016. I think it's a "bird's nest" cultivar from Iseli Nursery. This purchase was my first Spruce. I'm working on an informal upright with a sturdy, masculine style. November 2016 Its first pruning from nursery stock. The tree canopy was globular...

This is how my fourth Shimpaku looked when acquired in May 2016. (My fence was in progress!) I paid $85 for it in a silent auction and felt good about what I paid. The trunk has a 2.25" diameter above a strong basal flare. I started pruning and found the tree was well overgrown, in sandy loam...

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