When you did the first styling in 2002, how many years of experience you already have then?
I started doing bonsai pretty serious in 1991 and I started with mostly deciduous trees, never took any classes until 2007 when I bought my first high dollar JBP and then it was only two classes, the summer and winter classes. I. became good friends with the owner of Dallas Bonsai Gardens having lived only a mile from the store, and the Austin Tx. area had a few good vendors back in the day for me to acquire good material.
