Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai

Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Club

Month: January 2017

Vendors for the Mammoth Auction & Sale

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On January 28, 2017

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Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt is having its biggest Mammoth Auction & Sale on February 18 & 19, 2017. They added vendors – total of 27 with 59 tables. The Urban Farmers Store will demo watering systems for bonsai.

 

 

  1. Art of the Daiza, Jerry Braswell
  2. Back to the Roots Bonsai, Ryan Nichols
  3. Bonsai Fusion, Kanehiro Hamajime
  4. Bonsai Tonight, Jonas Dupuich
  5. Bonsai Travel, Kora Dalager
  6. Bulls Eye Bonsai, Donald Hoisington
  7. Carman’s Nursery, Nancy Schramm
  8. Deadwood Bonsai, Ned Lycett
  9. Deer Meadow Bonsai, Jim Gremel
  10. Designs by Glaister, David Glaister
  11. Designs by North, Stephanie North
  12. Enchanted Forest, David Chimpky
  13. GSBF Bonsai at Lake Merritt Museum
  14. Japanese Sumi-e, Ami Wada
  15. JT Bonsai, John Thompson
  16. Ki-No-Toshi Bonsai, Garrett Ryan
  17. Legacy Oaks, Barry Altshule
  18. Lone Pine Gardens, Steve Price
  19. Lotus Bonsai Nursery & Gardens, Bolet Salvador and Scott Chadd
  20. Mendocino Coast Bonsai, Zack and Bob Shimon
  21. Muranaka Bonsai, George Muranaka
  22. Pet Plants, Don Hilbert
  23. Round Valley Nursery, Ed and Linda Clark
  24. Seiji Shiba
  25. Shohin Bonsai Guy, David Gocinski
  26. Soh-Ju-En Satsuki Bonsai, Darren and Laura Wong
  27. The Urban Farmer Store, Annex, Richmond, CA

Soh-Ju-En Bonsai

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On January 19, 2017

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Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai (BASA) club members are a lucky bunch. We have beautiful Satsuki Azalea bonsai to display every year in May. The time that Satsuki Azaleas are in full bloom. But, we also have among our membership experienced teachers and bonsai artists. And on top of that, we have fine quality vendors. I would like to highlight the friendship and resources of Darren and Laura Wong in this post. They together started working on Satsuki Azalea bonsai in the spring of 2001. They completed a three-year course of instruction at El Dorado Bonsai, in Placerville, CA., that taught the Japanese ways of styling, cultivating, and maintaining healthy Satsuki azalea bonsai. In 2005, they were accepted as students by Mr. Sushio Nakayama in Japan. Both travel back to Japan two to three times a year to study with their sensei Nakayama.

Their main goal is to help spread the art and proper care of Satsuki Azalea bonsai here in the United States.

Darren and Laura import fine quality Satsuki Azalea bonsai and bonsai supplies from Japan. Their business name is Soh-Ju-En, meaning “twin trunk or husband/wife. Essentially, it connotates two working as one.”

Please check out their website at http://www.sohjuensatsukibonsai.com.

What variety!

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On January 8, 2017

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Here’s a link from Auburn University’s website featuring photos of more than 125 varieties of Satsuki Azaleas.

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2017 Mammoth Auction & Sale, February 18 and 19, 2017

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On January 1, 2017

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Look whose vending at the Mammoth Auction & Sale on Sunday, February 19, 2017:

1. Art of the Daiza, Jerry Braswell
2. Back to the Roots Bonsai, Ryan Nichols
3. Bonsai Fusion, Kanehiro Hamajime
4. Bonsai Tonight, Jonas Dupuich
5. Bonsai Travel, Kora Dalager
6. Bulls Eye Bonsai, Donald Hoisington
7. Carman’s Nursery, Nancy Schramm
8. Deadwood Bonsai, Ned Lycett
9. Deer Meadow Bonsai, Jim Gremel
10. Designs by Glaister, David Glaister
11. Designs by North, Stephanie North
12. Enchanted Forest, David Chimpky
13. GSBF Bonsai at Lake Merritt Museum
14. Japanese Sumi-e, Ami Wada
15. JT Bonsai, John Thompson
16. Ki-No-Toshi Bonsai, Garrett Ryan
17. Legacy Oaks, Barry Altshule
18. Lone Pine Gardens, Steve Price
19. Lotus Bonsai Nursery & Gardens, Bolet Salvador and Scott Chadd
20. Mendocino Coast Bonsai, Zack and Bob Shimon
21. Muranaka Bonsai, George Muranka
22. Pet Plants, Don Hilbert
23. Round Valley Nursery, Ed and Linda Clark
24. Seiji Shiba
25. Shohin Bonsai Guy, David Gocinski
26. Soh-Ju-En Satsuki Bonsai, Darren and Laura Wong

Visit: <http://gsbf-lakemerritt.org>