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.
