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President’s Message: Our “In-Person” Future! Due to a busy week at work, Jeff wasn’t able to work on his opening address for this month’s newsletter. All the important information for...

President’s Message: Our Family Tree When we last “spoke”, I was on my way to Bonsai Mirai for a 3-day bonsai class on design, setting primary and secondary structure on...

Sergio Cuan is a bonsai magician. He can make branches seemingly appear from nowhere -– over the course of a number of years, that is. A visual artist who graduated...

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: THE FUTURE AND BEYOND! Greetings Fellow Tiny Tree Wranglers,  As you well know (or are quickly finding out), now is the busiest time of year for bonsai practitioners....

MEMBER’S TREES: JEFF SCZECHOWSKI In the February 2021 newsletter I bored you to tears with philosophical musings on parting with most of my native Colorado yamadori trees. Here is a...

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: OLD FRIENDS AND NEW When our family moved from Boulder, Colorado to Santa Barbara in 2017, we said goodbye to many friends, some of whom I’ve known for...