Allan at the LA Swap Meet
June 2022 – On To The Next Adventure
Firstly, a huge thank you all the volunteers and exhibitors that helped to make this year’s show a great success. I thought all the displays looked wonderful and I overheard…
Wally Kunimoto, Juniper Shimpaku, Informal Upright, 24" Tall
May 2022 – The Big Show!
The Administration Says: We Need You! With each passing year, I increasingly view the next in the context of my bonsai schedule. Just four months into this new year, spring…
Joe Olson, Elm, Forest, 23” Tall
Bonsai Exhibition Show and Sale 2022
Since its origin in 1971, the Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara has been dedicated to the education of its members and the general public in the art and culture of…
April 2022 – Back At It!
Vice President’s Message It is now officially springtime, which is always an exciting time of the year as our trees put on their new growth and wake up from our…
Trident maple post grafting and ready to grow
March 2022 – Pinch Hitting
Vice President’s Message: Pinch Hitting Even though MLB Spring Training has been postponed, I’ll use the analogy that I’m batting in the leadoff spot this month as I fulfill the…
February 2022 – Space Case
President’s Message: Space Case! It’s 2022 and to paraphrase Monty Python’s Holy Grail, “We’re not dead yet.” But that doesn’t mean that the Fates and COVID sure aren’t trying…. As…
January 2022 – US National Bonsai Exhibition Presentation
President’s Message: Covid Rides Again! Happy New Year BCSB Members, Allan and I hope everyone had a happy, restful, and above all, safe holiday season. At my household, we spent…
November 2021 – Ann Erb, Japanese Blacks Pines
President’s Message: Show Us Your Trees! Greetings BCSB Members. I think everyone who attended the spontaneous bonsai creation workshop we had at our October meeting would agree it was a…
October 2021 – Styling Junipers
President’s Message: On the Road Again As the world is slowly (and hopefully) returning to some kind of normal, like many of you, I am (sometimes painfully) rediscovering how much…
September 2021 – Youth Movement
President’s Message: Youth Movement Over the last 10 plus years, I’ve “enjoyed” my sacrificial participation in the development of the mountain bike racing careers of our two sons as they…