Well it’s not an Oscar, but I’ll take a Mouscar any day!  For the past 8 years I have been part of the BSF-Epcot Committee for the selection and dipslaying of Bonsai in the Japanese Pavillion at Epcot.   Also for the past 3 years I have been the Chairman of the committee.  As part of this event, WDW gives out plaques, trophies, etc in appreciation of our participation.  However this year they out did themselves!

It’s no secret that I adore Disney, and to be able to combine my love for Bonsai with WDW is just awesome. Thanks Mickey!

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Well the 2010 Flower and Garden Festival started yesterday at Epcot in Orlando Florida. I must say that I am both happy and exhausted! It is a lot of hard work to get that show organized, but it is so rewarding. I fyou are going to be in Orlando be sure to check it out as it runs through May 16th.

Here are some highlights

Paul Pikel’s Blue Alps Juniper

Louise Leister’s Bald Cypress with visiting Herring

Jarbas Godoy’s Australian Pine moving into position

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I recently learned a new technique for making real life photos look like scale models of the real thing.  I had to give it a try on a photo I took at Kunio Kobayashi’s Bonsai Garden in Tokyo Japan.  It’s a amazing how it makes these huge bonsai looks so small.

Kunio Kobayashi's Bonsai Garden - Mini Version

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I am not one for doing “instant Bonsai”.  It’s really just not my thing.  However I was asked a few weeks ago to participate in our club event called the three ring circus.  I displayed the results of the program in an earlier post, but I wanted to show the tree I had to work with.

Shimpaku Juniper Pre-bonsai

 As you can see there were about four trunks all going in different directions, and to make things worse all the foliage was at the end of the branches.

Raffia and trunk line

The trunk line wasn’t obvious by any means, but the way the base of the tree flowed, it just seemed to want to be a cascade of some sort.

Semi Cascade Shimpaku Juniper

After a lot of bending this was the results.  I hope to get one more picture in a bonsai pot to really show the propoer angle, and maybe a few more bends.

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