Watch Trailer: Wild for Accents

Watch Trailer: Wild for Accents

Summer is a great time to create accents. Join us at the end of July for our second Seasonal-lite online course offering of 2020: a full-on accent plant download. Here’s our cheeky trailer… Wild for Accents (Saturday, July 25, 2020)—A mini Seasonal-lite online course—Overview of creating, maintaining, comparison of styles, use of in display. (More details […]

Young Choe Kusamono Workshop-

Young Choe Kusamono Workshop-

This month we had the delight to have Young Choe, probably the foremost kusamono artist working in the United States, give a presentation and workshop at Crataegus Bonsai. Young studied with Keiko Yamane in Japan. Thanks for coming, Young! Everyone left giddy with info and the passion to make their own kusamono. Here are some […]

Spring Accent Plants ~

Spring Accent Plants ~

Here’s a sampling of accent plants in my backyard doing fun spring things… I love this time of year. Well enough into the year to see leaves at their fullest size, but not far enough to see damage from insect, sun, or disease—all those things that say, ‘Yep, this ain’t spring no more.’ But not […]