2015 / Huntington Library 58th Annual Bonsai Show, March 28-29
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens 58th Annual Bonsai Show at Brody Botanical Center March 28-March 29, 2015 Saturday–Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Discover the timeless appeal of an ancient horticultural art form as the California Bonsai Society presents its 58th annual show, featuring more than 100 beautiful specimens created by bonsai masters. General […]
2012 / California Bonsai Society’s annual exhibition at Huntington, March 24 – 25
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens will host the California Bonsai Society’s 55th Anniversary Exhibition held in Friends Hall on March 24-25, 2012. Admission free for entering Friends Hall. Parking is also free. The Huntington Library is located at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. www.huntington.org The show will be open to the […]
2010 / Gloria Stuart (1910 – 2010) Longest living bonsai enthusiast in Los Angeles
Gloria Stuart passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2010 Cultural News, 2010 September Issue As her 100-year-old celebration surprise, actress Gloria Stuart, longest living bonsai enthusiast in Los Angeles, was admitted as an honorary member of the Nanpukai, the most prestigious bonsai club in the U.S. Her French black oak forest was displayed at the […]
2010 / Lecture Note – Legacy of John Naka: Father of Bonsai in America – September 7, 2010
Nibei Foundation / Japan Study Club Presenters: Larry Ragle and Nina Ragle Mr. Ragle is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley in forensic science. He is the president of the California Bonsai Society and a member of Nanpu Kai, John Naka’s select club. Mr. Ragle is also a member of the Board of Directors of the […]
2010 / California Bonsai Society’s exhibition at Huntington Library, Mar 27, 28
The 53rd Bonsai Exhibition by the California Bonsai Society Bonsai – Images of Spring’s Promise Bonsai – a living art which reflects in miniature the beauty and diversity of nature’s changing seasons. The California Bonsai Society proudly and cordially invites you to enjoy a most noteworthy Bonsai exhibition. Exhibition dates: March 27 – 28, 2010 […]
Bonsai: John Naka of Los Angeles planted seeds worldwide
Cultural News, 2006 June Issue The measure of John Yoshio Naka’s importance to the Japanese cultural art of bonsai can be seen in the almost endless list of tributes and honors he has received. Of greatest significance, the North American Pavilion at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C. bears his name. Naka […]