Bowers Museum
Kofu Bonsai Kai
Bonsai & Suiseki Show
Bonsai display by Kofu Bonsai Kai of Orange County
Location; 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706
September 26 – 30, 10 AM – 4 PM
BONSAI & VIEWING STONES DISPLAY, WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
John M. Lee Court
The Bonsai and Viewing Stones Show consists of 28 trees and stones selected from private collections displayed in a traditional manner. All trees have been in training and have been taken to a final style over many years.
The Viewing Stones, or ‘found art,’ are also from private collections collected from areas in California, various parts of the United States and Asia.
Generously sponsored by Kofu Bonsai Kai, Orange County.
Free to members and with paid admission; $8 individual ticket.
LECTURES
Norma Kershaw Auditorium
Free to members and with paid admission; $8 individual ticket.
Thursday, September 27 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
The Art of Bonsai
Manuel Martinez, President, Kofu Bonsai Kai.
Saturday, September 29 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Saikei: The Miniature Landscape
Mr. Al Nelson, Bonsai Master, member of Kofu Bonsai Kai, discusses the art of saikei, based on the principles of group plantings and rock plantings found in traditional bonsai. Demonstration of saikei included.
