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The following is a list of known English language bonsai references in newspapers and periodicals. |
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The initial non-Australian source into the 1960s was Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (Vol. 1+, 1900- ).
Lindsay Farr introduced RJB before 2015 to Trove, the National Library of Australia's
archives. Bonsai-specific periodicals are not listed in this section. "P" before
an entry indicates an article having only a passing mention of dwarf trees. For historical significance, the following
are listed in chronological order:
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Cavanaugh, James O. "Tailor-Made Trees," Better Homes & Gardens, July 1946, pg. 88. Two b&w
photos.
"Japanese Miniature Trees," Life, October 7, 1946, pp. 87+. Fourteen b&w photos on three pages. About Keibun Tanaka's extensive collection in suburban Tokyo. "Window-Box Trees," Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, QLD, Australia), November 15, 1947, pg. 10. Two paragraphs about Lee Nelson in San Diego, CA. Huttenlocher, Fae "How to make a Ming tree," Better Homes & Gardens, September 1948, pp. 30, 33, 34. Ten b&w photos and three line drawings. "Stunt man," The American Magazine, Vol. CL, No. 3, September, 1950, pg. 54. In "Interesting People" section, with one b&w photo. About Chiyokichi Takahashi. ["A Tribute to My Father" by Grace Suzuki (Bonsai Journal, American Bonsai Society, Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 1975, pg. 66) provides additional information about and another photograph of this widely known and respected grower.] P "Century-Old Tree is Souvenir," The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, QLD, Australia), May 23, 1951, pg. 3. One b&w photo and six paragraphs, initially about a medium-sized pine tree purchased in Japan for 7/ and arriving the day before on board a New Zealand frigate returning from Korean waters. "Living Sculpture in Miniature," House Beautiful, May 1952, pp. 266, 268. Ten b&w photos. Gordon, Isobel "Japanese Miniature Gardens," Hobbies -- The Magazine for Collectors, June 1952, pg. 147. Three paragraphs about Bon-Kei and dwarf trees. "How to make a Ming Tree," The American Home, March 1954, pg. 143. Three b&w photos and four line drawings. "Data: A. LaVielle Lawbaugh" Corey, Paul "How to Grow 'Dwarf Trees'," The American Home, Vol. LII, No. 4, September 1954, pp. 52-53. With nine b&w photos. On the magazine's masthead is the logo "Serving Over 3,000,000 Homemakers Every Month." "In Miniature... Forest trees in a flower pot. Bonsai, the dwarfing of trees is an ancient Japanese art which is an absorbing hobby," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), May 11, 1955, pp. 49. Two color photos. "Bonsai in Brooklyn," Life, May 23, 1955, pp. 84+. Nine b&w photos on three pages. Two paragraphs of text, one about Kan Yashiroda and his Brooklyn Botanic Garden class, the other a summary of plant training, along with photo captions. "An introduction to bonsai...," Sunset, March 1956, pp. 244+. Five b&w photos and two line drawings on four pages. Sunset's first article on the subject, brief but sufficiently detailed care and training instructions. "Dwarf Trees," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), May 29, 1957, pg. 51. Fourteen paragraphs. Two color photos: one of a Cedrus Atlantica belonging to Mr. V. Koreschoff, of Sydney, and the other of a Pomegranate belonging to Mrs. R. A. Schuchard, of Kew, Victoria. Kemmerer, Jack B. "Little Oaks from Big Acorns," American Forests, April 1959, pp. 38-39, 46-47. Ten b&w photos, including one of Jack Catlin, originator of the Catlin elm. Kemmerer, Jack B. "Toothpick Forest," Popular Mechanics, August 1959, pp. 162-164. Twelve illustrations. A "thumbnail" guide on how to get started with bonsai. P "Ladies do Good," Times of London (England), January 4, 1960, pg. 13. "From a Correspondent in New York." (As a citation in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Yashiroda, Kan "Bonseki, The Art of Sand and Stone," Plants & Gardens, Spring (June) 1961, pp. 49-58. Illustrations. Katsuo, Yuki "Japanese Gardens and Bonseki -- Their Relationship," Plants & Gardens, Spring (June) 1961, pp. 59-62. Illustrations. "How to grow your own Bonsai," Better Homes & Gardens, November 1960, pp. 48, 86. First page has large color photograph of a smiling Frank Nagata standing behind a pink flowered 90-year old Satsuki azalea in a dark blue scallop-edged pot. Four other compositions are also seen. "Photograph: de Gennaro. Produced by Fleeta Brownell Woodrow." On right half of page 86 are four b&w photos with text of Frank trimming, wiring and potting a pine. "Photographs and data: Karel Bauer." [Per a biography in American Bonsai Society's Bonsai Journal, Fall 1974, Vol. 8, No. 3, pg. 59, this is the article which started Arch Hawkins of Dallas, TX into the art. When he died in 1995 he was the Journal's editor.] "Your own bonsai tree for 8/-," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), April 18, 1962, pg. 10. Two color photos. Making artificial trees, but more realistic than described in U.S. articles. Peter, John ("Produced by") "Bonsai Trees," Look, August 28, 1962, pg. 90a. Six b&w photos by Richard Rutledge. One paragraph of text. "Tiny Trees," New Yorker, January 12, 1963, pp. 22-24. In the "The Talk of the Town" section. About the BBG classes. P "Weather Cuts R.H.S. Show Exhibits," Times of London (England), February 6, 1963. "From Our Horticultural Correspondent." (As a citation in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Roche, Mary Alice "Do-It-Yourself Bonsai," The American Home, May 1963, pp. 94, 96. Five b&w photos. "The Charm and the Art of Bonsai," The American Home, November 1964, pp. 96, 98. Fifteen b&w photos: seven of BBG trees and eight of step-by-step with Ken Sugimoto. Yoshimura, Yuji "The Meaning of Bonsai," Horticulture, December 1964, pg. 16+. Five pages with six b&w photos. Macoboy, Stirling "Bonsai, The Japanese art of training trees in miniature is at last coming of age in Australia," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), February 17, 1965, eight page special. Five b&w and twelve color photos by author, and color cover photo by Bruce Cullen. Willse, James P. "Bonsai, or Miniature Trees, Become a Fad: Fans Grow Their Own or Pay Up to $3,000," Wall Street Journal, January 4, 1966, pg. 9. Heaver, Alf "Bonsai Made Easy," Your Garden (Australia), September 1966, pp. 3, 18-19, 21. With ten color and nine b&w photos. Busch, Noel F. "The Lilliputian World of the Bonsai," Reader's Digest, September 1967, pp. 182-188. Four color photos. About Kyuzo Murata. P "Wisteria... graceful racemes of beauty, the flowing banners of spring," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), November 29, 1967, pg. 26. Four color photos, one of which has this caption: "SHOWER of delicate pink bloom... a wisteria grown as a bonsai by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis, of Cammeray, N.S.W." Jorgensen, Cecil M. "Bonsai, Dwarfing Trees for Beauty," Our Public Lands, 1968, Vol. 18-1, pg. 18. Seven paragraphs. Kawase, Makoto "Dwarfing Methods Used For Bonsai Trees," Lawn and Ornamentals Research 1968, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, September 1968, Research Summary 31, pp. 15-18. "Native Bonsai ...in a hurry," Your Garden (Australia), June 1969, pg. 9. Two b&w photos. Smith, Jacqueline "Bonsai enthusiasts captivated by That Slow, Slow Art From Asia," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), June 4, 1969, pp. 27, 29. Six color photos. About the Koreshoff family. Koreshoff, Dot and Vita "The miniature world of Bonsai...a new guide to the ancient art," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), February 11, 1970, pp. 109-112. Five color photos. O'Connell, Jean "The Art of Bonsai," Science Digest, March 1970, pp. 34-38. Four b&w photos. "At Home... with Margaret Sydney," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), March 18, 1970, pp. 58. "Old Juniper," New Yorker, November 7, 1970, pp. 37-39. In "The Talk of the Town" section, about the arrival of 'Fudo' to the BBG. Long, Charles R. "An Informal History of Bonsai," Arnoldia, 1971, 31:261-273. With six illustrations. Riddell, Sarah "The Mighty Oak in Miniature," New York, March 6, 1972, pp. 52. One b&w photo of Frank Okamura of BBG by Norman McGrath. Vining, Donald M. "A Visit With Zeko Nakamura and his trees," Horticulture, July 1972, pp. 32-35. Two b&w photos. Stewart, I.M. "You'll never get rich, growing bonsai trees in orange skins," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), October 31, 1973, pg. 49. A Reader's Story. Maitland, Leslie "A Master of Bonsai Visits Brooklyn," The New York Times, July 9, 1975, pg. 35. One b&w photograph. Eight paragraphs about Kyuzo Murata visiting the BBG. Vining, Donald M. "The Serene Art of Bonsai," Horticulture, September 1975, pp. 56-59. Bonsai by Andrew Lenz. Photographed by Thomas C. Ballantyne. Prima, Lee Lorick "A Bicentennial Gift of Bonsai To the People of America From the Japanese," The New York Times, July 4, 1976, pg. D-29. Two photographs. Twenty-one paragraphs about. Kozelka, Art "Bonsai art in miniature is big today," Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1976, pg. 1B-3. Three photographs. About the Midwest Bonsai Festival. Chalmers, Gillian "Saikei, making a living landscape," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), October 27, 1976, pp. 73-74. Nine color photos by Neville Waller. Step-by-step demonstration from Toshio Kawamoto's recent visit to Australia with Tom Yamamoto. Orans, Muriel "you can have BONSAI INDOORS," Flower and Garden, January 1977, pp. 49, 54. Pardo, Richard "Our National Bonsai Collection," American Forests, Vol. 83, No. 12, December 1977, pp. 14-17, 48-49. Seven color photos by the author. Color cover photograph, of a 150 yr old Satsuki azalea, also by the author. "Bonsai, Growing Tiny Trees," National Geographic World, February 1978, Vol. 30, pp. 10-12. Two color photos and three illustrations. An introduction for children. "The experts' way to care for bonsai," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), March 4, 1981, pp. 36-39. Four b&w and twelve color photos. "Thefts Are Said to Show Bonsai Expertise," The New York Times, May 31, 1978, pg. B2. About several fairly recent thefts. Young, Mary "He's Made It, Little," Valley Advocate, Vol. VII, No. 37, April 30, 1980, n.p. With b&w photo by Donn Young. Twelve paragraphs about Nick Lenz. Lenz, Andrew N. "growing miniature fall foliage," Yankee magazine, November 1981, pp. 300-303. Seven color photos by the author. About his seasonal care of his bonsai. Hall, Therese "Cultivating tiny trees that are big on style," The Australian Women's Weekly (Australia), November 4, 1981, pg. 11. B&w photo plus six small paragraphs about Leonard Webber. "Training Trees to Grow Small," Colorado Homes & Lifestyles, March/April 1983, pp. 119-122. One color photo by Ron Johnson/Imageworks. Much info from the perspective of the Denver Bonsai Club. Seago, Kate "Bonsai, The ancient Japanese art of training miniature trees," Arizona Spirit, June 6, 1984, pp. A12-13. Three b&w photos, about Elsie Andrade of the Phoenix Bonsai Society. Smith, Helen Matthews "A Different Kind of Surgeon," MD, April 1985, pp. 65-70. B&w photos and line drawings. In the "Doctor After Hours" column, about Dr. David L. Andrews. Richman, Andrew "The Tiny Bonsai Trees of Montreal Are the Best in the West -- And That's Certainly Not Going Out On A Limb," People Weekly, April 22, 1985, pp. 85-86. Two whimsical b&w illustrations by Arnold Roth. Faust, Joan Lee "A Walk Through the Small World of Bonsai," New York Times, September 15, 1985, pp. CN11. About Yuji Yoshimura, with three b&w photos. Hubler, Eric "The Tree of Life," The Washington Post, July 11, 1986. Some 22 paragraphs. Snyder, Janet "Tree twister: Master gives key to bonsai," The Arizona Republic, February 22, 1987, n.p. Twenty-eight small paragraphs in single column article distributed by United Press International. About Kyuzo Murata. Davis, Rosalie H. "A Gift From the East," Horticulture, August 1987, pp. 48-53. Six b&w illustrations by Ray Maher. About Wu Yee-sun and his gift penjing to the Montreal Botanical Garden. Pridmore, Jay "The Ancient Art of Bonsai is the Challenge to Be Patient," The Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1987, n.p. Thirteen paragraphs about bonsai with mention of the Midwest Bonsai Society`s annual show, and also the typo of John Maka [sic]. Kozelka, Art "Qpampered [sic] Plants To Star In Bonsai Society Show," Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1988. About the Midwest Bonsai Society's annual show. Hill, Nancy Jo "Branch Manager: Bonsai Master Scours Remote Areas for Suitable Trees -- and the Promising Ones Seem to Call Out to Him," Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1989. About Harry Hirao. Maine, Michael L. "Khan & Kay Komai," Garden Ideas and Outdoor Living, Spring 1989, pp. 58-62. Twenty-four color photos by Tommy Miyasaki. "Hands-On Training, A Wee Tree Grows in Brooklyn," New York Magazine, Aug. 14, 1989, pg. 54. Tanner, Ogden "Bonsai: a way of looking at trees with different eyes," Smithsonian, October 1989, pp. 138-153. Seventeen color photos. Rapp, Joel "Thinking Small Is a Japanese Art : Bonsai: You don't have to spend a lot of money at a nursery. Doing your own cultivating can lead to a rewarding hobby.," Los Angeles Times, December 10, 1989. Thirty-two short paragraphs with 2 specific mentions of Yamaguchi's Bonsai Nursery. Kozelka, Art "The Mysteries Of Ancient Bonsai Take Shape At The Chicago Botanic Garden," Chicago Tribune, August 12, 1990. About the Midwest Bonsai Society's annual show. Yang, Linda "Bonsai: Living Art, but Not for Everyone," The New York Times, December 27, 1990. Information from Elizabeth Scholtz, Jack Wikle, Kazuo Fujii, and Phil Tacktill, among others. Porter, William "Bonsai Babies, Gardeners nurture dwarf trees, shrubs," The Phoenix Gazette, September 20, 1991, pp. F1-2. Two color photos by Russell Gates, one color and one b&w by James Garcia, and six colored line drawings by Rob Weideman. About the art as practiced by Phoenicians Elsie Andrade, Marlys and Larry Lazarus, Joe Ehmann, and Leroy Fujii. Pasco, Jean O. "Lilliputian Landscapes," Chicago Tribune, April 26, 1992. About John Naka. Originally in Orange County Register. "Bonsai Trees Are Living Sculpture," Reminisce, July/Auguest 1992, pg. 45. Seven paragraphs and three color photos about Larry Mueller who started a bonsai club in Payson, Arizona after he retired. Ward, Bernie "Perfect Proportions," SKY Magazine of Delta Airlines, December 1992, pp. 28-36. Eight color photos by Peter L. Bloomer, and one each from U.S. National Arboretum Penjing Collection and Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Collection. Lazarus, Bill "Bonsai's Art Takes Root in Volusia," Orlando Sentinel, April 1, 1993. About Dr. Arash Afshar and Tom Zane. Tarzan Ament, Deloris "High On Bonsai -- There's Nothing Mysterious About This Art That Melds Beauty And Horticulture, But It's Essential That You Pay Attention," The Seattle Times, March 27, 1994. Bonsai in the Seattle area, interviews with David DeGroot, Cheryl Anderson, and Kate Bowditch. Price, Kathie "Bonsai, Captivating Miniature Trees Aren't Impossible to Maintain," The Arizona Republic, August 6, 1994, p. E1-2. Five color and 1 b&w photos by Victoria Buckner and Tom Story, four color and 2 b&w illustrations by Maggie Delbon, about general Phoenix-area care. Filipov, David and Yelena Nikolayeva "Bonsai! Dwarf Trees Make It Big," The Moscow Times (Russia), April 19, 1995. About Tamara Belousova. Clark, Doug "Tree Theft Heartbreaking For Bonsai Masters," The Spokesman-Review, October 26, 1995. About a couple in Spokane who had three trees stolen. Dodd, Annmarie "Bonsai planter's small world is a little patch of paradise," The Miami Herald, April 7, 1996. Fourteen paragraphs about Ed Trout, with photo by Mike Stocker. Perkes, Kim Sue Lia "Bonsai in good shape," The Arizona Republic, April 12, 1996, pp. 1, 8 Community Section. Three b&w photos by Charles Krejcsi, about Leroy Fujii and Bill Newton. "Showing Restraint, A backyard garden integrates the ancient Oriental art of bonsai," Country Living Gardener, Vol. 4, No. 3, May/June 1996, pp. 36-43. Fourteen color photos by Paul Kopelow. About the collection and yard of Michael Persiano and his wife, Sarah. Riley, Scott Lynn "Tree Story, Japanese Things," Wingspan, The Inflight Magazine of All Nippon Airways, November 1996, pp. 27-31. Thirteen color photos by the author. About Reiji Takagi and the Takagi Bonsai Museum. Gay, Joan "Tree in a Tray," Westmoreland News, June 5, 1997, pg. 9 One b&w photo. Ten paragraphs about Todd Stewart and Bob Chilton of Gardens Unlimited Nursery. Green, Aimee "Ancient bonsai given proper 'home,'" The Tacoma News Tribune, April 6, 1999, n.p. Three color photo. About the 170-year-old Domoto trident maple getting a proper-sized pot. Quraishy, Dr. A. A. "First bonsai exhibition inaugurated in Pakistan," The Star (Pakistan), August 16, 1999. Three b&w photos. About the three-day show of the Pakistan Bonsai Society at the Horticultural Centre of Defence Housing Society, where over 300 trees developed by a dozen participants were exhibited. "Truth and Beauty, in Pots," Harvard Magazine, September 1999. Two color photographs by Jim Harrison. Four paragraphs about Larz Anderson Collection of Dwarf Plants at the Arnold Arboretum, referencing Peter Del Tredici's 1989 article. Schinto, Jeanne "How to Grow Your Own Tiny Forest," San Diego Reader, April 27, 2000. About John Jackson, with 3 b&w photos by John Street. Tasker, Georgia "No Shortcuts, Crafting bonsai trees takes plenty of patience," The Miami Herald, October 8, 2000. About Ed Trout, with four photos by Lily Echeverria and Todd Reeves. Ott, Beth Kristin "bonsai, satisfaction is bigger than the trees," West Valley View, Litchfield Park, Arizona, May 2, 2001, pg. A3. Two b&w photos by Owen K. Martin, about George Cole and Robert Gustafson. Bornhorst, Heidi "Hawai'i welcomes master bonsai artist," Honolulu Advertiser, June 17, 2001. About Zhao "Brook" Qingquan from China. Magruder, Janie "Small rewards, Patience pays off in perfect bonsai," The Arizona Republic, February 22, 2002, pp. E1-2. One color and 2 b&w photos by Pat Shannahan, about Fairlee Winfield and Elsie Andrade. Bennett, Lennie "A boy and his bonsai," St. Petersburg Times, May 11, 2002. About Matt Authement, 12, the youngest member of the Suncoast Bonsai Club. Dunning, Brad Big Time For Bonsai," The New York Times, August 18, 2002. About the effect an 95-year-old 3-foot-tall juniper has on a Hollywood crowd. Quraishy, Dr. A. A. "KARACHI: City to have bonsai park," The Star (Pakistan), August 24, 2002. One color photo. About a bonsai development wing that would in turn become a bonsai park in the botanical garden being developed in Zamzama, Defence Housing Society, as mentioned during the start of the fourth bonsai exhibition organised by the Pakistan Society for Bonsai and the city government, where around 350 bonsai were exhibited. Nakaso, Dan "Little things can count a lot," The Honolulu Advertiser, December 11, 2002. About Walter Liew. Flores, Alfredo "The Ancient Arts of Bonsai and Penjing," Agricultural Research, June 2003. Seven color photos by Peggy Greer. About the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, part of the U.S. National Arboretum. Lerner, Joel M. Plants Small in Stature Receive a Big Show at National Arboretum," The Washinton Post, May 1, 2004. Interview with Jim Doyle, one of the vendors at this weekend's show by the Potomac Bonsai Association at the U.S. National Arboretum. Trnka, Curt "Coulee Region Bonsai Club struts its stuff at show," La Crosse Tribune, July 22, 2005. Beaver, Michelle "Local bonsai master leads conference, East Bay Times, October 12, 2005. About Johnny Uchida and the 34th annual Yamato Bonsai Kai exhibition. May, Lee "Growing A Passion In Nature," Better Homes and Gardens, January 2006, pp. 60, 63-66, 68. Fourteen color photos by Matthew Benson. About Waldo Hutchins III in NY who studied at BBG under Yuji Yoshimura in the 1980s and who states that the Smithsonian article (above) was a source of inspiration. Lambert, Emily with Kiyoe Minami "Bonsai!," Forbes, February 13, 2006. Twelve paragraphs about bonsai in Japan, America, and Europe. Cohen, Rachel Small pleasures: Bonsai are coming," East Bay Times, October 20, 2006. About Johnny Uchida and the 35th annual Yamato Bonsai Kai exhibition. Heithaus, Harriett Howard "Art of growing," Naples Daily News, February 17, 2007. About Ernie Fernandez and Dorothy Schmitz. Lawson, Amy "Like bonsai trees? There's a club for you," Ag Journal Online, June 21, 2007. About the New London, CT-based China Trade Bonsai Society. "KARACHI: The delicate art of the bonsai," Dawn (Pakistan), September 7, 2007. Seven paragraphs about the Bonsai Exhibition 2007 at Zamzama Park's Bonsai Centre where over 300 exhibits were on display, the result of the efforts of 15 participants. (The Pakistan Bonsai Society's founding date is erroneously given as 1988, not the actual 1998.) Arevalo, Wendy E. "The art of the bonsai," The Hanford Sentinal, January 26, 2008. About Bob Hilvers. Noble, Andrea "Bowie bonsai grower to display works," Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 1, 2008. About James Sullivan. Lopez Coll, Lucia "Havana Bonsai Brighten Up Life," Havanna Times (Cuba), January 9, 2009. About Jorge Luis Guerra, president of the Havanna Bonsai Group. Bakken, Rebecca "Get big ideas on ancient art of miniatures at bonsai convention in Grand Rapids," Kalamazoo Gazette, July 10, 2010. About the Mid-American Bonsai Alliance 2010 Convention. Toshiyuki, Ōkuma "The Meaning of Bonsai: Tradition and the Japanese Esthetic," Japanese Foreign Policy Forum (Japan), September 2010. By the first director of the Ōmiya Bonsai Art Museum. Bianchi, Melanie "Taking Shape: Bonsai is Big at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville," Carolina Home & Garden, Fall 2010. Six paragraph interview with Arthur Joura. Smith-Durisek, Susan "Fans of bonsai are big on the little sculpted trees," Lexington Herald Leader, October 9, 2010. About Jim Dietz and Ryan Gugeler. Wright, Gloria "Tiny trees: Bonsai have deep roots in history," The Post-Standard, Jan 08, 2011. About Iris Cohen, with two color photos by the author. Poo, Cheryl "Bonsai beauty," The Star (Malaysia), May 20, 2011. MacNeil, Kathy "Living art: Bonsai teaches lifelong lessons, NWI Times, Aug. 11, 2011, Updated Jun 18, 2017;. Interview with Ivan Watters about Midwest Bonsai Society and bonsai show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Atwell, Tom "Maine Gardener: Good things, small packages: Bonsai," Portland Press Herald, December 4, 2011. About O'Donal's Nursery bonsai specialist, Dave Remington, in Gorham. Metilla, Serapion S. "Philippine bonsai artworks are world-class, too," Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines), May 2, 2012. About the history of bonsai in the Philippines and about the author, a founder of the Philippine Bonsai Society (PBS). Stewart, Martha "Nature in Miniature," Martha Stewart Living, September 2012, pp. 17-20. Ten color photos by Ngoc Minh Ngo and Frédéric Lagrange. Gambino, Megan "Picture-Perfect Bonsai," What's Up? Magazine, September 13, 2012. Thirteen paragraphs about Jonathan Singer's new large-format book, Fine Bonsai. "Chinese collector's homage to bonsai," Times of India, November 26, 2012. About Chinese industrialist Xin Changbao's Baosheng Park. Kohler, Kevin J. "Transforming Trees: Breathtaking Bonsai," What's Up? Magazine, December 7, 2012. Nine color photos. Gliddon, Greg "Kew believed to be home of Australia's first bonsai trees," Herald Sun, January 20, 2013. Five short paragraphs about Lindsay Farr with mention of RJB, and a screaming typo at the end of the article (compare with http://www.magiminiland.org/1900Refs/Argus1903.html). Backhouse, Megan "Tiny roots deep in history," The Age (Australia), January 26, 2013, Week-End section pg. 10. Two color photos by Eddie Jim. Seventeen paragraphs about Lindsay Farr. Carone, Angela "The Case Of The Stolen Bonsai Trees," kpbs.com, April 8, 2013. About the theft of 6 trees stolen from the Japanese Friendship Garden's collection of 19. With 4:24 audio link. Swift, Christy "Local 'Lady' is queen of Bonsai," Highlands Today, an edition of the Tampa Tribune, May 8, 2013. Nineteen short paragraphs about "Buttonwood Queen" Mary Madison. Viall, Jeanne "Gallery: The slow art of bonsai," The Independent Online (South Africa), December 10, 2013. Four color photos. About Rudi Adam. Garver, Lloyd "Secrets of a bonsai master," Santa Monica Daily Press, January 30, 2014. About Frank Goya. Campbell, Kate "Bonsai," California Bountiful, Jan./Feb. 2014. Color photos by the author and Lori Fusaro. About Robert Pressler. Dillaway, Warren "Family business thrives," Star Beacon, July 13, 2014. About the Mihalic family. "Oakland: Lake Merritt's bonsai curator defied odds to become a 'master'," East Bay Times, September 28, 2014. About Kathy Shaner. Owens, Mitchell "Meet the Brad Pitt of Bonsai," Architectural Digest, October 31, 2014. About Bjorn Bjorholm, who also supplied the photos. Aravamudan, Sriram "The greenskeeper: The art of crafting bonsai," Bangalore Mirror (India), January 25, 2015. One color photo and five paragraphs about bonsai history, styles, and some Indian trees which can be used. Özçelik, Özge "Bonsai: More than microcosmic ingenuity," Daily Sabah (Istanbul, Turkey), February 5, 2015. Eight paragraphs ending with a quote by John Naka. Avolio, Carla "A Love Affair With Bonsai, With a head for business and a heart for bonsai, a young American living in Osaka is earning serious cred in the ancient art of tree training," Kansai Scene, February 5, 2015. Seventeen paragraphs about Bjorn Bjorholm's apprenticeship. (English followed by Japanese version.) Jett, Cathy "A growing bonsai business," Fredericksburg.com, May 2, 2015. Twenty-five short paragraphs about the owners of Gardens Unlimited. Evers, Jeannie "Monterey bonsai show: Trees' beauty shaped carefully over many years," Monterey Herald, June 11, 2015. About Katsumi Kinoshita. "The Art of Bonsai as therapy for Arthritis," Joint Ability (South Africa), Winter 2015, pp. 3, 21. Three color photos and fifteen paragraphs about Caroll Hermann. Boucher II, Gilbert R. "Bonsai curator finds his groove at Chicago Botanic Garden," Daily Herald, July 17, 2015. Thirteen short paragraphs about Chris Baker. Patail, Marty "Can a Couple of Americans Transform the Ancient Art of Bonsai?," Portland Monthly, September 2015. Eight short paragraphs about Ryan and Chelsea Neil. Blackburn, Lisa "A Prairie Boy's Passion for Bonsai," Verso, The Blog of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, September 11, 2015. Four color photos also by the author. About Ted Matson. LeBrun, Nancy "The Bonsai Kid," Craftsmanship Quarterly, September 17, 2015. Color photos also by the author. About Ryan Neil and The Artisan's Cup. Essex, Randy "Growing U.S. bonsai movement has roots in Glenwood," Post Independent Citizen Telegram, September 29, 2015. With seven color slides. About Ryan and Chelsea Neil. Jaafari, Joseph "Tiny Trees, Deep Roots: The History of Bonsai in the Bay Area," 7x7.com, October 5, 2015. Five color photos. McAllister, Gwyn "Ernie and the wee trees at Donaroma's," MV Times, December 17, 2015. Color photo by Sam Moore. About Ernie Carlomagno. Loughrey, David "Tiny trees big help for bonsai buff," Otago Daily Times (New Zealand), February 8, 2016. Color photo by Peter McIntosh. About local bonsai society president Joy Morton. Herbst, Jacqueline "Discover the healing powers of bonzai [sic]," The North Coast Courier (South Africa), March 4, 2016. Fifteen paragraphs and two color photos. "Bonsai" in the article, "bonzai" in the title and captions. About Dr. Caroll Hermann. Nelson, Jan "Bonsai bonanza," Press-Banner, March 26, 2016. About Chris Howe. Laskow, Sarah "Meet Brooklyn's Internet Bonsai Kingpin. Paul Graviano has been making trees tiny for almost half a century, and does not plan to stop. ," Atlas Obscura, May 16, 2016. Ten photos by Zach Gross. Fifteen paragraphs about the owner for 40 years of the Bonsai of Brooklyn company. Robinson, Britany "Learning to grow: the American bonsai master who starved for knowledge," The Guardian (England), May 25, 2016. With four color photographs. About Ryan Neil. Ryan, Meg "American Bonsai," Garden Design, Autumn 2016, pp. 30, 33-34. About Ryan Neil. Chiam, Antonia "Bonsai cultivation can be affordable for beginners," The Borneo Post (Malaysia), January 8, 2017. About Sarawak Bonsai Association. "Aarin Packard's cool job at Pacific Bonsai Museum," The Seattle Times, March 1, 2017. Two color photos and five paragraph interview with Aarin Packard. Geringer, Dan "Bonsai master takes hobbit-size trees to Philadelphia Flower Show," The Inquirer, March 9, 2017. About Chase Rosade. "The art of bonsai to grow on display," Honolulu-Star Advisor, March 19, 2017. About Keith Schultz and the Rainbow Bonsai Club of Oahu. Dixon, Amy "Bonsai may be easier than you think," Winston-Salem Journal, March 23, 2017. Twenty paragraphs. Worden, Tom "Ashlander John Whitt enjoys lifelong project of bonsai trees," The Daily Independent, March 25, 2017. Miculka, Cameron "Waimea Bonyu Kai Bonsai Club holds annual exhibition," West Hawaii Today, May 29, 2017. Brown, Jared "Small trees, big hearts. Bonsai community opens wallets to help vandalized program," The News Tribune, May 31, 2017. Two rounds of vandalism over the course of a few weeks had left more than half of Gray Middle School's Bonsai Club's plants beyond hope -- but the community rose to the challenge with a fund-raiser. Wutthithumrong, Pradya "The ancient art of tree dwarfing," Bangkok Post, 29 July, 2017. About Phra Ratchasitthisunthorn, abbot of Wat Klong Toey Nai in Klong Toey district of Bangkok. Gillespie, Kiri "Man heartbroken after 50 year bonsai collection stolen ," Bay of Plenty Times (New Zealand), Sept. 2, 2017. About the theft of half a Tauranga man's 24 trees." Chan, Alex "Kofu Kai club keeps the tradition of bonsai alive," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 14, 2017. About Kofu Bonsai Kai. Hokkaido University "Secrets of Bonsai: Uncovering the mechanism of root regeneration," phys.org, September 14, 2017. Eight paragrpahs about the molecular mechanism behind root regeneration after root cutting in plants. Springer, Kate "Bonsai masters: The ancient secrets behind their centuries-old trees," CNN, December 21, 2017. Ten color photos by Stephen Voss, one photograph by Jeff J Mitchell, four color by Kunio Kobayashi, and one color by Dan Kitwood. Fifteen paragraphs about Kunio Kobayashi and Jack Sustic. Arikara, Anakha "Kerala Man Left a Career in Law to Make South India's Biggest Bonsai Garden," The Better India (India), February 1, 2018. About D Ravindran. Hasan, Shazia "'Bonsai is the only living form of art in world'," Dawn (Pakistan), April 29, 2018. One color photo. Twelve paragraphs about a bonsai workshop put on by the 20-year-old Pakistan Bonsai Society which covered all aspects of the art from the early history, to styles, soil, and potting. Osborn, Jennifer "Ancient practice of bonsai delights," The Ellsworth American, November 30, 2018. About Greg Mekras, with some bonsai history material from RJB's BonsaiEmpire article. Inoue, Makiko and Daniel Victor "'Bonsai Are Like Our Children': Couple Pleads for Return of Stolen Trees," The New York Times, February 12, 2019. About the January theft of 7 trees from the fifth-generation owner of a bonsai shop in the city of Kawaguchi. Brown, Andrew "Bonsai masters branch out skills to Canberrans at National Arboretum," Canberra Times (Australia), September 2, 2019. About Japanese master Kunio Kobayashi and American expert Ryan Neil leading Canberrans through hands-on workshops as part of a weekend-long event. Higgins, Adrian "Kusamono: The softer side of bonsai," The Washington Post, July 29, 2020. Twenty-three paragraphs with 5 color photos by Young Choe and one by Candy Shirey about Young Choe's compositions. Ray, Roxanne "Artist Erin Shigaki and Pacific Bonsai Museum curator Aarin Packard collaborate to create World War Bonsai: Remembrance and and Resilience," International Examiner, October 23, 2020. "Man in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur grows over 2,500 bonsais to create mini forest on terrace," Hindustan Times, June 5, 2021. About Sohan Lal Dwivedi who "[a]bout 40 years ago, read an article in the newspaper about a woman in Mumbai who had grown over 250 bonsai trees. Inspired by her, I also started and now I have over 2,500 [of over 40 varieties] in my home." Snyder, Michael "The Ever-Evolving Art of Bonsai," New York Times Style Magazine, Nov. 9, 2021. Five color photos. A history of bonsai and penjing, emphasizing their artistic qualities, starting with an examination of the Domoto maple, the influence of John Naka, and Masahiko Kimura, and a half dozen younger bonsai artists. Hirai, Tomo "The roots of California bonsai, the Issei and Nisei artists of yesteryear," Nichi Bei Weekly, April 2, 2022. Color photo by Roy Nagatoshi. Fourteen paragraphs with input from Dennis Makishima, Roy Nagatoshi, Fred Miyahara, and Bob Hilvers. Gee, Pat "Bonsai club helps beginners, will host free demonstration," Honolulu Star Advertiser, May 22, 2022, pg. D2. Color photo by Craig T. Kojima. About visiting South California artist and teacher Jason Chan, with input from Mel Carrillo and Rick Wagner. Dodge, Samuel "Michigan 'bonsai artist' to retire after more than 50 years sculpting trees," The Jackson Citizen Patriot, n.p., May 22, 2022. One color photo by Lisa Hart. Twenty paragraphs about Jack Wikle. "One Flower is a World, the Earthly Beauty in Sichuan-style Penjing," Vision Sichuan, July 2022, pp. 62-69 Chinese with English. Eight color photos. About Canadian Chad Sinclair. "Bai Xiong's Fantastic Penjing World: A Canadian in Sichuan," Vision Sichuan, August 2022, pp. 94-100. Chinese with English. Ten color photos. About Li Xianglin and also Canadian Chad Sinclair. Moor, Robert "The Beautiful, Brutal World of Bonsai," The New Yorker, November 14, 2022. Two color photos by Suzanne Saroff and two smaller ones by Toshiki Senoue. About Ryan Neil's gruelling apprenticeship to Japanese master Masahiko Kimura. (Note: there is some controversy about the exaggeration or accuracy of a few sections and quotes in this article based on five-year-old interviews.) Yue Yitong "Sichuan Bonsai 'Foreign Fans' Chad: Ingenuity to Create 'Chinese and Western Beauty'," China News Network, January 23, 2023. Three color photos by Wang Lei and one by Chen Xuanbin. About Canadian Chad Sinclair's 20-year study of bonsai in China. Dodge, Samuel "Love of Bonsai has grown in this University of Michigan curator for nearly 40 years," Ann Arbor News, n.p., January 31, 2023. Seventeen color photos by Jacob Hamilton. Twenty-one paragraphs about Jack Sustic and the bonsai trees at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Boster, Seth "Bonsai's roots and growth," The Gazette, March 17, 2023, pp. D-1, D-3. Six color photos by Parker Siebold. About Colorado Spring's David Kuntz's 20-year practice of bonsai, Larry Jackel about the Denver club, and ABS' Doug Hawley about the general history of bonsai. Dodge, Samuel "10 years of little trees: University of Michigan celebrating bonsai collection," Ann Arbor News, n.p., May 16, 2023. One color photo by Jacob Hamilton. Sixteen paragraphs about the Bonsai and Penjing Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. "Meet the cook caring for a historic bonsai collection," The Star Online, October, 2023. One color photo by Mel Melcon. About Miguel Hernandez who takes care of the trees at Yamaguchi Nursery. IT Ferrara, Ernesto "I Bonsai," La Repubblica (Italy), April 26, 2009. About Lorenzo Agnoletti, the first European to enter a tree into Japan's Kokufuten exhibition. IT Bessi, Sara "Bonsai che passione! A Empoli il club campione," La Nazione Empoli (Italy), June 3, 2009. About Gruppo Bonsaisti Medio Valdarno and its president, Francesco Santini. |
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