Frank Goya (honored guest and sensei).
Juniper saikei.
Ted Oka (club member).
Shimpaku Juniper (var. sargentii).
Harry Hirao (honored guest, sensei, and club lifetime member).
Semi-cascade juniper (var. prostrata).
Ron Koller (club member).
Bunjin style prostrata juniper.
Originally created by John Naka.
Larry Ragle (honored guest and sensei).
Shohin display. Cork bark pine (top center).
Jim Peerson (club program chairman).
Bougainvillea.
Rick Wagner (club president).
Prostrata juniper.
John Luhnow gives the introductory lecture at the beginners' workshop.
The 15 beginners watch John's introductory talk.
The free junipers are on the tables at the start of the workshop.
The participants are attentive to instruction.
Workshop participants examine their trees.
Two completed workshop trees and beginning bonsaists.
The three completed round-robin demonstration trees:
Jim Peerson's bunjin style prostrata juniper is on the left,
Bob Lawler's twin trunk boxwood is in the center, and
Rick Wagner's twin trunk shohin juniper is on the right.
Close-up of the club president's shohin juniper demonstration tree.
All three demonstration trees were in the benefit drawing.
Program chairman Jim Peerson introduces our Sunday demonstrator,
Bob Hilvers, who will create a penjing in the rock and water style.
Bob with his materials during the introduction. Notice the white
marble slab to which he will affix the stones.
There was a good turnout for the demonstration.
All the chairs were taken.
The stones have been bonded to the marble tray.
The white marble represents water. A stream winds through a canyon.
Bob Hilvers with the finished penjing.