Feature Articles
Event Coverage – 2023 Bunka-Sai Japanese Cultural Festival in Torrance
2023 Bunka-Sai Japanese Cultural Festival in Torrance By Kelly Lui On April 15th and 16th, Dai Ichi Bonsai Kai was again honored to participate in the annual Bunka-Sai Japanese Cultural Festival in Torrance. The festival highlights and educates on several Japanese art...
DIBK MASTERS SERIES WORKSHOP – YOUNG CHOE FEBRUARY 22-23, 2020
Kusamono / Shitakusa / Kokedama Artist WORKSHOP @ Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery Saturday February 22, 2020 9:00am to 11:00am Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery 1905 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 $135 (DIBK MEMBERS) $160* (NON-MEMBERS) * Includes club membership for 2020...
DIBK MASTERS SERIES WORKSHOP – SERGIO CUAN FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Advanced Deciduous Techniques WORKSHOP (Bring your own tree) Friday, February 21, 2020 9am - TORRANCE $100 (DIBK MEMBERS) $125* (NON-MEMBERS) * Includes club membership for 2020 DEMONSTRATION @ DIBK February Meeting Friday, February 21, 2020 7pm - Ken Nakaoka...
2019 DIBK SHOW & SALE – MAY 4-5
May 4 - 5, 2019 Gardena, California Dai Ichi Bonsai Kai: 34th Annual Bonsai Exhibit & Sale "Serenity through Bonsai" Ken Nakaoka Community Center, 1670 W. 162nd Street, Gardena Admission and parking is free. Show hours are 10:00am to 4:00pm. The show features an...
FEBRUARY 2019 – PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Due to an unfortunately timed power outage, the Ken Nakaoka Center was closed and we had to cancel our January meeting. Our apologies to our featured presenter, Ed Clark, and to our members. For those that did show up though, we had a blast hanging out in the parking...
MONTHLY MEMBER WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Bring your trees, pots and materials and get styling and horticultural tips from senior club members. Non-members $25 (annual membership fee). Members FREE. Spaces are limited so email doylesaito@yahoo.com to reserve your spot. February 17, 2018, 9:00 am Location:...
2018 DIBK SHOW & SALE
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BONSAI BINGO – DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE PDF
Download Bonsai Bingo for your club.
31st ANNUAL DIBK EXHIBIT GALLERY
View the trees from our 31st Annual Exhibit!
VIDEO | FRANK GOYA DEMO
Watch Frank create another beautiful saikei.
Announcements
MATTHEW GELACIO – APRIL 19th 2024, GVJCI
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE April showers are a great thing for our bonsai! Spring is here and all the bonsai are pushing new growth, it’s time to continue your repotting routines. Most places in the county are just coming out of winter with mild temperatures and an increase...
Mitch Matsey – March 15th 7PM @ GVJCI
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE This month brings a bit of a slow period for the club, we have various workshops and teaching sessions, but nothing too extensive for our club. The first event will be a beginner’s repotting workshop on Saturday March 16th. The second workshop...
Michael Ryan Bell – February 16th 7PM @ GVJCI
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE This month is a pretty interesting time in southern California, I’ve watered maybe 2 times in the past month. The atmospheric river has brought many inches of rain all over the state of California. I’ve tried to keep up with the repotting season...
Julian Tsai – Jan 19th 7PM @ GVJCI
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Another year of bonsai is over and a new and exciting dragon bonsai year is here. This should be an exciting time for bonsai, we have some young and talented bonsai professionals planned for our club demonstrations. Starting the year off we have...
Hugo Zamora – Nov 17th 7PM @ GVJCI
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE November is our last meeting of the year and we're going out with a bang! CBS's Visiting Artist Pedro Zamora will be our demonstrator, Pedro has extensive experience demonstrating throughout the world and has studied under master Kunio Kobayashi....