$100.00 Bonsai Detective Contest

Tree number 1 in our Bonsai Detective Contest Here’s a simple contest to amuse you while you wait for the spring growing season The prize The prize is a $100 gift certificate to Stone Lantern and recognition of your brilliance here on Bonsai Bark What you have to do to have a chance to win Provide the species and owner (and/or artist) and a link to your source for at least 8 trees (better to have all 10 if you can) email me wayne@stonelantern.com with Bonsai Detective in the subject and with your well organized answers listed in the body of the email. Be sure to put BONSAI DETECTIVE in the subject line. Continued below… Roshi Bonsai … Continue reading $100.00 Bonsai Detective Contest

Prove Us Wrong & Win a $50 Gift Certificate

This is the one that caused the most trouble (see D below). Our Bonsai Detective contest (from three weeks ago) turned out to be the most difficult one to judge yet. Remind me next time to be sure we have an ironclad grip on all the answers before we start. Not only were there lots of entries, but most were very good with only one or two misses. But what really made it difficult is conflicting, vague and otherwise unreliable information on the internet (surprise!). Especially on facebook (another surprise no doubt). The upshot is that after spending hours pouring … Continue reading Prove Us Wrong & Win a $50 Gift Certificate

Finally… Winners!

Tree number one (Matthew Logan’s comments… Ferry’s is too long for this spot; you can find it at the bottom of the post): Eric Wigert- Buttonwood, housed at his nursery, used as the tree on his business cards. Tree was collected in 2002. Carving work done by Lui Rayon. 48” tall 6” nebari. Tokoname Pot. Displayed at Epcot in 2005. Nice tree to look at in person. http://wigertsbonsai.com/. In the gallery 27th tree. Be careful what you promise I don’t always know how to handle apologies. It’s simple when ignorance or unkindness cause harm, but a little murkier when I … Continue reading Finally… Winners!