This Douglas fir is one my many favorites from Bonsai Mirai's gallery of great North American yamadori (there are a few that are not North American, but the vast majority are trees that were collected in the mountains of the Western U.S.)
Ryan Neil’s instructional bonsai videos are now available on the Bonsai Society of Portland’s website to anyone and everyone who is interested. The following is from an email we received from Roger Case…
“Over the last year, Ryan Neil has presented a series of detailed lectures and demos at our club meetings, which his team has professionally recorded and edited. Each is about 2 hours long, and they cover many topics of bonsai, from repotting to design to winter care to foliage management….”
Continued below…
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This shot is from Ryan's Introduction to Mirai Live
Roger Case continued from above…
“These videos were always going to be available to all the member of the Bonsai Club of Portland, but our Board has recently decided that as the function of our club is the expansion of bonsai knowledge to the public and those not in the club itself, they are now available to anyone who wishes to watch them. They can now be viewed without any password or membership requirements on the BSOP website under Mirai videos.”
Close up of an Engleman spruce from Mirai's gallery
Pomegranate
Rocky mountain juniper
Another shot from the intro to Mirai Live