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- Aloha and welcome
to the
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BONSAI FOUNDATION WEBSITE HOMEPAGE
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(This site is still under
construction - Items highlighted in blue are
currently linked)
- We use this page to plan and organize the
website to come.
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ABOUT MPBF |
Introducing
Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation This is a
website reproduction of the Foundation's membership brochure and
describes the joint Fuku-Bonsai / MPBF project: "Making the Big
Island an International Bonsai Mecca!" and invites participation and
membership. The primary membership benefit is a monthly email newsletter
focusing on "Tropical & True Indoor Bonsai" with the first issue to be
launched January 2013.
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- YOU'RE INVITED
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Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation Membership Application.
Please print, fill out, and mail with a check. In the future, the
Foundation will have a PayPal account to allow direct payments.
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- To build the base
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Donor & Corporate Sponsor Program. There's more information
about the program and a cumulative list of past donors. MAHALO!
(future) |
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Meet the
officers of Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation. President Michael
Imaino; Vice-president Edison Yadao; Secretary Christine
Wolf; Treasurer Cliff Tanaka; Assistant
secretary-treasurer/webmaster Barry Blackburn (future) |
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- MPBF
Newsletter Archives: (to access past issues in
the future)
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Issue 1: Volume 1: January 2013
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THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF
TROPICAL & TRUE INDOOR BONSAI IS NOW POSTED AT:
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The MPBF Logo Tree. The tray
landscape received an Award of Excellence in the
..... photos .... design evolution
..... artwork by Cliff Tanaka ,,,,(future) |
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- Hawaii State Bonsai
Repository at the Fuku-Bonsai Cultural Center. The
Historical Bonsai created by visiting masters are entrusted to the
Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation and include:
- *** "Peace Forest" by the late Japan grand master
Saburo Kato at IBC 80
- *** 3 Christmas Berry by the late California
master John Naka in Hilo (1984) and again at IBC 90 Hawaii
- *** "Takamiyama" created by Japan master
Shinji Ogasawara at IBC 90 Hawaii
- *** Juniper Saikei created by Japan-Hawaii
master Tom Yamamoto
- *** Gold Scheff rock planting by Charlene
Smallwood of Albany, Oregon and also Ficus natalensis
- *** Ficus natalensis by Pius Notter of
Switzerland
- *** "Mahalo" Chinese Banyan by Jerry Meislik
of Montana
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OTHERS (future articles)
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- Memorial Bonsai
in the Hawaii State Bonsai Repository
- *** Japanese Black Pine created by the
late Haruo "Papa" Kaneshiro of Honolulu
- *** (2) Ironwoods by the late Sadakichi
Sugahara of Hanapepe, Kauai
- *** (2) Ironwoods by the late Hideki
Yonehara of Honolulu
- *** Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper by
the late Jackson Kansako of Hilo/Honolulu
- *** "Walking Mangrove" by Dr. Horace F.
Clay
- *** Japanese Golden Cypress by the late
Hiroshi Ikeda of Hilo; Japanese Black Pine and possibly other
bonsai to be donated
- *** Surinam Cherry penjing by the late Isamu
"Ham" Kaneshiro
- AND OTHERS (future articles)
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- Artifacts in the
Hawaii State Bonsai Repository
- *** The Dr. Horace F. Clay Bonsai
Ukiyoe Collection
- *** Collection of pots from Japan
master potter Akiji Kataoka and family including Yamaaki kiln pots.
(details of the three pots made for the three John Naka bonsai.;
details of the Saburo Kato pot by Seizan Kataoka.)
- *** Books and other artifacts
(future articles)
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Tropical Bonsai Specials: prepared stock and workshop
packages to be available only to Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation members.
These are currently been developed and will be introduced with a
sequential workshop series and narrative report. These "kit" will
utilize the same plants prepared in the same way and include all the
same components shown in the photo sequence and narrative. MPBF
members will be able to purchase these and obtain personal email
assistance from the MPBF webmaster! (to be
offered in the future) |
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(See MPBF Monthly Newsletter. CONCEPT PLAN / MPBF) |
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