Black Pebble Bonsai

03/31/2025

Really enjoyed showing at the Fairhaven Plant Sale, all the people were very nice and I sold a lot of trees, pots and gnomes!

06/29/2024

Whale of a sidewalk sale, black pebble bonsai is here

05/11/2024

Great say for the Skagit County Master Gardener Foundation Plant Fair

04/26/2024

04/26/2024

Carving pots at 4 AM, the sun hasn't come up yet over Skagit bay, it's less distraction ;). I will be at the Creative Hub & Coffeehouse / Creative Avenue patio on May 4th, come by and see us!

04/26/2024

A new batch of Japanese Black Pine from cuttings are being inspected, if there are not radial roots like this one, it gets binned. Minimum of 5 roots required with signs of new roots coming out.
If there are at least 4 roots I plant them in 2 1/2 inch pots for use in literati and to see if they develop more roots before fall, then I will sort again and put into 1 gal pots next spring.
It's a lot of labor but I want to create a premium product and not take care of trees for years that don't have Shohin potential.

04/18/2024

Unloaded the kiln, still to hot to touch with bare hands, excited to add some trees.

04/10/2024

Working in my studio, looking out at Skagit Bay and the islands never gets old.

04/10/2024

Just unloaded the kiln, lots of new mini and micro hand carved stoneware bonsai and succulent pots. Also great for creating artificial trees and flowers.
I will be at the Creative Avenue Hub Saturday April 15th on the covered patio, 501 Commercial Avenue, Anacortes, Wa 98221.
Pots and Trees, See you there!

04/09/2024

Here is a Douglas Fir, collected from Mt Baker on a Christmas Tree permit in November 2020, after rooting one year, repotting after 2, cut down the next and finally initial styling.

04/09/2024

Potted up this native to the PNW Red Cedar, excited to see the foliage leave out this summer.

04/09/2024

Just styled a Tsuga mertensiana or Mountain Hemlock, really excited for the progress of this tree. It's been really windy so leaving the orange twine on to help the new roots develop during the fragile repotting time.