RMBS Heritage Tree Collection
Extraordinary bonsai created by RMBS members. These world-class trees have a special provenance and have been in training prior to the year 2000.
World War Bonsai:
Dec 2020
Bob Kataoka and Kai Kawahara have exceptional bonsai on display at PBM "World War Bonsai: Remembrance and Resilience"
Denver Botanic Gardens
February 2019
The Denver Botanic Garden's Sho-fu-En, Garden of the Pines and Wind, is a very special place to the Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society. This two-acre Japanese garden...
Pacific Bonsai Museum
April 2019
There are two Heritage trees having RMBS beginnings currently in the permanent collection of the Pacific Bonsai Museum and they both are Bob Kataoka bonsai. The museum...
Roots of a Heritage Tree
June 2019
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending the popular "Beginning Bonsai" class at the Denver Botanic Gardens taught by RMBS's Larry Jackel and Hal Sasaki.
RMBS Heritage Trees
Jan 2019
Our first salute to RMS members' heritage trees begins with Todd Schlafer's trees...
Denver Botanic Gardens, Part 2
March 2019
The Denver Botanic Garden’s Sho-Fu-En Japanese gardens expanded in 2012 to include a Bonsai Pavilion and traditional tea house which were part of the original master plan...
Passing on a Collection
May 2019
"Bonsai has a beginning but no end" - John Naka. A bonsai is a living heirloom that can be passed down for generations.
