Category: Event

CANCELLED – 11th Anniversary Sonoma County Matsuri

11th Anniversary! Sonoma County Matsuri – Japanese
Arts & Culture Festival

LOCATION
Juilliard Park
227 Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa CA 95401

DATE & TIME

Sunday, May 17, 2020 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

REBS will participate again this year in the 11th Anniversary of the Sonoma County Matsuri, a Japanese Arts & Culture Festival, by displaying selected bonsai and accent plants.

Alan Murakami amurakami6@yahoo.com will chair the bonsai and accent plant display.

REBS members who wish to display their bonsai should contact Alan now. Space is limited. REBS members can also volunteer to docent and hand out club information.

36th Annual Show

The 36th Annual Show by the Redwood Empire Bonsai Society (REBS) was held on August 24 and 25, 2019 at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, Santa Rosa, California. The REBS annual show is the largest club show in the US. Some 200 bonsai were on display. The San Francisco Suiseki Kai joined again this year to show their suiseki viewing stones. Visitors were treated to two rows of tables with viewing stones from northern California and Japan.

Club sensei Kathy Shaner oversaw the placement of bonsai, companion plants and art objects. She conducted a demonstration, both days, working on a Sierra juniper and Coast redwood, respectively.

A special thank you to the club members who contributed to the annual event by displaying their bonsai and helping to set up, docent and clean up.

Here are some of the outstanding bonsai featured in the annual show.


Enmanji BBQ Annual Bonsai Display

On July 14, 2019 (the second Sunday of the month), it was time for the Enmanji BBQ annual bonsai display by the Redwood Empire Bonsai Society (REBS). Art Kopecky chaired the event by recruiting other REBS members to display their bonsai. A special memorial tribute was given to Ian Price of Lone Pine Gardens, Sebastopol, California. Ian was one of the founding members and a charter member of REBS.