The Bonsai Coloring Book
by
Robert J. Baran and Paul Steele
(November 2005, 36 pages, 8-1/2 x 11", ISBN 0-9659913-5-0, $5.95 +shipping)
Designing Dwarfs in the Desert,
up through the first
thirty-five years of the Phoenix Bonsai Society
by
Robert J. Baran
(1997, 82 pages, 8-1/2 x 11", 53 b&w illustrations,
ISBN 0-9659913-3-4,
$12.95 list
,
$7.50
selling, )
This is
the
official history of the club, its five hundred plus members to date, and
| its three teachers, where they came from, how they became involved in horticulture and bonsai: |
| Paul Matsusaki (1906-70), the founder (1962) and a champion of traditional Japanese values, |
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| Leroy Fujii (1925-98), the co-founding member who filled Paul's shoes as teacher for most of the club's existence, and |
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| John Yoshio Naka (b. 1914), now recognized worldwide as a grand master of the art, he was befriended by Paul and taught here before this club was started. |
| the histories of the world-reknown Heard Museum and Desert Botanical Garden , and the Valley Garden Center (where the Phoenix Bonsai Society has met and now meets); |
| the Japanese-American and Chinese-American communities here; |
| the Tucson Bonsai Society, sister club (1972) and host of the American Bonsai Society's 1999 Symposium; |
| contemporary events and other teachers in the world of bonsai who have interacted with and taught our club members; |
| the only book available which gives information specifically about growing bonsai in a desert environment. (Note: in the interest of truth in advertising, please be aware that desert bonsai care information can now be found in greater detail on this web site. The history portion of Designing Dwarfs remains exclusive to that publication.) |
| "The amount of research that went into this comprehensive report on bonsai growth must be applauded. This reviewer was intrigued by the formatting of the text. The short paragraph on each development reminded this reviewer of Walter Winchell's staccato reporting of the news on his Sunday radio broadcast - succinct, lively and interesting. |
| " This book is highly recommended for those interested in the history of bonsai, not only in Phoenix, but in the United States." |
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