This lovely Cypress spent its first few years getting established in the garden. About five years ago I culled it to transform it into a bonsai specimen. Now twelve years old, at thirty inches tall and almost as wide, it is a willowy bluish ballerina in a shallow...

Next Open Studio event at Bonsai Akira will be May 18th and 19th, just a couple of weeks away! Check the Events tab for address and details. A new selection of bonsai await you-- lots of Japanese Maples, Hydrangeas, Conifers from all quarters of the globe, and other...

Address: 1630 SE Ellis St, Portland. 97202 Hours: 11:00AM to 4:00PM Saturday and Sunday, April 13th and 14th.

Bonsai Akira will be travelling this spring and summer. Keep up to date on our events-- local open studio dates, and shows throughout the region. Just click on the Events tab on the homepage.Thanks for your interest! Lucy

The opportunity to create a small patio-style garden at the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in Seattle was not to be missed! With a team of collaborators I was able to realize my dream of a quiet space in the city's most frequented building-- the Washington State...

For the fourth year, we will be displaying bonsai for sale at the premiere Garden Festival in the USA. This year Bonsai Akira will be hosted in the "City Living" area on the Skybridge, with a patio garden featuring a pocket-sized teahouse surrounded with blooms. Come...

April is the month for gardening enthusiasts to get really excited about touring established gardens for inspiration. Pair that with seeing new work by visual artists and you have an event not to miss! Art in Bloom Seattle is hosted by a garden club in...

Again this year, we have been chosen to create a display garden in the "City Living" area of the premiere Garden Festival, in Seattle! Come and visit "Windsong Garden" -- an oasis of tranquility in the whirlwind of gardens that comprise this breathtaking festival. Our...

This tree came to me from a local grower who had begun increasing the ramification. Although neglected in hot weather, it has responded to careful treatment with a fabulous rebound. Now in its forever home, new pottery container from Isabelia Studio in the Czech...

As part of our new web design, we are pleased to offer our mail order patrons free surface shipping for all items in the store. All items will ship in insulated containers, pending suitable weather conditions at my discretion. We use surface mail to prevent damage due...

Hello, Spring--- This is one of the most delicate and simple of the camellia blooms, with vibrant color-- a rare cultivar! Enjoy the long-lasting display-- characteristic of the strong and vigorous Camellia varieties that thrive in our gardens.

Here are my favorite specimens for Kokedama, or "moss planting."

  Bonsai Akira has been selected to bring trees for sale at the Golden State Bonsai Convention, to be held in Sacramento, California, from October 25th to 28th, 2018. We look forward to sharing some of our best stylings at this event when the local clubs meet for...

  My next class will cover the elements of creating a bonsai specimen from nursery stock, using root pruning, branch pruning, leaf reduction and wiring. We will review the major styles of bonsai, and discuss choosing a specimen to highlight movement, perspective...

Bonsai Akira will be bringing a new collection of Japanese Maples, conifers and rare and unusual flowering shrubs to the premiere Seattle Holiday Show-- "Best of the Northwest." This event will be held at Magnuson Park in Northeast Seattle, on beautiful Lake...

The loveliest twin trees ever! This Shimpaku Juniper -- Juniperus sinensis -- has been with me for several years. Lately I have discovered it is not one but two trees! The seemingly single trunk is two specimens planted together when they were seedlings, and now...