Wilsonville Festival of the Arts is a family-friendly, juried festival featuring local artists, craftspeople and artisans with a wide variety of media offered. Bonsai Akira has been invited for the past three years to this fun-filled event in the heart of Wilsonville, in the park at Town Center Square.

Our next open studio is the weekend of July 27th and 28th, right here in Southeast Portland. Address: 1630 SE Ellis St-- please visit between 11:00AM and 4:00PM. Lemonade and popcorn, a gentle breeze and a stroll under the Dawn Redwood Tree will be featured. My collection of bonsai for sale and my personal collection will be on display. Visit the garden, browse the bonsai, bring a plant for repotting or styling, or just come to chat!

This is the fourth year I have offered my popular Bonsai class at Portland Nursery. Come to learn the basics, or just to see whether you'd like to try a new hobby. Bring a tree for care and styling tips, or choose a plant specimen from the nursery's extensive selection, to turn into bonsai right here in the classroom! Sunday morning, July 28th 11:00 - 12:00.

August 24th and 25th I will be again showing my bonsai stylings at the beautiful Bellevue Botanic Garden Art Festival. Once more i am privileged to be housed in the Tadeuchi Pavillion, a modern Japanese Tea House created for the garden by a local patron. New selection of finest quality bonsai will be shown at this event, including Japanese Maples, Conifers and flowering trees and shrubs. Stop by and say Hello!

Find us at this prestigious art event of the holiday season in Seattle-- Bonsai Akira is privileged to show our selection of bonsai for the second year. Hosted by the Northwest Art Alliance, the show features the work of artists who practice in the Pacific Northwest. As the first bonsai artist to be juried into the show, I take this selection to heart and present my finest specimens to the patrons of the arts in the Emerald City. I'll be…

I'll be teaching the last bonsai class for the year at Portland Nursery on Division, on Saturday, November 16th. This class will cover the basics of bonsai care for the winter season. Please register on the Portland Nursery website under Classes. See you there!

Come and join us for our year end celebration! Featuring new kokedama and "tiny Christmas Trees" from Bonsai Akira, and new pottery for home and garden from Portland's Sherri Aytche. As business partners we are celebrating five years of collaboration in bonsai styling and design using unique stoneware ceramics from Sherri's studio, with Lucy's careful artistry in plant material. Welcome! refreshments will be provided-- and perhaps our resident DJ will accompany us with music...