Things we love about bonsai people

[BrianBay9]

OK, @MaciekA asked for it in the "drives me crazy" thread, so here it is. What do you love about bonsai people? I'll start. I love the optimism of a 70+ year old sprouting acorns.

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

I love the little details that bring bonsai people joy. Never before would I pay so much attention to bark, lichen, a particular bend in a tree, etc when out hiking and in the woods in general. It went from “see the forest” to “see the tree” to “see that curve, that cone, that bud, that flake of bark.”

 

[BrianBay9]

I love the generosity of most bonsai folks. Can't tell you how many plants I've been gifted over the years by club members.

 

[penumbra]

I love that people who might otherwise be diametrically opposed to one another, find a common ground.

 

[NaoTK]

No judgement from fellow plant hoarders

 

[dbonsaiw]

It’s really a great community. Lots of people who are excited to help others.

 

[Gabler]

I love that people who might otherwise be diametrically opposed to one another, find a common ground.

You might say that what opposes unites, and the finest attunement stems from things bearing in opposite directions, and all things come about by strife.

 

[Cajunrider]

I love that people who might otherwise be diametrically opposed to one another, find a common ground.

Yeah, we can find common ground but definitely NOT common "soil".

 

[Cajunrider]

No judgement from fellow plant hoarders

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I love the fact that bonsai people will copy pictures like the one posted by NaoTK, then zoom in and ask questions about a branch on the fourth tree from the upper left corner, about a third of the way up from the soil.

 

[Srt8madness]

I appreciate the willingness to document over a period of years, even decades, then sharing that knowledge with others.

 

[namnhi]

I appreciate the willingness to document over a period of years, even decades, then sharing that knowledge with others.

+1

 

[Cajunrider]

I love the fact that some bonsai people will go to a dairy farm and look for milking fat to heal a wedge cut on their bonsai because @Walter Pall uses it even though Walter says Vaseline will work just fine.

 

[19Mateo83]

I love the generosity of most bonsai folks. Can't tell you how many plants I've been gifted over the years by club members.

I appreciate the willingness to document over a period of years, even decades, then sharing that knowledge with others.

This . This is what makes our little community so great.

 

[pandacular]

There's a handful of more experienced in the members in the club who always take the time to find me and ask about my collection. One of them will ask pretty tough questions about particular trees, so I've learned I need to prepare questions and make sure I'm checking in on things on those trees as well as my whole collection.

I didn't ask these folks to do this, but I think they see that I'm new, young, and interested in learning, so they make a point to help.

 

[GGB]

I love that strangers become instant friends at a bonsai workshop. We all snuck out of work today to pursue a niche hobby that none of our friends enjoy.

 

[leatherback]

That so many can see this as just hobby

 

[Cruiser]

Respect for Elders. Trees and people.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Support, I feel safe sharing my sticks (everyone is new once). Creativity, They are creative and imaginative. Understanding, with just pictures sometimes. Inspiration, They inspire you to be better.

 

[Cajunrider]

When someone is talking about crazy techniques with bonsai and I grab a BC and say :”Hold mah beer!”, I love the fact that some BNutters would actually hold it and egg me on as if we are kids in a backyard,

 

[shohin_branches]

I love bonsai people because they're insane just like me.

But also I love getting to be the bonsai person that supports new bonsai enthusiasts the same way I was supported as a new bonsai enthusiast at my first bonsai club meeting 22 years ago.