BCI VIDEO TAPE
RENTAL PROGRAMS
(VHS format only)
#V01. Designing a Bonsai. Tom Zane of Florida covers
a brief history of bonsai and a discussion of bonsai rules, followed
by a lecture and demonstration of the principles of designing
bonsai. It concludes with the potting of the demonstration tree.
50 minutes.
#V02. Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden.
A commercial production which takes the viewer on a journey through
some of the most beautiful gardens in Japan. Revealed are secrets
of both classical and contemporary Japanese gardens. 57 minutes.
#V03. Kei Do: The Way of Display and Appreciation, Vol
1. A commercial production providing an introduction to "Kei
Do" in which space is filled with elegant staging to recreate
nature in miniature. In a limited space a tone of nature and
living things is expressed. In this program the art of display
and spring and summer displays are covered. 45 minutes.
#V04. Kei Do: The Way of Display and Appreciation, Vol
2. A commercial production showing autumn and winter displays
as well as the display of suiseki. 45 minutes.
#V05. The Art of Bonsai. San Diego Bonsai Club program
on the history, cultivation, and geographical dispersion of bonsai
in the East and West. Examples of bonsai and suiseki are shown.
Program ends with an employee of the Bonsai House of San Diego
Wild Animal Park creating a bonsai and discussing bonsai maintenance.
60 minutes.
#V06. Bonsai For the Beginner. A commercial production
by Georgina Kretschmar of Australia. It covers the basic steps
for getting started in bonsai, beginning with definitions and
ending with the potting of a demonstration tree. 60 minutes.
#V07. John Naka and His Bonsai. Filmed in John Naka's
bonsai garden in California on April 28, 1992. John begins by
working on a bonsai with a power tool, and then he leads the
viewer on a tour of his garden while watering his bonsai and
talking about individual specimens. 40 minutes.
#V08. Grow Successful Bonsai: A Step by Step Guide, Volume
1 with Peter Adams. Peter Adams of England discusses the
bonsai image, starting off in bonsai, tools and their use, wiring,
pots, potting and bonsai soil, cuttings, fertilizers, watering,
and developing shape by refining and pruning the structure. He
concludes with specific information on formal upright, informal
upright and broom style bonsai. 58 minutes.
#V09. Bonsai: An Introduction to the Art of Bonsai.
This Puget Sound Bonsai Association program covers the meaning
of the word Bonsai, its history, and shows the five classical
bonsai styles. Discusses where to see bonsai and how to get bonsai
and types of plant material, concluding with a bonsai demonstration.
18 minutes.
#V10. The Art of Bonsai, Part One, Informal Upright Style.
Yoko Bennett of Sydney, Australia, presents a comprehensive guide
to creating and caring for an informal upright bonsai. 55 minutes.
#V11. Bonsai: The Art of Training Dwarf Potted Trees.
This is a video production of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's film
which describes the history of bonsai and relates bonsai to trees
in their natural state. A nursery stock tree is styled and potted.
It concludes with an explanation of the maintenance necessary
for bonsai. 22 minutes.
#V12. IBC '91. At IBC '91 in England we visit all of
the bonsai exhibits and most of the vendors in the Birmingham
Convention Center. Then Dan Barton, Dan Robinson, Chase Rosade
and Harry Tomlinson are shown working on their trees. Concludes
with tours of Dan Barton's private collection in Bristol and
Harry Tomlinson's private collection and commercial nursery near
Nottingham. 45 minutes.
#V13. Grow Successful Bonsai: A Step by Step Guide, Volume
2 with Peter Adams. Peter Adams of England discusses the
art of bonsai, collection and maintenance of wild bonsai material,
bonsai styles and how to achieve them, and hard and soft pruning
of deciduous and evergreen species. Concludes with instruction
on the group style. 61 minutes.
#V14. Claft Style Group Planting with Hal Mahoney.
Hal Mahoney of Long Island creates a group planting style bonsai
from a single plant. The claft style is a combining of the clump
and raft styles. Individual branches of a clump style cotoneaster
are wired, bent horizontally along the ground as a raft, placed
where needed and then the ends are bent upright to form vertical
trees, creating the appearance of a forest. 64 minutes.
#V15. Group Planting. Carl and the late Shin Young
of California create a group planting of Seiju elm. Shin creates
the planting while Carl provides a humorous narration at IBC
'88. 60 minutes.
#V16. Shanghai Botanic Garden. Begins with a photographic
tour of the bonsai and penjing collection at the Shanghai (China)
Botanic Garden, as seen during the Citizen Ambassador Program's
Bonsai Plant and Penjing Cultivation Delegation visit in 1994.
Concludes with a penjing demonstration by Mr. Hu and a power
tool carving demonstration by Mr. Hansen. Video taped by Pedro
Morales, edited by Tom Zane. 65 minutes.
#V17. Literati Bonsai. This program covers the basic
principles of literati (bunjin) style bonsai. Each principle
is illustrated with examples of Chinese literati painting, line
drawings to show the technique as it is applied to a bonsai and
photographs of literati style bonsai. 24 minutes.
#V18. Juniper Forest by John Naka. John Naka of California
demonstrates the creation of a juniper forest on a large slab
at IBC '92 in Memphis, TN. 105 minutes.
#V19. Bonsai Design Series, Vol 1, Forests. Warren
Hill of California covers the various styles and techniques of
selection, preparation, arrangement and care of multiple tree
compositions. The work is expanded in his Vol #2 (BCI's V#24)
72 minutes.
#V20. Windswept Shimpaku by Kimura. Masahiko Kimura
from Japan demonstrates the creation of a large windswept bonsai
with shari and jin at IBC '92 in Memphis, TN. 80 minutes.
#V21. The Growing Art of Bonsai. Bonsai artist Arthur
Skolnik leads the viewer to a wide variety of locations, talks
to professional bonsai growers and hobbyists, and gives practical
demonstrations in many techniques needed to successfully grow
a bonsai. Topics include: history, styles, creating a bonsai,
tools, pruning and wiring, soils, pots and repotting, watering,
fertilizers and insect control and seasonal care for all types
of trees. 58 minutes.
#V22. An Introduction to Bonsai, Vol 1. Mary Corrington,
a bonsai teacher from Oregon, presents an answer to the question,
"What is Bonsai". She does this by explaining the concept
of bonsai and does not try to demonstrate the process by which
a bonsai is created. 30 minutes.
#V23. National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, The. A 1993
compilation of pictures of all the trees and viewing stones in
the Bicentennial, N. American, and Penjing collections at U.S.
National Arboretum, Washington, D.C. 27 minutes.
V#24. Bonsai Design Series, Vol 2, Forests in the Making.
Warren Hill of California made this video to complement and to
provide the catalyst for applying the information in his Vol
#1 (BCI's V#19). He creates two forest compositions. One is made
from collected larch and the other is nursery grown trident maple.
58 minutes.
V#25. Keiko Yamane Creates Wild Flower & Grass Material
Bonsai at IBC '93. Mrs. Keiko Yamane of Japan demonstrates
the creation of three bonsai plantings using wild flowers and
grass material at IBC '93 in Orlando, FL. 114 minutes.
V#26. Yuji Yoshimura Creates Two Group Plantings at IBC
'93.Yuji Yoshimura of New York demonstrates the creation
of two group planting of Shimpaku at IBC '93 in Orlando, FL.
One of the plantings is a horizontal grouping of trees in a tray
and the other is a vertical group planting on a rock. 111 minutes.
V#27. Saburo Kato Creates a Group Planting at IBC '93.
Saburo Kato of Japan instructs and demonstrates the creation
of a group planting of 39 Stewartia monodelpha in a demonstration
at IBC '93 in Orlando, FL. 120 minutes.
#V28. Basic Bonsai Care I : Northern Hardy Evergreen &
Deciduous Trees. Bob Johnston of Pennsylvania discusses pots,
soil mixes, watering, feeding, and winter care of northern hardy
evergreen and deciduous trees. 25 minutes.
#V29. World Bonsai Convention in Orlando, FL 1993.
Bonsai Societies of Florida and BCI hosted the 2nd World Bonsai
Convention in Orlando, Florida in May, 1993. This program presents
all aspects of the convention from the opening breakfast to the
closing brunch. 120 minutes.
#V30. John Naka Creates a Group Planting at IBC '93.
John Naka of California creates a forest planting of many Florida
elm during a demonstration at IBC '93 in Orlando, FL. 119 minutes.
#V31. Ezomatsu - Ezo Spruce Forest. Hatsuzi Kato demonstrates
how to create, train and care for an Ezo spruce forest planting.
An English language commercial production. 45 minutes.
#V32. Goyomatsu - Japanese White Pine. Masao Komatsu
demonstrates how to create, train and care for Japanese white
pine. An English language commercial production. 45 minutes.
#V33. Kuromatsu - Japanese Black Pine. Toshinori Suzuki
demonstrates how to create, train and care for Japanese black
pine. An English language commercial production. 45 minutes.
#V34. Satsuki - Satsuki Azalea. Yasuki Esaka demonstrates
how to create, train and care for Satsuki azalea. An English
language commercial production. 45 minutes.
#V35. Exploring Bonsai. Robin Tate, an actor who became
fascinated with bonsai, leads the viewer on a tour of bonsai
at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, on a collecting trip in a forest,
then in a nursery. He concludes by demonstrating the styling
of a bonsai. 50 minutes.
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