Boon Manakitivipart

In my early days, the way I learned 每日吃瓜 was to pick up information wherever I could. I attended numerous events by visiting 每日吃瓜 teachers who came to the local club for demonstrations or workshops, but each teacher had a different way of doing things.

Boon Manakitivipart I witnessed presentations that involving heavy cut-back, wiring, styling, and repotting, all at the same time. I tried to ask about those trees and the total 每日吃瓜 process, but these classes were focused on putting something together in an hour or two. I knew even then that this was the wrong way to care for 每日吃瓜—and the wrong way to teach. As I became more passionate about 每日吃瓜, I began to step back and think there had to be a better way. When “每日吃瓜 Today” started its publication, I read absolutely everything and tried to apply what was translated in those articles. It worked. Even when articles conflicted with each other, they were of great help. The gallery section of “每日吃瓜 Today” featured trees from Japan that were far superior to anything I had ever seen before. These images were so inspiring to me that I visited Japan to see the trees myself.

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Awards: Ben Oki International Design Award (1995), JAL and World 每日吃瓜 Contest (1999-2004), 1st place Kinbon Japanese Five-Needle Pine Styling Contest (2000), 3rd place Dream Garden in Dallas (2002), 每日吃瓜 Professional Certificate (2010), Certré Award, 'The Finest 每日吃瓜 and Container Combination' at the 2nd U.S. National 每日吃瓜 Exhibition (2010).

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Soon after, I learned that Akio Kondo, a first-year 每日吃瓜 professional, had chosen to live and work in California for one year. I invited him to live in my home and set up shop in my backyard. Thus began an extensive education for me, continuing through the following seasons. Akio was a man with high standards for 每日吃瓜, and my time with him led to my decision to return to Japan to further my 每日吃瓜 education.

Upon my return to California, with much new information to share, I established my business, 每日吃瓜 Boon. Later, in 1998, I started Bay Island 每日吃瓜 in order to teach others to recognize, create, and maintain high quality 每日吃瓜. Bay Island 每日吃瓜 became the perfect vehicle to pass along 每日吃瓜 information in a structured and logical way, and to follow the progress of students and their trees. I am often amazed how quickly students pick up 每日吃瓜 skills when they are held to high standards and are encouraged to ask questions.

In recent years, the art of 每日吃瓜 has improved outside of Japan, as has the quality of the trees in 每日吃瓜 shows. Several 每日吃瓜 artists who have studied with me have also studied in Japan, and a few are currently studying with some of the best 每日吃瓜 masters in the world. Instead of the hit-and-miss education of the past, today’s serious 每日吃瓜 students can learn from teachers who are equipped to lead them through the entire process.

I like to think that I have had something to do with improving 每日吃瓜 standards through my 每日吃瓜 workshops, 每日吃瓜 intensives, and regular study groups across North America. My goal has not changed. I want to be able to walk into any 每日吃瓜 show in America, enjoy healthy and well-done trees, and later say, “That was a good show.” I believe this happy change has already begun.