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Bon-yu Kai Bonsai Club <br />In 2023 the Waimea Bon-yu Kai Bonsai Club will <br />be entering its 67th year as an active bonsai club. <br />Waimea Bon-yu Kai continues to be an active <br />group in the community and has participated in <br />every Cherry Blossom Festival held in Waimea. <br />The late Isami Ishihara of Waimea was a <br />founding club member as well as the planter of <br />the original cherry trees in Church Row Park. <br />"In bonsai, the main thing is the Three Point <br />Rule," Mr. lshihara once shared. He described it <br />as the bonsai having a triangular shape with the <br />top apex, or point, actually at the top. "You also <br />see this in Japanese flower arranging," he added. <br />The triangle's points are called "heaven, man <br />I, <br />1. <br />To learn more, the club <br />invites the public to attend <br />one of its monthly meetings <br />and earth, he continued. The bottom is earth, offered I p.m. to 3 p.m. <br />the foundation; it is strong." every fourth Sunday of the <br />month,except December, at <br />During the festival, visit the Bonsai Club booths /A\ the Waimea Community <br />in Church Row Park and talk story with the Waimea Bon-V(i Kai Center. For more <br />members. There will be bonsai plants on display, information, email <br />bonsai for sale, and an ongoing clinic and Rnncn[ Club WaimeaBonsai@gmaiL.com <br />demonstrations to discuss and work on <br />any bonsai you may have. j— /� � ��\ A <br />