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Originally Posted by rockm
Vic has found one of the least noticed paths to learning bonsai--finding a mentor and then working for them. I have seen a few folks do this at bonsai nurseries.
One worked for free at one bonsai nursery I go to weeding, trimming and doing work that the owners couldn't get to or were avoiding doing. He wound up using his experience there to help him get a docent position at the National Arb's bonsai collection... He now helps trim Goshin occasionally...
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I am asked all the time, by people who arn't into bonsai.... "Does he pay you
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I tell them that I am being given what would be a vastly expensive bonsai education for my efforts. I explain what conventions cost, and one on one instruction with noted masters costs... then their eyes get a little wide. And they say... "ohhhhhhhhhhhh......."
PLUS... it's saving me money. I'm getting my bonsai addiction met to such a degree, I havn't bought a single tree this season. Mostly I am waiting to be able to buy some stock that Dan will have available this summer... collected Mountain Hemlocks from north Vancouver Island in Canada.
