Sammamish, Washington · Zone 8b · Mid Summer
A quiet place for bonsai stewardship — 46 small trees, growing slowly.
Every tree keeps its own nameplate, its own story, its own pace.

Satsuki Azalea
Rhododendron indicum
1 treeon the bench

Copper Beech
Fagus sylvatica
1 treeon the bench

Boxwood
Buxus
11 treeson the bench

Hall's Crabapple
Malus halliana
1 treeon the bench

Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba
1 treeon the bench

Japanese Andromeda
Pieris japonica 'Red Mill'
2 treeson the bench

Chinese Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Kishu Shimpaku'
3 treeson the bench

Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'
1 treeon the bench

Himalayan Juniper
Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
1 treeon the bench

Procumbens Juniper Nana
Juniperus procumbens
1 treeon the bench

Japanese Larch
Larix kaempferi
1 treeon the bench

Lilac Sensation
Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'
1 treeon the bench

Bigleaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum
1 treeon the bench

Japanese Maple 'Bloodgood'
Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'
1 treeon the bench

Coralbark Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku'
2 treeson the bench

Japanese Maple 'Sharp's Pygmy'
Acer palmatum 'Sharp's Pygmy'
6 treeson the bench

Trident Maple
Acer buergerianum
1 treeon the bench

Canyon Live Oak
Quercus chrysolepis
1 treeon the bench

Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
5 treeson the bench

Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
2 treeson the bench

Engelmann Spruce
Picea engelmannii
1 treeon the bench

Japanese Yew
Taxus cuspidata 'Monloo'
1 treeon the bench
What the garden asks of you today — nothing more.
Mid Summer · 07/01–08/10The garden is holding its breath in the heat. Water deeply, feed lightly, and let the trees rest. Structural work waits for autumn.
The journal remembers what the hands forget.