Hawk Eye Bonsai

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

Styling a Yamadori Olea - "Demi-Tree"

Photo by Roland Lopez | @hawkeyebonsai_dharmawolf

Hello! My name is Roland Lopez. I’ve been a bonsai practitioner for almost 3 years now. I love collecting trees and also purchasing material to craft into a miniature representation of trees in nature. I also love starting them from seed! Creating bonsai from seed means from the very beginning...

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

The 2019, Lone Star Bonsai Federation Convention in Houston, Texas was hosted by the Houston Bonsai Society. It occurred during the month of April and was also an American Bonsai Society event. With the ABS present, the convention was larger than previous LSBF events.

Photo by Joey McCoy | @joeybonsai

The Texas State Bonsai Exhibit has a collection of bonsai trees which they tend to, develop, and present at bonsai events. The pictured TTSBE Cedar Elm is an example of the work Hawk Eye can perform on collection owned trees of Imperial size. The blog post contains a series of photos which outline the scope of work performed on this specimen over the course of the last two years. This tree has significant history in association with the TTSBE Exhibit. The above photo was taken in April of 2019 after the first flush of Spring growth was pruned back and removal of unnecessary deadwood. The work was conducted by TTSBE Members and Hawk Eye Bonsai members.

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

A photo of the front of the house after we removed the Japanese Boxwoods. We were contacted by a homeowner in the Round Rock area who was planning on removing their landscape shrubs. The homeowner was familiar with the idea of bonsai and that there are groups of bonsai enthusiasts in the Austin area who will remove landscape plants from properties. He requested that we leave a tree for him to start on the bonsai journey, which is why there is a single Boxwood remaining.

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

This is a photo of a mighty Cedar Elm in July 2019 after it pushed out Spring growth. Really excited to see the tree wake up this year and respond well to the location in the nursery. The tree really enjoys consistent watering and fertilization.

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

A photo of the side of the building after removing around 25 Dwarf Yaupon Holly bushes.

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

Looks clean right! A photo of the front of the house after we removed the Japanese Boxwoods. We found the owner on Craig's List looking to remove the shrubs, reached out and scheduled a time to help!

Photo by Joey McCoy | @joeybonsai

The 2017, Lone Star Bonsai Federation Convention in Dallas, Texas was hosted by the Bonsai Society of Dallas. It occurred during the month of April and was the first state convention attended by Brandon.

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

Another happy homeowner! A photo of the front of the house after we removed the Japanese Boxwoods. We found the owner on Craig's List looking to remove the shrubs, reached out and scheduled a time to help! The trees on the left hand side of the picture were cemented in and the homeowner was good to leave them there.... Keep Austin Weird!?

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

This property was really close to where most of us live in North West Austin, so it was a really convenient trip to the site. We found the owner on Craig's List looking to remove the shrubs, reached out and scheduled a time to help!

Photo by May Lau | @maylauphotography

This corner was covered with huge overgrown Japanese Boxwoods... now you can see where the sidewalk ends.

Photo by Brandon Baldauf | @wizardsknow

Pictured are the trees relocated to Brandon's house in the large tub. This was a unique tree rescue! We found an ad on Craig's List indicating a family was leaving Austin and needed to find a home for their Bald Cypress trees. In the 90s, they visited the Frio River in South Central Texas which is known for it's huge Bald Cypress on the banks of the river. While there, they collected a few small saplings to remember the location and brought them back to their property in Austin.

Photo by Joey McCoy | @joeybonsai

The 2017, Lone Star Bonsai Federation Convention in Dallas, Texas was hosted by the Bonsai Society of Dallas. It occurred during the month of April and was the first state convention attended by Brandon.