The Pacific Northwest Viewing Stone Club, a study group within the Puget Sound Bonsai Association, staged their thirteenth exhibition of viewing stones at the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, Washington, November 1-8, 2023. 

The 34th California Aiseki-kai exhibition continued its longstanding reputation December 26-30, 2023, of being the finest display of North American viewing stones held in the U.S. 

By many accounts, Melba L. Tucker (1917-1996), was an extraordinary individual who passionately pursued and promoted the arts of bonsai, saikei, suiseki, and viewing stones. 

In recent years, stone collectors have found Yellow-wax stones in the Garnet Hill area near Palm Springs in southern California. 

The relationship between viewing stones and bonsai is often considered as close as the two wheels of a bicycle, both having the power to deepen our appreciation of the natural world.

This display features viewing stones primarily from southern California collected by its members. 

This annual exhibition of bonsai and mainly Chinese viewing stones was held as part of the Lunar New Year’s Festival.