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SeaClaire Enterprises was founded in the early nineties by bonsai specialist Joe Harris III. The goal of SeaClaire is
to advance the art of bonsai in the finest traditional sense. Everything from basic cultural care to advanced design techniques;
we can provide the guidance to help you develop your bonsai into show quality masterpieces.
A native of Memphis, Mr.
Harris began his nursery career in 1976 at the young age of eleven working part-time for Brussel Martin at his small bonsai
nursery in Germantown, Tennessee. Working in the summer, weekends and after school, Joe helped Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery
grow into the largest importer and grower of bonsai in North America, now based just outside of Memphis in Olive Branch, Mississippi.
From 1986 to 1990, Joe took a break from his duties at Brussel’s, and began a four year apprenticeship in Japan
at the Kanuma Shizen Bonsai Koen (Kanuma Nature and Bonsai Park) under the watchful eye of bonsai master Makoto Hashimoto.
There he learned bonsai design, cultural care and business practices. Joe is now an internationally recognized authority on
the art of bonsai, traveling throughout the United States and abroad conducting demonstrations and workshops on bonsai design
and cultural care techniques. Even though his forte is Japanese five-needle pine (Pinus parviflora) bonsai, he is best known
for his expertise in applying bonsai techniques to Satsuki azalea.
In late 1996, Joe accepted a job offer from Iseli
Nursery, Inc. in Boring, Oregon, where he had been a pruning consultant for several years. Iseli is a wholesale grower of
rare and beautiful dwarf conifers, Japanese maples and other select ornamental trees and shrubs. Joe now manages the Japanese
maple and Matsunami-en Bonsai® divisions, as well as the pine section of their Living Art® division.
Professional
affiliations:
Nippon Bonsai Association
Board of Directors of the American Conifer Society
Vice President - American Conifer Society, Western Region
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