Stolen Bonsai were Gretchen's Retirement Fund

David DeWire, of Wabi-Sabi Bonsai in Hansville, WA, passed away in March of 2021.

His wife of 40 years, Gretchen, is in her 70's and unable to care for Dave's legacy of trees.

She has been selling the trees at incredibly reasonable prices to fund her retirement as they had less than $5,000 when David passed. Additionally, her mobile home is in need of some serious repairs.

Someone went to her house and stole many of her trees including ripping some beautiful and rare trees out of the ground....in JULY (for those that don't know trees, this is the worst time to dig one up). She is a generous and kind-hearted woman and I can't imagine how violated she must feel.

While it's unlikely that the trees will be recovered, or that they will survive even if they are, I hope that the bonsai community (and tree lovers in general) will come to her aid and donate the value of the stolen trees to her retirement fund.