This is a tentative date with a possible date of June 17th - TBD.

Bring your Own tree and have PBS members review and critique so you can make your tree exceptional! This will also be an opportunity for you to bring a tree that you would like to show in next years Philadelphia Flower Show. Get tips on what your tree would need to make it into the BIG SHOW!

Bring your own tree (if deciduous it can not be in leaf) or you can purchase trees for ~$25-70 from Kifu. This is a great opportunity open for all PBS members. Make sure you have all the tools needed for a repot including, soil, chop sticks, wire tie down, and any other tools. Meeting will begin with Bob Mahler leading a discussion on repotting.

We are tentatively planning a hands-on wiring workshop for this meeting. This hands-on workshop will demonstrate wiring techniques and solutions to common wiring problems.

Note the new date! Join us for our 2022 Holiday party. Please bring a side dish or dessert, PBS will supply a main entree and drinks. Enjoy a silent auction, crazy pollyanna and your bonsai friends.

Join us for our annual picnic. PBS will supply lunch and drinks. Please bring a dessert or side dish. There will be a live auction ONLY. Because of space limitations we will not have a silent auction. Members can auction up to three individual items at the live auction.

Sergio will present a demonstration from 10:15 to around 12:30. We will have a break for lunch and then Sergio will lead a workshop for 12 participants. Please contact Joanne Dhody (details in newsletter) to reserve a spot in the workshop. Bring your deciduous tree (or any tree) to a workshop with Sergio, who is renowned for his deciduous tree work.

Bring the trees you would like to display in the Flower Show. This year’s trees will be judged by Mauro Stemberger. Either submit your own photos or have them taken at Kifu Studio during the workshop.

Join us as Mauro Stemberger demonstrates why he is one of the most popular bonsai artists today.

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. We will update you on tree selection as soon as possible.

Bob Mahler will demonstrate how to prepare a tree for display in a bonsai exhibition. He will discuss cleaning, mossing, making the pot shine and all of the other details that help make a beautiful tree shine.

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE AND LOCATION

Sean Smith or Custom Oriental Wood-Craft is our guest artist. With a passion for bonsai and suiseki for over 20 years, and an extensive background in carpentry, Sean took the two, put them together and started his own business in 1994. He makes bonsai display tables, and carves daiza for renowned bonsai and suiseki enthusiasts all over the world.

Sean will start with a presentation on how display tables are used to show bonsai. He will also discuss the history and origin of them. At the workshop, participants will receive all the parts needed to assemble their own bonsai display table. The display table will be a 16” x 10” x 7” Kifu size display table. The workshop will cost $125.00, payable to Sean at the workshop. The workshop is limited to 12 people, please contact Joanne D. (email in the newsletter) by January 31 to reserve a spot in the workshop, but observers are welcome. There will be a lunch break at the nearby diner.

Join us for a Holiday gathering. PBS will supply the main entree, but please bring desserts or a side. For those who want to participate, we’ll have a Crazy Bonsai Pollyanna. Each participant brings a bonsai related gift ($20 maximum value). In addition we’ll have a silent auction, with ALL proceeds going to the seller. Plus a raffle for MABS registration.

Todd will lead a Bring Your Own Tree workshop for 12 participants. Each participant will pay $20.00. Lunch will be provided, please bring your own drinks.

Please note the new location

Todd Schlafer (First Branch Bonsai, Colorado) is a bonsai artist specializing in native American trees. He won the 2016 American Bonsai Society’s finest native American tree species at the 5th US National Bonsai Exhibition in Rochester NY. Todd studied with Ryan Neal and is a terrific teacher and artist. Here is his website: https://www.firstbranchbonsai.com. Todd will do a demo this evening and host a workshop on November 20.

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW LOCATION

Please note the change to this event.

Join us for a Bring Your Own Tree workshop at Kifu Bonsai. Originally this workshop was to select trees for the Philadelphia Flower Show. Due to the Show’s schedule change, we will not be selecting trees for display at this workshop. Bring any tree you wish to work on. If you have a tree you are interested in showing at the Flower Show and want to get some ideas to prepare, please bring it to this workshop.

Lunch will be provided, please bring your own beverages. Please RSVP to Joanne Dhody

Please join us at Rosade Bonsai Studio with any tree you want to work on with Martin Schmalenberg and Chase Rosade on Saturday, September 18 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.

We can only accommodate 12 workshop participants, but any number of observers are welcome. PBS will supply food for lunch, including soft drinks, but if you have alternative beverage preferences please feel free to bring them.

The cost per person is $20.00, both for workshop participants and observers, payable at the workshop on September 18.

Join us for our annual members’ picnic and auction. Details to follow.

Bring the tree you will display at this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show to Kifu Bonsai. All are welcome as we groom the trees selected for the show. Bring your own tree to work on, even if it won’t be in the show, or just come to watch and enjoy the day. Here is the Kifu Bonsai website.

Celebrate World Bonsai Day with Chase Rosade at his studio. Click here for more information.

Join the well known UK bonsai artist Tony on a Zoom presentation. Here is Tony’s website. Watch your email for the invitation.

Jim Doyle of Nature’s Way Nursery will discuss Literati trees. We will be using Zoom for the meeting, look for the email with the meeting invitation coming soon. If you aren’t on our email list, contact us using the button at the bottom of the page and we’ll send you the meeting invitation.

Join us as Chase Rosade, Bob Mahler and Jim Gillespie discuss winter care, preparing for spring, or any other questions you might have. We will be using Zoom for the meeting, look for the email with the meeting invitation coming soon. If you aren’t on our email list, contact us using the button at the bottom of the page and we’ll send you the meeting invitation.

This month’s meeting focuses on our annual Holiday Celebration, and one of the features of this meeting is the Holiday raffle, in which surprise after surprise awaits the lucky ticket holders. Each year we have a bunch of raffle surprises - pots, tools, wire, trees, whatever...- and lots of fun trying to separate the great items from the "zonks". There's even somewhat of a treasure hunt - that of trying to find the pack- age containing the free MidAtlantic registration. That's right, one of the beautifully wrapped packages will contain a free, full registration to the 2021 MidAtlantic Bonsai Societies Spring Festival, but be careful, packages can be deceiving.

While you're getting things ready for winter storage, look over your plant material. Perhaps your collection is getting out of hand and it's time to part with some trees. Perhaps you're "downsizing" - either reducing the number of trees or moving into shohin bonsai. How about those prebonsai you've been meaning to do something with? Maybe you have a super pot collection, but can never find a pot and tree match (sound familiar?). Whatever you're doing, think about putting those items in the November Auction. You'll receive 80% of the selling price, with 20% going to the club. Of course, donations will be gladly accepted!