MV Bonsai Club
Unless otherwise noted, regular meetings are second Saturdays, 1-3 p.m. at D'Alessandro's Nursery.
All MVBC meetings are open to prospective new members. Invite friends and share with them our love for bonsai.
NEXT MEETINGS
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
December 9 - ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY; bring an appetizer or dessert to share; trees and questions are always welcome; bring at least one bonsai-related item to donate to our annual fund-raising club auction
(items are displayed on tables; bids are written on slips by each item; bids can keep increasing until a pre-determined time; highest bid wins item)
Mohawk Valley Bonsai Club Mission | Providing opportunities to have fun while developing skills, the Mohawk Valley Bonsai Club is a forum for learning, inspiring, building knowledge, and connecting with the greater bonsai community.
Many thanks to everyone who attended our annual exhibition! We appreciate all the members who prepared trees for the show, helped with setup and takedown and those who staffed the exhibition and answer questions from our 380+ visitors!
MORE PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE >>
Thank you Mark Arpag for another great lecture/demonstration! We are always grateful when you come and share your expertise.
A little inspiration from the Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition, February 2020 (photo C. Brown)
Award-winning Japanese White Pine, Pinus parviflora, at the Kokufu-ten, Tokyo, February 13, 2020
Award-winning Japanese Quince, Chaenomeles japonica 'Chojubai,' at the Kokufu-ten, Tokyo, February 13, 2020
KOKUFU-TEN PHOTOS BY C. BROWN
The Mohawk Valley Bonsai Club was invited to have a display table at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute members' opening reception for the exhibition Kimono! (June 9, 2018). We are grateful to MWPAI for this wonderful opportunity.
Some past meetings and items of interest:
Photos from our shohin roundup meeting:
A bonsai is considered a shohin if it measures approximately 20 cm or 8 inches from the top of the pot to the top of the tree.
The image below is from the Gafu-ten shohin exhibition which was held in Kyoto in January 2016. More shohin photos >>
Our thanks to Art Doremus for an interesting and informative presentation on insect and fungal problems — how to recognize and control them.
Reference links from the presentation:
fingerlakesbonsai.weebly.com/bonsai-info.html
www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/bonsai-care/advanced/pests-diseases
www.bonsai-and-blooms.com/bonsai-tree-diseases.html
nebonsai.com/home/pests-and-diseases/
Pre-bonsai search party at D’Alessandro’s Landscape Nursery, where we enjoyed a presentation on mugo pine by club member Doug Whitfield. More photos >>
(Below) January 2016; Chojubai (flowering quince) displayed in tokonoma at Kunio Kobayashi’s Shunka-en bonsai museum in Tokyo.
(Below) January 2016; flowering Ume (Japanese apricot) displayed in tokonoma at Kunio Kobayashi’s Shunka-en bonsai museum in Tokyo.
Browse the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum (Saitama, Japan) website:
Mohawk Valley Bonsai Club Mission
Providing opportunities to have fun while developing skills, the Mohawk Valley Bonsai Club is a forum for learning, inspiring, building knowledge, and connecting with the greater bonsai community.
The group first met in a park in July 2005 and has grown to include newcomers to the hobby as well as those with 20+ years of experience!
Club Officers 2023
President Deverie Hunt 18blackflowers@gmail.com
Vice Presidents Matt VanDuesen thevandeusens@gmail.com
Librarians Tyler Hunt and Christian Hunt
"The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make a bonsai look like a tree." — John Naka