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Our club, the Blue Ridge Bonsai Society, was invited by the NC Arboretum to create an exhibit and demonstrations In their Bonsai Pavilion for World Bonsai Day, May 14 & 15, 2022. Many members contributed and worked hard. See "2022 So Far" on the Spcial Notices / Recent Events page for more details. Here are some photos:
A Stewartia forest was created by Felix Laughlin with help from other club members at the November, 2019 meeting. It is now two years old.
At the 2019 meeting, Felix first discussed the basic principles of forest design.. Click on the document icon to download his presentation and on the picture gallery to see some of the steps:
In November, 2020, Felix sent us this picture of the forest on its first anniversary:
In 2021, on its second birthday, here it is: (Too late in the season to have leaves.)
Felix on styling methods:
"I added copper loops through the drainage holes to allow me to use thin copper wire to pull the trees into better position.
Also the small trees in the back are straightened using chopsticks allowing the aluminum wire to be put on with wider spacing to minimize scarring of the trunks (a technique Danny showed me). I also used plastic tubing to reduce scarring in various vulnerable areas."
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Pictures from Our Traveling Photographer, Stuart Rogers
Highlights of the 2019 Winter Silhouette Bonsai Expo in Kannapolis, NC
A Few Highlights of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, DC
Knoxville Bonsai Society's Winter Show 2020
Blue Ridge Bonsai Society's Exhibit at the Carolina Bonsai Expo for 2019 at the NC Arboretum, October 12 & 13, 2019
A Few Beautiful Trees from Other Clubs at the Carolina Bonsai Expo for 2019 at the NC Arboretum, October 12 & 13, 2019
Blue Ridge Bonsai Society's Exhibit at the Carolina Bonsai Expo for 2018 at the NC Arboretum, Cctober 12 & 13, 2018
Blue Ridge Bonsai Society's Exhibit at the Asheville Botanical Gardens, 2018
July, 2017 meeting with Arthur Joura at the bonsai hoop house at the NC Arboretum.
Repotting Workshop with Boon Manakitivipart March, 2017
Black Creek Study Group's
Cypress display at the the 2015 Carolina Bonsai Expo