General Meeting – Forest Planting Workshop & Board Elections

General Meeting - March 6, 2024 Forest Planting Hands-on Workshop Board Elections Jim Beck and Linda Camp of BC Bonsai lead a hands-on forest planting workshop for our March 2024 General Meeting. The workshop costs $70 for a five-tree planting and $90 for a seven-tree planting.  Additional trees will be available for $10 each. Species […]

Dig This Weekend

  BC Bonsai will be digging up trees this weekend. Saturday from 10 am to 5pm we will be in Wheaton digging up 6 nice size Scotts pines and some young junipers and spruce trees.  Then on Sunday we will be out at the nursery in Paw Paw where there are hundreds of trees to […]

General Meeting – Tree Repotting

General Meeting - April 3, 2024 Tree Repotting Demonstration Bring a tree that is in need of repotting to the meeting.  Bring tools, soil, and wire. Please note that our April general meeting will be held in ROOM HEC #1020, in the HOMELAND SECURITY EDUCATION CENTER (see aerial map below) from 7:00 PM to 9:00 […]

Yamadori Dig with MBS

Boerner Botanical Gardens 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, WI, United States

Bryan Lorentzen, a member of the Milwaukee Bonsai Society, is hosting a Yamadori dig on April 6th, 2023, and has invited our club to attend. He walked in the woods near the Boerner Botanical Garden four years ago. The Milwaukee Public Schools own the woods. He came across a large group of burning bushes, which […]

Bonsai Open House & Sale at Phil Malhiot’s

Bonsai Open House & Sale at Phil Malhiot’s Stop by and visit my new bonsai garden and studio! Friday and Saturday, April 19 & 20 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 2908 S. 10th Ave. Broadview, IL We downsized and moved last summer, but I still have way too many trees! I’ll be selling a wide variety […]

Bonsai Central Convention in Saint Louis

Convention in Saint Louis Bonsai Central 2024 will be held at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, Illinois. Just a short drive across the river from Saint Louis, the hospitality district in Collinsville accommodates events at Gateway Convention Center with 9 hotels and over 900 hotel rooms in a variety of hotel properties, approximately 20 restaurants ranging […]

MEIJER GARDENS MICHIGAN ALL-STATE BONSAI SHOW

Friday, May 10: Vendors and Displays, 9 am–5 pm Saturday, May 11: Vendors and Displays 9 am-5 pm Sunday, May 12: Vendors and Displays, 11 am-5 pm Fee: Bonsai Show admission is complimentary. Preregistration is required for Bonsai in the Garden Learning Seminars. This year’s Bonsai Show will be larger, more inspiring, and more exciting than […]

General Meeting – Mauro Stemberger Demo

General Meeting - May 15, 2024 Styling demonstration by Mauro Stemberger NOTE:  Room change for this demonstration; see below. Mauro Stemberg was born in Feltre, Italy, and works as an architect and Bonsai artist.  At the age of 14, he became fascinated with the art of Bonsai and started his passion with the local Bonsai […]

Illinois Tree Climbing Championship

St James Farm – 2S541 Winfield Rd, Warrenville, Illinois 60555 2S541 Winfield Rd, Warrenville, IL, United States

    Competitive tree climbing and fun at the IAA Tree Climbing Championship. The 2024 IAA Tree Climbing Championship will be held on May 18th & 19th. Tree climbing competitions are designed to simulate the working conditions of production arborists in the field. Utilizing the highest level of professional skills and safety, the events provide […]

General Meeting – Root-Over-Rock Demonstration

General Meeting - June 5, 2024 Root over Rock Demonstration Please note that our June general meeting will be held back in our old Room: 1038B in the TEC Building from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM As always… Bring a tree to the meeting you have questions about.  Members are always encouraged to bring personal trees […]