44th Annual Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition August 19-21, 2022 About | Guest Master | Vendors | Schedule | Workshops | Volunteers Needed! | Dinner and Auction | Tree Registration View fullsize August 2017 Best of Show & 1st Place Professional Our August Exhibition has the longest history, going into its 44th year in 2022. It […]
IRON BONSAI COMPETITION Our September meeting should bring back some fond memories for our longtime members. Our Iron Bonsai is a competition between three bonsai artists and one assistant who will each style a mature juniper in a 5-gallon container in one hour. Attendees will wander around the room, observing the transformation of the raw […]
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Penjing Demonstration Jennifer Price will design a Penjing planting on a slab. She will be using approximately nine Chinese Elms, Muck, and a marble slab. Penjing, also known as penzai, is the ancient Chinese art of depicting artistically formed trees, other plants, and landscapes in miniature. Using artificially dwarfed trees and shrubs, these arrangements are created in […]
Our guest presenter for November is Angelica Ramirez, currently working on a six-month bonsai internship at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She will share her extensive knowledge of bonsai pot artists' from around the world. She has compiled an extensive database of the bonsai ceramics community together and made bonsai pottery easily accessible. The potters of […]
Board Meeting
Join us for the last get-together of 2022 Bring snacks and your favorite NA drinks, plus a white elephant gift. There will also be a door prize chance whether you are naughty or nice. We will have our annual Christmas Party this year on December 7 ( our regular Wednesday meeting days ) […]
Jan 10, 2023, 07:00 All members are welcome to join via ZOOM
Join us for the first meeting of 2023! We will view the official club video from the Destination Asia show and open the floor to discuss the show. As always, feel free to bring any trees you need advice from other members! REMINDER: If you ordered club shirts or hats, you could pick them up […]
The 3rd annual PSBS Winter Silhouette Bonsai Exhibit is at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL. A Silhouette exhibit displays the bonsai without leaves which may seem a little strange, but it is a great time to see the trees’ structure, especially the ramification. The exhibit will last one day on Saturday, February 18, 2022, […]
Our March Meeting will be a ZOOM presentation by Chris Consenza on Tanuki or Phoenix grafting. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at The College of Dupage campus in the TEC 1038b. The college address is 425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Members who are unable to attend in […]
March 7, 2023 – Meeting of the Board To join log in to your account and navigate to Board Meetings under the Members Section
