BSGC Monthly Meetings

At the 2025 BSGC Fall Bonsai Show at the Cincinnati Krohn Conservatory, visiting artist Jim Doyle critiques each of the 57 trees being shown.

This large Ficus "Too Little" forest re-pot was a huge undertaking by several people from the Bonsai Society of Greater Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Krohn Conservatory. This forest hadn't been…

In this month's meeting, Jim Doyle from Nature's Way Nursery in Harrisburg, PA talks about literati bonsai, the meaning behind the style, and demonstrates the creation of a nice literati-style…

At this month's meeting, Stephanie Renaker-Jansen of Reminiscent Herb Farm will be discussing uncommon…

Rob discusses the history, growth, decandling, matinenance, and repotting of Japanese Black Pine bonsai.

Kerry has been in the horticultural industry for over 30 years.  He is also a a collector of unusual trees, shrubs, perennials, and bulbs and is currently the buyer, nursery manager, and…

In this month's meeting, Ben Kirkland from Appalachian Bonsai talks all things yamadori!

In this demonstration, Chris creates a forest group "Yose-ue" on a slab using three Itoigawa junipers (Juniperus chinensis 'itoigawa'.) The final bonsai is housed in the permanent collection at…

In this month's meeting we talk about the upcoming white elephant sale and our Fall Bonsai Show and the Cincinnati Krohn Conservatory. After the general meeting we have an excellent presentation…

This month’s speaker is Scott Yelich out of Indianapolis.  Scott’s topic for the meeting and workshop is Tropical Bonsais.  The demo tree is a very large Jaboticaba.