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 workshop will provide Shohin instruction for an in-depth focus on developing your own shohin bonsai. This program is perfect for seedlings and cuttings, and the techniques found in this program are also great for learning proper wound healing, proportion building, and ramification theory, all of which not only apply to shohin, but larger trees as well.
Photos from the 2024 New Talent Competition.
The Winners were:
- 1st Place - Ryan Blomer
- 2nd Place - Carey McLaughlin
- 3rd Place - Syd Kennedy
- Honorable Mention - Noelle Keller
Concratulations to all of the participants!
For the last Beginner's Workshop of 2024 we had a class of fun people who were eager to get started on the bonsai journey. We had a really interesting species of tropical tree from Indonesia called premna which has beautiful small glosy leaves, gets white flowers and purple fruit, and has a really weird odor. Thanks to all those that attended, and to the club members that volunteered their time to help out!
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 bonsai.
Rob discusses the history, growth, decandling, matinenance, and repotting of Japanese Black Pine bonsai.
The June Beginner's Worksop was a lot of fun and we had a great group of new folks learning about bonsai. The subject for this class was green island Ficus and we had some really nice pre-bonsai trees for the class. Everyone's trees turned out great and we're excited to see how they grow over the coming years!
If you're interested in taking a workshop like this, please check our calendar for upcoming dates.
