Welcome back and a big thank you to Mr. Mark Arpag who joined us again for the weekend in April to host a full-day bonsai workshop on Saturday and half day workshop Sunday at DJH Bonsai in Feura Bush, NY. Members who signed up got an entire day session with Mark on Saturday and heContinue reading “Mark Arpag Workshops and Demonstration”
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2025 MABs Prep and Spring Festival
MHBS was pleased to participate in the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Bonsai Society (MABS) meeting. Club members met for our monthly gathering in March to select and prepare trees and displays before conducting the club meeting – a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Then in April, Bonsai friends from far and wide joined together forContinue reading “2025 MABs Prep and Spring Festival”
Reminder for March 30th MABs Display Prep
Just a reminder of tomorrow’s meeting and activity (March 30th) at DJH Bonsai– the time is a little earlier than usual meeting. We will be convening at 10 am on March 30th to work on our club submissions to the Spring MAB’s Festival. Please bring any and all trees (show ready) accents, display tables, scrollsContinue reading “Reminder for March 30th MABs Display Prep”
February BYOT workshop @ Faddegon’s
Check out the latest in The MHBS in the March edition of The TWIG , our club newsletter. And please consider joining us at DJH Bonsai in Feura Bush on March 30th for the MABs planning workshop! We’ll be going over and putting together displays so even if you don’t have a tree to goContinue reading “February BYOT workshop @ Faddegon’s”
Jonas Dupuich Virtual Presentation: Tree Evaluation and Display
A reminder that our upcoming February meeting and workshop will be held at Faddegon’s Nursery in Latham, NY. Jonas Dupuich was our first visiting artist of 2025 in January, giving an incredibly engaging virtual presentation on critique/evaluation of trees and elements of tree displays. Jonas began with examples of different types of trees in differingContinue reading “Jonas Dupuich Virtual Presentation: Tree Evaluation and Display”
Happy New Year / Holiday Party Recap
Happy 2025 to all of our members and friends! Please check out our updated calendar of events in the TWIG and on the events page for info about our 2025 club events! Check the events page, calendar, and/or The TWIG for details on our upcoming virtual presentation by Jonas Dupuich on January 26th. We hopeContinue reading “Happy New Year / Holiday Party Recap”
November BYOT Workshop
Thanks again to DJH Bonsai for hosting our November MHBS club meeting and BYOT workshop! Members present heard about some of the upcoming workshops and visiting artists for the coming year (check the calendar on the events page!), discussed the upcoming holiday party/auction, bid on more pots in a silent auction, and discussed both theContinue reading “November BYOT Workshop”
The MHBS Holiday Party 2024 (Dec 7th 12-3pm)!
October BYOT workshop
Please consider joining us for our upcoming club meeting and BYOT workshop, Nov 24th at 12pm at DJH Bonsai in Feura Bush……Thanks to Dave and DJH for hosting our October BYOT meeting workshop. In October, several members brought their trees to work on and get opinions from the group – thanks to all that participated.Continue reading “October BYOT workshop”
Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society Club Show 2024: Highlights
The Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society Club Show 2024 was a great success! A huge thank you to our show committee and activities director for setting things up and to all the members who helped in ways big and small to make the show happen. Thanks to David Hodgetts of DJH Bonsai for providing a demonstrationContinue reading “Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society Club Show 2024: Highlights”