The MHBS welcomed visiting artist Young Choe in June. Ms. Choe hosted two half day member workshops on Saturday, both of which were very popular and productive. Young gave tips, teaching, and doses of humor in between working with each of the workshop registrants. She spoke about types of plants selected for kusamono, soil, moss,Continue reading “Kusamono with Young Choe”
Category Archives: Workshops
Mark Arpag Workshops and Demonstration
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”
MABs prep & BYOT workshop
Thanks to all who brought trees for consideration for showing at/representing our club at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Bonsai Society (MABS) meeting in April and thank you to DJH Bonsai for the meeting space and expertise! The MHBS is responsible for showing several displays at the conference and those present helped to select trees for aContinue reading “MABs prep & BYOT workshop”
BYOT Workshop @ Faddgeon’s Nursery
Our meeting and activity last month was held in the peaceful setting of greenhouse three of Fadeggon’s Nursery in Latham. After our club meeting adjourned, club members began work on various projects that they brought to the BYOT workshop.Trees were repotted, styled and worked in different ways to move their designs forward. In addition, non-membersContinue reading “BYOT Workshop @ Faddgeon’s Nursery”
BYOT Workshop
Welcome to new club members and those checking MHBS out! Club members of all levels of experience got together with their trees to ask for opinions and styling advice. David Hodgetts led the workshop with contribution welcome from all those in attendance. Many thanks to those who brought trees and those who gave advice andContinue reading “BYOT Workshop”
2023 Club Show Planning Workshop
Members assembled at DJH Bonsai in Feura Bush with a wide variety of trees, stands, and accents to put together displays for the upcoming club show and to give and get advice on displays. Welcome to our new members and those joining us for the first time to check out the club! We love toContinue reading “2023 Club Show Planning Workshop”
Suthin Sukosolvisit Workshops & Demo
(from The TWIG courtesy of Nancy Castillo) Renowned bonsai artist Suthin Sukosolvisit spent a weekend with our club at the end of August, conducting a full day workshop on Saturday and a half day workshop on Sunday. He started each workshop by discussing a tree brought by each participant, allowing us to hear his thinkingContinue reading “Suthin Sukosolvisit Workshops & Demo”
MHBS welcomes Mark Arpag: Workshop and Demo
MHBS welcomed Mark Arpag to the Capital Region for the weekend of July 29th and 30th. Many thanks to Mark for providing his expertise on cedar and design of other trees and for some great stories! On Saturday, some members brought their own material for one-on-one workshop time with Mark in styling and design. OnContinue reading “MHBS welcomes Mark Arpag: Workshop and Demo”
April 2023 B.Y.O.T. Workshop
MHBS bring your own tree workshop for members to work on their own trees and share opinions and experience was a great success. There were some wonderful trees, good snacks, and a great time was had by all. Thanks to DJH Bonsai for hosting the club meetings! We’d love to see you at a futureContinue reading “April 2023 B.Y.O.T. Workshop”
MABS Spring Festival approaches
The 11 bonsai societies that comprise MABS (Mid-Atlantic Bonsai Society) will host the annual Spring Festival in Parsippany, NJ, March 31 – April 2, 2023. This year’s festival will feature bonsai masters Will Baddeley of Ipswich, United Kingdom, Todd Schlafer of Lakewood, Colorado, and Hugo Zamora Luna of Mexico City, Mexico (pictured below), in demonstrationsContinue reading “MABS Spring Festival approaches”
Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society 