Admire Pauline’s tokonoma displays? Long for your own? On September 29-30, David Knittle will return to PFM Bonsai for a special Tokonoma Workshop. For the astonishingly reasonable price of $210 including all materials, David will help participants each create their own lighted tokonoma. Materials will be pre-cut and we will finish, paint and assemble theContinue reading “NEW Tokonoma Workshop”
Category Archives: Workshops
Kusamono Workshop Photos
Pauline thoroughly covered the art and techniques of kusamono and shitakusa during her presentation and workshop at PFM Bonsai last weekend. Afterward we all got to buy, borrow and swap plant materials to make our own, which was good timing for display prep for our spring show. Now if they only survive…
April TWIG
Click here to download the April TWIG, the official newsletter of MHBS. This month’s issue has news about some great upcoming workshops and shows, including MHBS’s spring show in Saratoga and the addition of a new Tokonoma Workshop with David Knittle in September.
Azalea event photos
David Knittle lurks behind an unsuspecting azalea during his recent MHBS demonstration and workshop at PFM Bonsai. Everything you ever wanted to know about Azaleas was covered and David used a breathtaking Satsuki Azalea he brought along to illustrate his points. Members also brought trees for the display table. Stay tuned for a follow-up postContinue reading “Azalea event photos”
Shitakusa and Kusomono workshop
Come and learn about accents to use with your bonsai and other plantings that can be displayed all on their own. March 25 at PFM Bonsai at 12 Noon. BYO lunch for the meeting followed by the program and workshop. Pauline will give a lesson on Shitakusa and Kusomono to be followed by an openContinue reading “Shitakusa and Kusomono workshop”
David Knittle: For the Love of Azalea Bonsai
February 26 at PFM Bonsai Special Times: 11 am Program, 1 pm Workshop We know we love azaleas but sometimes we really do not know how to best work with them. Come and learn with David. He is a true expert in the horticulture and art of azaleas. So that we can learn before weContinue reading “David Knittle: For the Love of Azalea Bonsai”
Tropicals workshop and Poo Balls at January Meeting
The aroma of spring wafted through the January meeting of MHBS as members whipped up a batch of poo balls for spring fertilizing.
Tropical Bonsai Repotting and Annual Poo Ball Workshop
Join us January 29 at the Voorheesville Cooperative Extension for some good, clean fun! Remember it’s springtime indoors and one of the two times it is good to repot your tropicals. Bring your tropicals and potting materials. If you need soil, call or email Pauline Muth. You may also just learn about repotting and doContinue reading “Tropical Bonsai Repotting and Annual Poo Ball Workshop”
Download the December Newsletter Here
December’s MHBS newsletter, “The Twig,” is now available for download here: December 2011 TWIG. This month’s newsletter includes a reminder about the Annual Dinner and Auction and a tentative 2012 schedule of events.
The Art of Literati Bonsai
November 20 at PFM Bonsai, Pauline Muth will present The Art of Literati Bonsai. BYO lunch and fellowship at 12:00, meeting and presentation at 1:00pm. Come and learn this form of the art of bonsai. After the presentation and demo you may design a literati for your collection. The only cost is that of a tree.Continue reading “The Art of Literati Bonsai”
Mohawk Hudson Bonsai Society 