Bonsai Exhibit Comes To The Quadrangle
A "Bonsai Art Exhibit," featuring dwarf trees grown according to ancient Japanese artistic principles, will be on view July 16-17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Quadrangle on Edwards Street in downtown Springfield.
Admission to the show is free.
About 100 tiny arboreal landscapes will be on view in the Quadrangle show, including pines, junipers, boxwood, barberry, ficus, pomegranate and umbrella trees.
The process of bonsai requires constant attention to the trees as they grow. Wiring, pinching and regular fertilizing help achieve the desired shape. Every other year the miniatures must be pruned and re-potted.
Trees in the "Bonsai Art Exhibit" will be less than 20 inches high, according to Sumner ("Sandy") Saffer of Agawam, vice president of the society.
Douglas Taylor of Agawam, president of the society, will be showing one of his own favorite bonsai plants, an 18-inch-tall American larch tree. His miniature landscape will have a dwarf horsetail next to the tree. "The larch grows mostly in bogs," Taylor explains, which is also where horsetail grows.
A two-hour workshop on bonsai will also be offered both days, Saturday from 10-noon and 1-3 p.m., and Sunday at 1-3 p.m.
Admission to the workshop is $25. Plant, pot and wire will be provided, and participants can take the materials home with them at the end of the workshop.
Advance registration for the workshop is required. Registration forms are available at the East Springfield Flower Shop, 548 Page Blvd., Springfield, or by calling (413) 783-7273.
"The workshop will be taught by club members with many years of experience," says Taylor, adding that amateurs with ailing bonsai plants are invited to bring them in for expert advice.
The Bonsai Society meets every third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. from September to June at Springfield Technical Community College on State Street in Springfield. Annual dues are $25 per individual, $35 per family.
Founded in 1988, the society has given demonstrations at the Big E in West Springfield, Berkshire Botanical Gardens in Stockbridge, Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston and at many schools and garden clubs in Western Massachusetts. The event is sponsored by the Bonsai Society of Greater Springfield, which has 35 members from Amherst, Springfield, Ludlow, Hampden and other towns in the Pioneer Valley, as well as Hartford.
Admission to the show is free.
About 100 tiny arboreal landscapes will be on view in the Quadrangle show, including pines, junipers, boxwood, barberry, ficus, pomegranate and umbrella trees.
The process of bonsai requires constant attention to the trees as they grow. Wiring, pinching and regular fertilizing help achieve the desired shape. Every other year the miniatures must be pruned and re-potted.
Trees in the "Bonsai Art Exhibit" will be less than 20 inches high, according to Sumner ("Sandy") Saffer of Agawam, vice president of the society.
Douglas Taylor of Agawam, president of the society, will be showing one of his own favorite bonsai plants, an 18-inch-tall American larch tree. His miniature landscape will have a dwarf horsetail next to the tree. "The larch grows mostly in bogs," Taylor explains, which is also where horsetail grows.
A two-hour workshop on bonsai will also be offered both days, Saturday from 10-noon and 1-3 p.m., and Sunday at 1-3 p.m.
Admission to the workshop is $25. Plant, pot and wire will be provided, and participants can take the materials home with them at the end of the workshop.
Advance registration for the workshop is required. Registration forms are available at the East Springfield Flower Shop, 548 Page Blvd., Springfield, or by calling (413) 783-7273.
"The workshop will be taught by club members with many years of experience," says Taylor, adding that amateurs with ailing bonsai plants are invited to bring them in for expert advice.
The Bonsai Society meets every third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. from September to June at Springfield Technical Community College on State Street in Springfield. Annual dues are $25 per individual, $35 per family.
Founded in 1988, the society has given demonstrations at the Big E in West Springfield, Berkshire Botanical Gardens in Stockbridge, Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston and at many schools and garden clubs in Western Massachusetts. The event is sponsored by the Bonsai Society of Greater Springfield, which has 35 members from Amherst, Springfield, Ludlow, Hampden and other towns in the Pioneer Valley, as well as Hartford.
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