Potomac Bonsai Association Show and Sale, May 6-8, 2022

rockm · Apr 13, 2022

The PBA put out their event page for the May 6-8 show and sale at the National Arboretum in D.C. It's been two years or so since the last one.

Potomac Bonsai Festival – Potomac Bonsai Association, Inc.

potomacbonsai.com

crookedwoodbonsai · Apr 13, 2022

I'm planning on going down

crookedwoodbonsai · Apr 13, 2022

I see the Meehans will be there. I worked for them for a while, might be nice to catch up

rockm · Apr 14, 2022

I'm going to try to get up there that Saturday. Really want to check out the North American Satsuki Bonsai Center's stuff. Also very glad to see an old bonsai hand back at it. I used to buy soil and stuff from John Howle in B'more 25 years ago as Black Pines Nursery. His place was in Dundalk, Md. He's back as Victory Bonsai Nursery.

HorseloverFat · Apr 14, 2022

crookedwoodbonsai said:
I'm planning on going down

Your Screen-name rules.

Redwood Ryan · May 6, 2022

Anyone planning on going to the festival tomorrow?

vp999 · May 6, 2022

I dropped my Japanese larch there for the club show yesterday, I'll be there on Sunday around 2:30 to check it out and to pick the tree up.

mj_barb · May 7, 2022

I went Friday had a great time. It was nice chatting with folks - I’m really interested in joining the Northern VA Bonsai society. Picked up a cotoneaster, trident, Chinese elm, dawn redwood, and a Japanese larch from Meehans & Superfly. Hope the rain doesn’t scare people off!

Bonsai Nut · May 9, 2022

We need some photos!

rockm · May 9, 2022

Went up on Friday at noon...rain took a merciful pause for about two hours. Got a few pics of the collection. Rain forced me into the vendors' tent where I was forced to buy a satsuki...

BTW, Rick Garcia at North American Satsuki Bonsai Center is a great resource. I talked with him for a while about satsuki. He is hugely knowledgeable. He showed me the pre-publication galleys of his upcoming book on Satsuki care and development. First in a planned two-volume set. Pretty thorough with detailed info. From the look of it, a lot more than any of the Satsuki books currently out there. Due to be published in the next month.

rockm · May 9, 2022

More...Rain was a problem getting to see the trees, It alternated between mist and downpours. Taking pics with a phone in a downpour is dicey.

First photo is the Yamaki Pine (BTW, the redesign of the Japanese pavillion is spectacular--with huge rocks, granite plinths, tsubo-niwa plantings and other touches). Second photo is the huge Zelkova from the original gift of trees from Japan in 1976. It's four feet tall and has been a bonsai since 1895. The third is the equally huge trident maple given as a gift by Prince Takamatsu in1976. It's also a bit in excess of four feet high and was started from a seeding in 1895. Fourth is a huge forest planting of Chinese quince in the North American Collection. Gift of former curator Warren Hill. In training since 1975

rockm · May 9, 2022

FWIW, you can get a glimpse of the satsuki book here (scroll down)

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Carol 83 · May 9, 2022

rockm said:
I was forced to buy a satsuki.

I hate when that happens.

rockm · May 9, 2022

Carol 83 said:
I hate when that happens.

Yeah, it is a problem.

rockm · May 10, 2022

If you're on Facebook, the PBA posted many photos of the event, from the vendor tent to the exhibitions and demos

Potomac Bonsai Association | Washington D.C. DC

Potomac Bonsai Association, Washington D. C. 4,457 likes · 10 talking about this. The Potomac Bonsai Association (PBA) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the aware

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Also a blog post about display, includes pic of at least one of the trees in the PBA show at the festival.

Learning About Display

I am just starting to learn about formal display of bonsai. Let me share some things I’ve learned. My display at the 2022 PBA Festival

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Pitoon · May 10, 2022

rockm said:
If you're on Facebook, the PBA posted many photos of the event, from the vendor tent to the exhibitions and demos

Potomac Bonsai Association | Washington D.C. DC

Potomac Bonsai Association, Washington D. C. 4,457 likes · 10 talking about this. The Potomac Bonsai Association (PBA) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the aware

www.facebook.com

@ABCarve I think I saw a photo of Les in the group of pics they posted

crookedwoodbonsai · May 12, 2022

Picked up this natal fig from a nice couple from New York. It needs some thought about where to take it from here but I love that it already has some aerial roots coming down.

W3rk · May 12, 2022

rockm said:
More...Rain was a problem getting to see the trees, It alternated between mist and downpours. Taking pics with a phone in a downpour is dicey.

First photo is the Yamaki Pine (BTW, the redesign of the Japanese pavillion is spectacular--with huge rocks, granite plinths, tsubo-niwa plantings and other touches). Second photo is the huge Zelkova from the original gift of trees from Japan in 1976. It's four feet tall and has been a bonsai since 1895. The third is the equally huge trident maple given as a gift by Prince Takamatsu in1976. It's also a bit in excess of four feet high and was started from a seeding in 1895. Fourth is a huge forest planting of Chinese quince in the North American Collection. Gift of former curator Warren Hill. In training since 1975

Yeah I had to swing by first thing Friday @ 10am to visit before work. The rain was abysmal and my pictures are terrible, it was just downpouring when I was checking out the show trees.

But I got an early crack at the vendors and picked up a pair of (to me) very nice starter Bald Cypress