ACBS to present "Art of Bonsai" exhibit at Stan Hywet Hall in Akron

"Art of Bonsai" Exhibit at Stan Hywet Hall in Akron, Ohio runs from August 4th to 12th

ACBS is pleased to announce that our members' trees will be exhibited in Stan Hywet Hall's magnificent gardens in Akron, Ohio. The week and a half long exhibit--from August 4th through August 12th -- is entitled "The Art of Bonsai." Stan Hywet Hall is as well-known for its Japanese and other gardens as it is for the mansion.

This is an exciting event for our club, and we hope that this will be a chance for the northeastern Ohio gardening community to experience and appreciate the art of bonsai--especially our pines and other trees that are looking right now so magnificent in the height of summer.


The exhibit will be open from 10:00 to 6:00 daily at Stan Hywet 714 N. Portage Path, Akron, Ohio 44303--see this link for a map.


Please join us for this event.  Later in August, photographs of the exhibit will be posted here on our events blog as well as on our gallery site.

Growing Season Projects

At the July meeting, ACBS members shared some of their summer growing season projects.  Here are three gems.

1. Magnificent and sublime, this is a real specimen tree.  It's hard to believe what can be created out of discarded and overgrown shrubs.  You can see photos of this tree--as well as it's companion tree, pictured in the right hand column with the caption "Dan's Juniper"-- in some of our past exhibitions at our gallery site. In this video, Dan gives a 360 degree tour of one of his famous junipers:

2. It takes a healthy tree (and a brave man), but in this video, Carlton shows us how he is using leaf pruning and defoliation to further develop trident forest.  The results will be smaller leaves and greater ramification in the branches.  Photos of this forest at past ACBS shows can also be found on our gallery site.  

3. Fun with junipers--When neighbors rip out their overgrown shrubbery, we are there.  Unwanted shrubbery makes perfect stater material.  First, the price is right, since it's free.  Second, if they've often done the work of digging it out for you.  And third, there's often a lot of close in branches to choose from on a fairly hefty trunk.  Some cool junipers can also be found in inexpensive nursery stock. In this short video, Mike gives a tour of some juniper projects: