Author: cleveland

Lots of action these last few weeks! The trees have returned to their benches for a fresh growing season and I officially closed out my repotting season tonight with an Engelmann Spruce. I hope you all had a productive and successful repotting season as well!

We have a meeting coming up this Saturday. As a theme for this month’s meeting, I was thinking “Progress”. If you have a project you’ve been working on, bring it in along with some photos of how it started and share your progress. 

Additionally, we’ll have an exciting exhibition opportunity to tell you about and start planning for. Plus, we have our Annual Bonsai Show coming up on May 31st-June 1st.

Lots to talk about so come join us as we kick off a big year for Cleveland Bonsai!

We’re knocking on spring’s doorstep now and the 2025 bonsai season is kicking into gear. 

We put together a really nice silhouette show earlier this month, much thanks to those that came and helped out! 

The topic for our meeting this month will be repotting. I’ll be working on a short presentation and then I would like the meeting to become a community repotting session. If you’re new and have never repotted a bonsai tree, or maybe you just need an extra set of hands, bring in your tree and supplies and get assistance from some of our experienced members! Repotting a tree is always an adventure and we can all benefit by seeing and experiencing more. Keep in mind that any tree you repot will need to be protected from cold weather for the remainder of winter/spring.

Saturday March 22nd, 9:30am at the Rockefeller Park Greenhouse.

Coming up this Saturday we have a special event. Bonsai artist Sergio Cuan returns to Cleveland! The meeting will start with a presentation followed by a bring your own tree workshop. Non-participants are welcome to stay as silent observers during the workshop portion. There is one spot still remaining in the workshop, write me back if you’d like to claim it. The plan is to hold the meeting in the back greenhouse as the classroom will be too cramped for this event. However, with the heat continuing into the weekend, I don’t know if the greenhouse will be too uncomfortable. Stay tuned for location updates. We will start promptly at 9:30am and the workshop will continue until 4pm.