October 3-5 was the Fall Show and Sale for the Greater Louisville Bonsai Society.  This happened to be the same weekend as the famous St. James Art Show, right down the street from our gracious hosts at the Crane House.  This event was quite a success for our club.  We were able to sell quite a bit of bonsai stock, talk to the public about bonsai, sign beginners up for a workshop, and add a member or two.

Here are a few pictures from the show:

On Saturday, October 4th, I attended the Bonsai Society of Greater Cincinnati Fall Show at the Krohn Conservatory.  The display was much larger than previous years.  Tables lined the entry hall, the green house, and the tropical display room.  It was obvious quite a lot of work was put into making this a great show.

Part of my obligation to the Advanced Bonsai Study Group is to contribute to the club.  I had agreed to conduct a tree/display critique for those enrolled in the Continuing Bonsai Education participants.  It was a great thrill to discuss trees with a large and energetic group.

Here are a few pictures from the show:

The Greater Louisville Bonsai Society Spring Show at Yew Dell Gardens has come and gone.  This year's show was a complete success, thanks to the hard work of Show Chairman Earl Ekman and the rest of the club members.  I spent both Saturday and Sunday at Yew Dell answering questions and working on trees.  There was quite a bit of traffic that came through.  Some expressed that they came specifically for our display.  One person even said that our display was better than the Asheville show.  Having never been there I can't confirm, and having heard nothing but great things I find this hard to believe, but I appreciate the sentiment.

Michael Tigue spent a few hours taking photos of the show.  Once he's done processing the images you will be able to see the full display on the GLBS website in the bonsai gallery.  He was kind enough to send this photo of my buttonwood on display at the show.