ALABAMA BONSAI SOCIETY

GROWING TREES IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA SINCE 1974

April Activities

April Activities

Alabama Bonsai enthusiasts have been very active so far this month. Of course we’re all busy with finishing repotting deciduous trees and starting to repot conifers. With all of us busy working on our own trees, we’re also looking toward our big Spring...
March Plans for Cherry Blossoms

March Plans for Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossom Festival April 1 No foolin’ – we’ve been invited to have a bonsai display at the Cherry Blossom Festival at the BBG Saturday, April 1. We’ll set up two tables: one will be set us as a formal display, the other as a workshop...
February 2023 Workshops and Meeting

February 2023 Workshops and Meeting

While Our Trees Sleep … For Alabama Bonsai Society members February is the time that we get busy for spring while our trees are enjoying the last month of dormancy. This year has been a particularly busy February for us, with three different chances to get...
Join Us! February 4 Workshop

Join Us! February 4 Workshop

Free Bonsai Workshop! There will be a club workshop on Saturday morning, February 4, at the Aldridge Gardens Naphcare Education Building from 8-11:00. This is our first Saturday workshop of the new year. The workshop is open to club members and all interested members...
January 9, 2023

January 9, 2023

We had a great meeting tonight, with one of the largest in-person crowds since the lock-down. Of course a few people had to leave early to watch “the game,” but they were in the way small minority. We discussed some general club business including seeing...
November Workshop

November Workshop

Our November workshop had a little something for everyone. John Walker brought materials and containers so we could make kusamono, needles were plucked, jins were created, and a good time was had by all. We’ll not have a workshop in December, but youknow...
October Meeting Review

October Meeting Review

Our October meeting at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens was filled with a variety of activities. We started with a brief business meeting and elected officers for the coming year. Doug Unkenholz will continue as President, Victor Wilson will be our new Vice President,...
Traditions Revisited!

Traditions Revisited!

After two years of not getting together for a summer BBQ, it was great fun to start that tradition back up last night at the Botanical Gardens. Though we all missed the opportunity to visit a member’s bonsai garden, we were really glad to be indoors and enjoying...
July meeting review

July meeting review

Our meeting last night at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens was a lot of fun. After a little business information was taken care of, John Walker of Walking Tree Bonsai gave us a presentation on tropical bonsai, something that many of our members and visitors really...

July meeting at the BBG

We will be meeting in person in the main auditorium of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens this coming Monday night July 11 at 7:00.  A Zoom connection will also be available.  Contact us by email or check our Facebook page for the zoom link. This month John...