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04/11/2023

Bonsai Expo

TVBS Chattanooga Bonsai Show Apr.15-16th, 2023

Photo credit: Tennessee Valley Bonsai Society Facebook page

Tennessee Valley Bonsai Society Annual Show 2023

TVBS will have our annual show at The Master Gardener Show next weekend (April 15 and 16, 2023) at Camp Jordan. We would love all of our fans and followers to come out to see what our club has been doing. It’s a great chance to see a lot of high level/advanced bonsai up close and ask all your questions!

KBS Knoxville will have a few trees on display, come out and support all our bonsai artists across eastern Tennessee!

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09/07/2022

Bonsai Expo, KBS Shows, Show Winner

KBS Fall 2022 Show October 15-16

Details for the Knoxville Bonsai Society Fall Show have been released!

Join us October 15-16th, 2022 for the KBS Fall Show. Shannon Salyer will be Guest Artist.

Show place: Dogwood center Bldg at Knoxville Botanical Gardens.

Saturday, Oct 15th

Set up from 8 to 10
Doors open: 10-6
Workshop: BYOT (2 trees max) from 12-4. Cost $50.
Critique: 4:30 – 6

There will be a food truck on Saturday from 11 to 2:30

Sunday Oct 16th

Doors open: 9-3
Silent Auction: 9-2:30

We have 5 Vendors from neighboring Cities and States with their trees, bonsai pots and stands.

Awards for trees: Best small tree, best medium tree, best large tree, best of show and people’s choice.

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07/13/2021

Bonsai Expo, Bonsai Master, KBS Shows

KBS 20th Anniversary Bonsai Show – August 28th-29th

Join us for the 20th Anniversary Bonsai Show featuring guest artist Bjorn Bjorholm!

August 28th-29th at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum

Show Times:

Saturday 10am-5pm (Workshop mid-afternoon, full)

Sunday 9am-3pm (Silent Auction 9am-2pm; Demonstration 10:30-12:30)

Beautiful styled bonsai on display from local area artists of all categories. Vendors, silent auction, demonstrations, and judging competition open to the Public Free! Workshop for KBS and local-area club members (contact for details)

02/02/2020

Bonsai Expo, KBS Shows, Winter Bonsai Display, Workshop

Winter Bonsai Display – Feb. 15-16th

Join us Saturday and Sunday, February 15th-16th for the 2020 KBS Winter Bonsai Display at the Knoxville Botanical Garden!

Saturday February 15th – 10am to 5pm

Sunday February 16th – 9am to 3pm

Demonstration(s): Noon to 2pm

Admission is free and open to the public. We will be hosting a guest Bonsai Artist demonstration, performing a workshop, vendors selling bonsai items and beginner trees, and silent auction!

Download the Winter Show flier here and help us spread the word:

Knoxville Bonsai 2020 Winter Show

01/11/2020

Bonsai Expo, Bonsai Master, KBS Shows, Winter Bonsai Display

2020 KBS Meetings and Winter Display

Happy New Year Knoxville Bonsai Society! The 2020 Event Schedule is updated.

2020 meeting dates coming up, mark your calendars for January 18th and February 1st, from 10am-1pm. January meeting will be at Shannon’s and February meeting is at Tom’s. For directions/locations please see KBS emails, or sign up (Contact Us Here!) to get on the mailing list.

Knoxville Bonsai Society will have a 2020 Winter Bonsai Show on Feb 15 & 16. Set-up is on Friday (Feb 14 from 4-6 PM and Saturday, Feb 15 from 8-10 AM)

The show will be held at the beautiful Knoxville Botanical Garden in the Dogwood Center BLDG. The address is 2743 Wimpole Ave. Knoxville, TN 37914

The schedules are:

Feb 14, Friday set-up from 4-6 PM

Feb 15, Saturday Set-up from 8-10 AM. Show starts from 10 to 5 PM.

Feb 16, Sunday, doors open from 9 and show end at 3 PM

The Guest Artist is Arthur Joura. Mr. Joura is the Bonsai Curator at the NC Arboretum in Asheville, NC.

We will have Silent Auction, Vendors, demo and workshop (more details later). Awards will be giving to best trees

We are inviting five other Bonsai Society clubs beside Knoxville club to participate and they are:

Nashville

Chattanooga

Asheville, NC

Atlanta

MABK (Johnson City)

09/03/2019

Bonsai Expo, KBS Members, Knox Asian Festival

KBS Fall 2019 Meetings Schedule

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 6th Annual Knox Asian Festival – it was a great success for KBS, displaying over twenty member trees, demonstrations, tree give-aways, and vendors!

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We also gave out 400+ new KBS business cards, if you are interested in becoming a NEW MEMBER be sure to email Dat Tran and come to the next meeting this Fall:

Next meeting is next Saturday, September 7th, from 10-1 at Dat’s house.
October meeting is on Oct 5th from 10-1 and also at Dat’s house.
The 2019 Asheville EXPO Bonsai Show is coming up on October 12 and 13. This is the largest show on the Southeastern part of the US. It is at Asheville Arboretum.
Mauro Stemberger is coming to Knoxville again for workshop and it will be on Saturday, November 16, at my house from 9 to 6 with 1 hour for lunch.
November meeting will be on November 9 and it will be at Charlene’s place.

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08/19/2019

Bonsai Expo, KBS Members, Knox Asian Festival, Show Winner

Knoxville Asian Festival August 25th!

Please join KBS on August 25th at World’s Fair Park for the 6th Annual Knoxville Asian Festival!

KBS will have 25-30 member styled trees on display, juniper demonstrations with give-aways announced on Facebook, and NEW THIS YEAR vendor table selling beginner trees and other bonsai materials.

More details can be found at the Knoxville Asian Festival Website and below:

At World’s Fair Park

August 25, 2019 • 11am – 8pm • FREE To The Public!

Booths & Food Open Until 6pm, Performances Until 8pm.

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02/07/2019

Bonsai Expo, KBS Members, KBS Shows, Winter Bonsai Display

KBS Meeting Sat. Feb. 9th

KBS Members and Welcome New Members!

Please mark on your calendar:

Again just a friendly reminder that the meeting is this Saturday, 2-9-19, at Dat’s house from 10-2. Bring your trees especially pine or juniper trees if you need help, or need to prepare your Display trees for the show.

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The Winter Display show is Feb 16 & 17.

Set up is on Friday 15 from from 4 to 7.
Show times are: Saturday – from 10-5 and Sunday is from 10-3.

Shannon’s trident workshop at the show on Saturday, 2-16-19, from 12-4 and 8 people max. The cost is $30. This is bring your own trees to the workshop. He has trident seedlings for sell for 10 seedlings for $15. Please contact him if you need some. This is the time of the year to work on Trident (trimming, cutting, grafting and re potting) so sign up!
The show silent auction – Please collect your bonsai items, tress, books, pots, etc… to donate to the silent auction!
Tim Weckman from KY will be our Vendor. Tim has lots of trees in pre-bonsai and bonsai for sale.

01/07/2019

Bonsai Expo, KBS Shows, Show Winner, Winter Bonsai Display, Workshop

Feb.16-17th KBS Winter Display

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The Knoxville Bonsai Society Annual Winter Show/Display is on Feb 16th and 17th and it is at Knoxville Botanical Garden – bldg, Dogwood Center. This a FREE event open to the public! Times for the show is 10 to 5 on Saturday and 10 to 3 on Sunday.

Come see local examples of Bonsai art and beautiful styled miniature trees in their winter forms. There will be vendors, silent auction, and a Trident maple workshop from 12 to 4 on Saturday with local Bonsai artist. There will also be a Bonsai styling demonstration going on Sunday (time TBD).

10/10/2018

Bonsai Expo, Carolina Bonsai Expo, KBS Members, Workshop

Carolina Bonsai Expo Oct. 13th

The North Carolina Arboretum’s annual Carolina Bonsai Expo will be held on Saturday, October 13, and Sunday, October 14, 2018, in the Arboretum’s Baker Exhibit Center and Education Center buildings.

This nationally known event features juried displays by bonsai enthusiasts hailing from a seven-state region, including N.C., S.C., G.a., Ala., Tenn., Va. and Pa. Visitors will have the opportunity to participate in bonsai workshops, watch free demonstrations and purchase bonsai plants and supplies.