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The Midwest Bonsai Society board is happy to announce our General Society meeting schedule for 2024! As dates get closer, each meeting’s Bonsai 101 and ‘Main Program’ content is finalized, and our website updated. Check back here, or keep an eye out in our newsletters, for more details on our meetings, as they are available.
Hope to see you at a General Meeting soon!
March 4 - Burnstein Hall
April 1 - Burnstein Hall
May 6 - Pullman Room
June 3 - Burnstein Hall
July 1 - Burnstein Hall
August 5 - Burnstein Hall
September 2 - Burnstein Hall
October 7 - Burnstein Hall
November 4 - Burnstein Hall
(All meetings start at 7 PM - please see our Meetings page for more details)
The annual Midwest Bonsai Society Holiday Party is Tuesday, December 5, 2023. The setup is at 5:00 pm, dinner at 6:00 pm.
Where: Heller Nature Center, 2821 Ridge Road, Highland Park, IL 60035
When: December 6, 2022 - 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Bring a pot luck disk if you can, and any item you would like to donate for the evening’s free raffle. The Society is providing drinks. The last party, 2022, was a great deal of fun with fine food, wine and drinks. This is a great opportunity to renew friendships and meet new Bonsai members.
A map and more information is available on our Holiday Party page.
The next society meeting is October 2nd!
7:00 PM: Bonsai 101 program; “Bonsai Preparation and Winter Storage” presented by Victor Zurczak. 7:30 PM, General Program: “White Elephant Sale”. All members are invited to bring supplies, pots plants or any other bonsai related item that you want to sell or give away. MBS will have leftover Children's Workshop trees available for sale at $10 each. Trees are Zelcova, Chinese Wisteria, Japanese Maple, Trident Maple, and maybe one Amur Maple.
As always, our meetings are held at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Regenstein Center, as well as on-line for members. Please see your email for remote-participation details!