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Bonsai Society of the Lehigh Valley
BSLV Meeting Schedule for 2025
BSLV meetings are generally held monthly from September through November and February through May.
The annual New Year's Party is held in January and the annual picnic and auction is held in June.
Meeting Location:
Lehigh Valley Active Life Center, 1633 West Elm Street, Allentown, PA, 610-437-3700.
Time: 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted.
Check current Newsletters for details
2025 Schedule
January 30, 2025 Members’ Annual Banquet: Gourmet Buffet and Grill, 3317 Hamilton Blvd. Allentown, PA. (Snow date: Feb. 6)
March 20, 2025 (3rd Thursday) 7:00 pm –- BYO: Bring a tree to work on. Bring tools and equipment and any questions you might have on repotting, pruning or styling. Our in-house pros will be happy to answer ques-tions and give advice. Bring any tree you are considering for submission to the MABS Spring Festival for working on or for consultation. If you need any supplies from Sho Fu En Bonsai, please let Jim Gillespie know ahead of time, 610 837-6688.
March 25, 2025 (4th Tuesday) 7:00pm –- Lecture/Demo by Bonsai Artist Hugo Zamora Luna, from Mexico. Material for the demo will be selected by Hugo. The demo tree will be raffled.
May 24, 2025 (4th Saturday) 10:00am -- Lecture/Demo, Lunch, 1:00 pm -- Hands-on Workshop, all at Kifu Bonsai (Bob Mahler’s Studio), East Greenville, PA (www.kifubonsai.com). The Lecture/Demo is open to all members; the workshop is limited to 10-12 people, but, observers at the workshop are welcome. Workshop participants may work on their own tree or a tree supplied by Bob. While the workshop will be free, members will have some material cost if using a supplied tree. The demo tree will be raffled.
June 28, 2025 (4th Saturday) -- Annual Member Picnic/Auction at the Kondikoff Farm, Bath, PA. Details TBD
September 18, 2025 (3rd Thursday) –- BYO: Bring a tree to work on. Bring tools and equipment and any questions you might have on repotting, pruning or styling. Our in-house pros will be happy to answer questions and give advice. If you need any supplies from Sho Fu En Bonsai, please let Jim Gillespie know ahead of time, 610 837-6688.
October 23, 2025 (4th Thursday) 7:00pm -- "Design by Committee" . Tree Species: Spreading English Yew. Attendees will be divided into 4 or 5 groups and each group will be led by one of our in-house experts. Each group will decide on how to style, prune and wire their tree to make the most of it. Completed group trees will be critiqued and discussed at the end of the meeting. Group trees will be auctioned.
November 20, 2025 (3rd Thursday) 7:00pm -- Lecture/Demo and Workshop, “Scrolls for Bonsai Display”, by internationally known bonsai and suiseki expert, Sean Smith, from Marysville, PA. Following the lecture/demo a workshop will be held in which participants will learn basic sumi painting that they will incorporate into a scroll of their own.
December 2025 -- No Meeting
January 2026 -- No Meeting
February 19, 2026 (3rd Thursday) 6:00 pm -- Annual Member Banquet - Location TBD
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