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News and Updates
Less than two months until the 47th Annual Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition, being held August 15-17, 2025 at the Chicago Botanic Garden!
The Midwest Bonsai Society is pleased to announce that Jonas Dupuich will be our Guest Master. Workshop schedules are being announced, with online sign-up available soon. As always, our popular Dinner and Auction will return, as well as demonstrations, tours and other events surrounding the Chicago Botanic Garden’s world-class bonsai collection. Our full list of attending vendors will be announced, shortly. Those details, as well as the full workshop schedule, event details and tree registration information are available on our August Exhibition page. See you in August!
We are pleased to announce that tropical bonsai expert, Mike Lane from Kitsune Bonsai in Florida, will be the Guest Speaker at our next general meeting on July 7th at 7 pm. He will be presenting about all things tropical. As an added benefit, he will be doing a "Bring Your Own Tree" workshop from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm in the meeting room for individuals looking to improve their tropical and deciduous trees. The workshop is $40 for our members. If you don't have a tree that you want to work on, he's bringing some of both his tropical and hardy tree stock with him for purchase. This is a great opportunity to get some expert advice on your trees. More information is available on our meetings page.