AUTUMN OPEN HOUSE
1973-2009 (36 years!)
Saturday, October 17, 2009

9am - 5pm

  

Come as you are ... leave different.
Come for an hour or come for the day. We provide refreshments, a comfortable atmosphere to expand your horizons, and an exciting schedule of programs with our special guest artists. Enjoy the gardens and bonsai in their fall display, and help us celebrate our successes. We look forward to seeing you here.

*****$PECIAL$:*****

40% OFF - All nursery stock & perennials
20% OFF - Bonsai, tools, pots, supplies, books, magazines, lanterns, statuary

Sale begins October 17 thru Nov 7

$PECIAL$ for NOVEMBER:
20% OFF - AKADAMA & KANUMA SOIL

 

SPECIAL GUEST - DAVID EASTERBROOK

David Easterbrook has been curator of the Montreal Botanical Garden's bonsai collection since 1982. Among the most prestigious collections in North America, it includes 30 masterpiece bonsai donated by the Nippon Bonsai Association, 40 dwarf potted trees from the collection of Hong Kong banker Dr. Wu Yee-Sun, over 300 penjing donated by the People's Republic of China, new specimens of Vietnamese bonsai and a North American bonsai collection featuring outstanding mature bonsai created by North American experts.

David began growing bonsai in 1970 and is owner of a bonsai nursery. He studied bonsai in Japan in 1981 and teaches regular bonsai classes as well as being a well-known lecturer and demonstrator in northeastern US and Canada and also France. He served as president of the Montreal Bonsai Society in 1982 and 1983 and was chairman of the American Bonsai Society convention which was held in Montreal in July 1988. He has also authored two books on bonsai and bonsai care and techniques.

 

ALSO FEATURING: JIM DOYLE

Jim has a background in horticulture, but what he shares most readily as a teacher is his enthusiasm. To see the world with new eyes... we can all learn something new each day .

 

THE SCHEDULE:

 

9:30 - JIM DOYLE - Bonsai demonstration

11:00 - DAVID EASTERBROOK - Bonsai demonstration

1:30 - GARY PECK - Bonsai demonstration

3:30 - DAVID EASTERBROOK - Bonsai demonstration

 

Bonsai demonstrations are free!! The highlight of the day (besides the food, of course).

GUEST VENDOR 

Ross Adams - Nitju Potters - - Handmade bonsai containers

 


DIRECTIONS:
Route 81 - exit 72, Linglestown
1 mile north to traffic circle at flagpole
right on Rt 39 for 1.5 miles
left on gravel road at sign for Nature's Way Nursery
For a printable copy of the Open House Flyer, please click here (Adobe Acrobat requireed)