Shannon Salyer Chojubai and Shohin Workshop - Sat pm
Sat, Feb 25
|Kirkwood Presbterian Church
Workshops (both on Saturday and Sunday) to follow the regular February 25, 2023, NVBS meeting. Shannon to focus on initial styling on small-medium Chojubai pre-bonsai.
Time & Location
Feb 25, 2023, 1:00 PM
Kirkwood Presbterian Church, 8336 Carrleigh Pkwy, West Springfield, VA 22152, USA
About the event
Shannon Salyer of Kusa-Farm will be giving a presentation to NVBS presentation and workshop on shohin bonsai with an emphasis on Chaenomeles japonica ‘Chojubai’ commonly known as Japanese flowering quince. Chojubai are known for their rough, old looking bark, and for their dense, craggy branching and twigging with bright ruby red flowers that often bloom in winter. Chojubai are highly prized bonsai.
Bio - Shannon Salyer Shannon has been practicing and studying bonsai for 23 years. Over that time, He has studied with several prominent artists such as Warren Hill and Bjorn Bjorholm. Over that time his passion for Shohin Bonsai only grew. Today he owns and operates Kusa Farm, which specializes in the promotion and propagation of material for Shohin Bonsai. He has won several regional and National awards for his Shohin and Shohin Displays.
