Where: 16W656 S Frontage Rd, Willowbrook, IL 60527, USA
tel.: +1630-655-8263
When: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 9:00 am to 5 pm
Who: Walter Pall will make it happen
How much: this is for free - all day
For whom: Everybody is invited, it is an open party
Trees: Besides around 200 well known and established ones about another 200 new trees will be there, most of them collected in the wild, very old, and very interesting. Trees from the Rocky Mountains, like Ponderosa pine, limber pine, lodgepole pine, Rocky Mountain junipers and other rare species. Some killer trees, outright world class, many affordable, from US$ 50 to a couple hundred, lots for under one grand, some, of course much higher. In addition there will be many deciduous trees, like Japanese maples and trident maples. Many American collected deciduous trees are there in affordable price ranges. Also some very nice small pine trees, already bonsai, and junipers will be available. Of course, there are the famous specimen conifers styled by world renown artists.
Altogether it is clearly one of the big places for quality bonsai in the country and an event one should not miss. This may well be the start of a tradition. And you can say 'i was there'.
Program;
9 am: People can come in and have a look around. Walter Pall will be there for free advice.
10:00 am to 12:00 am: "Ask the Master " session with Walter Pall. Everybody can ask any question somehow related to bonsai. This will be entertaining and educational.
1:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Demo by Walter Pall. A big Colorado Blue Spruce which is owned by James Baley and styled by Jennifer Price and Walter Pall will go from the training box onto a slab made by Mariusz Folda from Poland. We will have a few slabs available to choose from. It will be shown how to select a slab and why, how to mount the tree, how to care of it. Hopefully we can show what an impact this will make to the appearance of the spruce. This will be educational and entertaining - you bet! There will possibly be a second tree which will also go onto a slab. Some slabs and recently imported very large handmade pots by Mariusz Folda from Poland will be available.
On Thursday, March 28 Walter Pall is available for private sessions. Just send a mail to: walter@walter-pall.de
Attached find pictures of the nursery, the Colorado Blue Spruce and the great slabs by Marius Folda from Ibuki, Poland.
