Bonsai In Vermont

Vermontoise

Hi -

I'm off to Vermont (then Maine) for the summer. (Love my Vermont summers... hence my alias!)

Does anyone know of any bonsai happenings or people in Vermont? I'll be in Middlebury, which is right between Burlington and Rutland.

TIA!

Vermontoise (alias Bonnie)

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Jay

Hi Bonnie,
Wow, not bad, most of the year in France then the summers in VT and Maine.... My wife and I 'may' be relocating to Vermont within the next year. You are my trail blazer, let me know what you find as to Bonsai in the area. What do you do with your trees? They can't move back and forth...can they?

As to what I know, Craig Cowings (he is on this list) moved down from Maine last summer. He would be an excellent person to contact. Other than that I do not have anything for you.

Good luck and enjoy
Jay

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Bart Thomas(deceased)

Jay:

Chase recently did a demo for a club in Burlington, so there is bonsai (and a LOT of potensai) there.

Bart

Vermontoise

Jay,

The trees don't move; they're going to be babysat by Rémy Samson for the summer. He's got a fabulous greenhouse/museum, and I'm quite tickled that Pete (the cotoneaster), Mama Fig and my poor deformed Elmo will be rubbing leaftips with some really classy trees!!

What part of Vermont will you be relocating to?

I do remember that Craig Cowings is in the area... You there, Craig?

:-)

Bart Thomas(deceased)

Hi, Bonnie:

Craig is in Blooming Grove, NY (used to be in Maine).

You might check the ABS Website for a list of clubs to learn who is in Vermont, and what activities they have planned.

I envy you being up there (well, for the summer, anyway!)

Regards,

Bart (who sold a tree farm in Danville - before he got into bonsai)

vtbonsaichief

This is an old thread, but I must put out info for any passerbys. There is a small bonsai shop hidden in the forest in Jericho. Mill Brooks Bonsai was its name and I believe it was run by a man named Sandy Anderson, ( I think, we didn't really introduce ourselves). I've been there twice. Now mind you, I've never been to another bonsai shop or nursery, but I was impressed even for how small it was. A little haphazardly organized, but then you only have so much room for a hundred or so trees of various sizes and species to cram into a 20 by 15 greenhouse along with pots and containers.

They had a great display area that was very simple but convenient for viewing their displayed specimens. Since I was there only twice( late winter and mid spring 2004) I don't think I got as good an impression as I could have, but its still worth the visit. One tree in particular that caught my eye was his large European Buckthorn, which is an invasive weed in Vermont. He had it in training for twenty years, and it must have been at least that old when he dug it. Quite a nice specimen, especially since i had thought it a species unsuitable for bonsai treatment.
On the whole a great little place to go to if you happen to be passing through Vermont. Kinda tucked out of the way in a forest on a dirt road, so get driving directions from mapquest or e-mail Mr. Anderson.

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ChrisM

bonnie, i don't know much about the "Bonsai Scene" in vermont, i am however familiar with the mountains there. and to me, mountains = collecting!! i am sure the park rangers have some sort of permission set up for that type of thing, i would inquire about this in both VT and ME.

chris

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