Lui, you read my mind. I think the original poster was simply asking for comments for appropriate behavior, and this was the first thing that came to my mind. Don't touch the trees. I don't feel this had to turn into another "bonsai as art thread." Geez.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a
Sunset 37

I attended the show I mentioned, and very nice it was too. There was "please don't touch" signs all over the place. One other interesting thing I noticed was that all the small ornaments were tied down with fishing line, obviously to protect against tea leaves.

Regards,

TB

I have one more question. Is there any kind of informal dress code? Would it be something that would be alright to attend in jeans and a t-shirt or is it more formal than that?

Geez, I never realized until now what odd questions I ask...

I have only been to a few 'shows' but all had little to no dress code. In my opinion, if you are dressed to be seen on the street, and you would go into a store to buy lunch the way you are dressed... you are fine! Jeans and a T-shirt will do nicely.... but I would try and have a nice T-shirt and fairly nice jeans, if the weather dictates I don't think that nice shorts are out of the question either.

Jay

Diamondlyme84,

I went in with one trouser leg rolled up and a pair of underpants on my head... no one batted an eye lid (sorry, couldn't resist it... )

I am sure smart casual will be fine. I wore my bonsai t shirt and shorts. Like Jay says, just look smart.

One other minor thing, be sure to ask someone important-looking if it is OK to take pictures. Have fun!

Regards,

TB

From my dog, an example of an inappropriate show etiquette.

Talk about harsh critics!

Not only am I baffled as to why he did that, but also I don't even understand how he managed from a simply physiological perspective. I'm afraid he may be picking needles out of his bum for a week.

Best regards,
Carl

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Aren't those just fertilizer pellets, OMC? Sure look that way to me

The tree will be much happier though.

Even fear of touching exists!

We recently had a club evening to choose trees for the yearly Dutch National Bonsai Exhibition.

Several owners of trees which were chosen, refused to have them stand in the national exhibition for fear of damage (touchy touchy). Like this one:



It's a shame...

I just follow the rule that was told to me when I first visited an art museum about 20 years ago... "Look, but don't touch!"