SEQUIM — More than 50 bonsai trees, many collected from the wild and some centuries old, will be on display during the Dungeness Bonsai Society’s annual exhibition June 19-20.
The free show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days in Pioneer Park at 387 E. Washington St.
Raffle tickets will be sold both days. Winners need not be present for drawings.
The oldest specimen on display will be an Alaskan yellow cedar, collected from north Vancouver Island.
It is thought to be more than 350 years old, society members said.
Members of the society will be on hand during the two-day event to answer questions, explain bonsai techniques and discuss challenges posed by the local climate.
Some members are raising specimens that were collected on the East Coast, from drier climates such as California to other states with more tropical environments.
On Saturday afternoon, Jerry Tomeo, a past president of the society, will demonstrate creating a bonsai from a Ponderosa pine.
After pruning and wiring the tree into classic bonsai shape, it will be raffled.
The Dungeness Bonsai Society — incorporated Nov. 2, 1976 — draws members from all over the North Olympic Peninsula.
The Dungeness society is a member of the Pacific Northwest Bonsai Convention Association.
For more information, contact Bob Stack at 360-683-1315.
