Windham Garden club- is pleased to announce a lecture and demonstration program titled, “Bonsai”, presented by Fred McMullen, a Bonsai aficionado, and one disciplined in the care and training of these unique plants.
Bonsai is an art form originating and practiced in Asia for many centuries. Bonsai trees can be grown from the same seeds as trees that grow to full size, however, they are grown and trained so that they remain small and elegant.
McMullen has always been interested in horticulture. After earning two degrees in Plant Science at the University of New Hampshire. Later in his career, he returned to Durham, as the superintendent of the University’s Research Greenhouse range.
In 1980 McMullen and his family relocated back to Portsmouth where he purchased Poore’s Greenhouses, renaming it Portsmouth Flower and Garden, and there began honing his Bonsai skills daily.
Fred’s program will include samples of his work. A demonstration and a discussion of the techniques and philosophy of bonsai.
