Milwaukee Bonsai Society Spring Silhouettes Exhibition

Fee: Free to members of Lynden or the Milwaukee Bonsai Society, or with admission to the sculpture garden.

In addition to enjoying the visual impact that snow makes on our surroundings during the winter and early spring months, we in the Midwest have an opportunity to view our landscape in the raw--that is, without the dressing of buds, leaves and flowers. Several things happen in this season: evergreen conifers, which retain their greenery, come to the fore, and the skeletons of the deciduous trees and shrubs are revealed. When viewed at a distance, these skeletons resemble a rather uniform brown-gray cloud of brush and twigs, but when examined closely, each individual tree has its characteristic shape, bark, twigging character and dormant bud detail that enable us to identify it. It is these leafless features of "naked" bonsai trees that the Bonsai Society will be celebrating in their silhouette exhibition at Lynden.