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2025 Award Winners: Best in Show - Chinese Quince, Entrekin; Best Shohin - White pine - Sawhney; Best Display - Salyer; Best Deciduous - Zelkova, Martin;  Best Flowering - Princess Persimmon, MacAtee; Best Tropical - Little Coffee, Rogers; People's Choice - Pyracantha, Snow; ABS Award -  Water Elm, Geanangel.
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150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081

Site will open for applications to vend or exhibit on January 8th.

We email out regular newsletters to update attendees, exhibitors and vendors.  To get on our mailing list send a message using the CONTACT US form at the end of the website. 
Our Show
exceptional bonsai show in marble lined rotuda

  OUR SHOW  

Saturday and Sunday

DECEMBER 5 & 6,  2026

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FREE Admission to exhibition, bonsai demos and vendors.

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This is the 14th year for this nationally recognized show. It is held in what is likely the most elegant location for a bonsai show - a 4 story marble lined atrium. Many say this is their favorite show of the year, where trees are exhibited in their winter best form. 

 

Exhibitors and vendors come from all over the country.  Demos by world-class bonsai artists.  Bonsai auction Saturday evening.  Banquet dinner by reservation Saturday evening.

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Location

North Carolina Research Campus, 150 N Research Campus Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

 

The campus is located 3 miles off I-85 at Exit 60. Turn NW toward Kannapolis, drive 3.2 miles, turn right on South Main St., drive 1 mile to campus on left.

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Nearest Airport - Charlotte Douglas International (CLT)  30-40 min drive

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Free Parking

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SCHEDULE

Setup - exhibitors and vendors 

Friday December 4, 2026  4 PM - 7PM

 

Saturday December 5, 2026

Open to public 10 AM-5 PM

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DEMOS

10 AM TBA

2 PM TBA

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5:30 PM Bonsai auction (open to all) 

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7 PM  Dinner Banquet at exhibit site by reservation only (reserve under RESERVATIONS Page)

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Sunday December 6, 2026

8:30 AM -10 AM Bonsai Critique by WIlliam Valavanis   

Open to public 10 AM-3 PM

 

DEMOS

10 AM TBA

12 PM TBA

 

3 PM Show closes

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Exhibitors and Vendors at the 2026 Show

Exhibitor
Table #
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Vendor
Selling
Table(s) #
TO BE ANNOUNCED
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DEMO ROOM
Room with cement floor
Room adjacenT To Demo room
Reservations

RESERVATIONS

No reservations are needed to attend the show or demos.
Admission, exhibiting and vending are free.

RESERAVTIONS WILL OPEN IN JANUARY

Gallery
Photos of trees from previous shows
The formal photos in this series are taken by Joe Noga, informal photgraphy by Steve Zeisel and William Valavanis.
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ZEISEL 112358A copy
Scots Pine
Japanese Maple
Crabapple
Shimpaku Juniper
Rocky Mountain Juniper
European Hornbeam
Itiogawa Juniper
Chinese Quince
American Larch
American Hackberry
Japanese Black Pine
Persimmon
Chinese Elm
AMerican Hornbeam
Chokeberry
Chinese Elm
Silverberry
Japanese White Pine
Banksia Rose
American Hornbeam
Weeping Willow
Eastern White Cedar
Japanese Greybark Elm
American Hornbeam
American Hornbeam
Itiogawa Juniper
American Beech
Japanese Black Pine
Japanese Corkbark Elm
Japanese Quince
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IMG_0317
IMG_0316
IMG_0311
Chinese Elm
Japanese Maple Kashima
Satsuki Azalea
Zelcova
Japanese White Pine
Colorado Blue Spruce
Eastern White Cedar
Japanese Maple
Shohin
Sparkleberry
ZEISEL 1 2 1 copy
ZEISEL 1 12 copy 2
VALAVANIS 2 8 copy
VOORHIES 1 4 copy 2
VALAVANIS 1 8 copy 2
TRAN 2 5 copy
TRAN 1 8 copy 2
SAWHNEY 1 copy 2
SALYER 3 2 copy 2
SALYER 1 2 copy 2
NOGA 2 1 copy 2
ROBISON 1 6 copy 2
RUSSELL 1 3 copy 2
PERDUE 2 8 copy 2
NOGA 1 5 copy 2
McATEE 2 3 copy 2
MERCER 1 6 copy 2
MARTIN 1 8 copy 2
LAUER 1 3 copy 2
KIMBALL 1 4 copy 2
KIMBALL 2 3 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 3 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 1 10 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 3 1 1 copy
KEMPINSKI 2 10 copy 2
HUMPHREY 1 5 copy 2
JOHNSON 2 3 copy 2
HULL 1 copy 2
HARTMAN 2 copy 2
HARTMAN 1 8 copy 2
GROSS 1copy copy
GEANANGEI 3 1 copy 2
GEANANGEI 2 1 copy 2
FAHEY 1 2 copy 2
DAWSEY 3 copy 2
DAWSEY 2 copy 2
BUECHELE 3 copy 2
CLEMONS 1 2 copy 2
CLARK 2 22 copy 2
CLARK 1 2 copy 2
BUECHELE 4 1 copy 2
BUECHELE 1 6 copy 2
BUECHELE 2 1 copy 2
BLANTON 2 9 copy 2
BARNETT 1 3 copy 2
BARNETT 2 17 copy 2
BLANTON 1 3 copy
BARNETT 3 copy 2
ARPAG 3 8 copy 2
ANDES 1 4 copy 2
ARPAG 1 9 1 copy 2
ANDREWS 1 9 copy 2
ANDREWS 2 3 1 copy 2
VOORHIES 2 2 copy 2
WALLACE 2 4 copy 2
ZEISEL 4 1 copy 2
WALLACE 1 2 copy 2
VOORHIES 1 4 copy 2
TRAN 3 5 copy 2
VALAVANIS 3 copy 2
VALAVANIS 3 3 copy 2
TRAN 1 8 copy 2
SCHMUCK 112410 1 copy 2
SAYLOR 3 2 copy 2
SAYLOR 2 2 copy 2
SAYLOR 4 3 copy 2
SAYLOR 1 1 copy 2
SAWHNEY 2 21 copy 2
RUSSELL 2 7 copy 2
SAWHNEY 2 9 copy 2
RUSSELL 1 4 copy 2
PERDUE 2 copy 2
O'NEAL 212407 copy 3
PERDUE 1 5 copy 2
O'NEAL 112403 3 copy 2
NOGA 4 10 copy 2
MITCHELL 1 5 1 copy 2
MARTIN 112409 copy 3
MARKOFF 3 4 copy 2
MARKOFF 1 11 copy 2
LAUER 212374 1 copy 2
LAUER 112368 copy 2
MAHLER1 21 copy 2
KIRBY 2 copy 2
KEMPINSKI 1 3 copy 2
HARTMAN 3 7 copy 2
HARTMAN 2 7 copy 2
HARRIS 2 5 copy 2
HARTMAN 1 3 copy 2
HARRIS 1 7 copy 2
GROSS 1 11 copy 2
CLEMONS 3 9 copy 2
ENTREKIN 2 5 copy 2
ENTREKIN 112414 copy 2
CLEMONS 2 9 copy 2
CLEMONS 1 8 copy 2
CLARK 3 12 copy 2
CLARK 1 3 copy 2
BUECHELE 2 6 copy 2
BUECHELE 4 copy 2
BUECHELE 3 1 copy 2
BUECHELE 1 3 1 copy 2
ANDES 3 6 copy 2
ANDES 1 3 copy 3
ARPAG 1 9 copy 2
ARPAG 2 4 copy 2
VESELENAK 113461 1 copy 2
ZEISEL 113548 2 copy 3
ZEISEL 113551 copy 2
WAFFA 113580 1 copy 2
TRAN 113429 copy 2
SCOTT 113519 copy 3
SUSTIC 113437 copy 2
TRAN 2 13703 copy 2
SMITH EXTRA 8 copy
SCHMUCK 113479 copy
SAWHNEY 2136453 copy 3
SAWHNEY 1136403 copy 2
SALYER 2136563 2 copy 2
RUSSELL 2136303 copy 2
SALYER 113545 copy 2
Rodneydemo
RING 213556 copy 2
O'NEAI 113419 copy 2
O'NEAI 213425 copy
O'NEAL 3136653 copy
RING 113482 copy 2
MILLER 1 2 copy
NOGA 213715 copy 3
NOGA 213714 copy
NOGA 213712 copy
NOGA 113707 copy 4
NOGA 113707 copy 3
MITCHELL 113560 copy
McATEE 3136273 copy
MILLER 2 5 1 copy
MERCER13408 copy 3
McATEE 1136183 copy
McATEE 2136193 copy 1
LAUER213534 copy
MARTN 1113447 copy
LAUER 4135983 1 copy
LAUER 313593 copy
LAGES 1136503 copy
LAUER 1L13411 copy 3
KEMPINSKI 113529 copy
KEMPINSKI 4 13688 copy 1
JERSON 113497 copy
KEMPINSKI 2136063 copy
JERSAN 3 13668 copy
HARRIS 2 3 copy
FAHEY113450 copy 3
HARRIS 1 1 copy
GEANANGEL 9 Normal Shot
GEANANGEL-focus sdtacking 2 copy 2
GEANANGEI-foccus stacking 1 copy
GEANANGEL 7 copy1
GEANANGEL 7-2 copy
FAHEY 2 13697 copy 1
ENTERKIN 113465 copy
CUAN 113455 copy
CUAN 2136373 copy
CUAN 3 13691 copy
CLEMONS 213536 copy
CLEMONS 113491 1 copy 3
CLEMONS 3 13683 copy 1
CLARK 2136143 1 copy
CLARK 1136133 1 copy
BARNETT 2136173 2 copy
ARPAG 1135122 copy
BARNETT 113571 1 copy
ARPAG 4 15 copy 1
ARPAG 5 1 copy 1
ADAMS 113546 copy
ADAMS 3 13679 copy
ARPAG 3 5 copy 1
ARPAG 4 8 copy 1
ANDES 113462 cop
ZEISEL 216121 copy
ZEISEL 116063 copy 2
ZEISEL 4 16308 1 copy
ZEISEL 3 16301 copy
WALLACE 216212 copy 2
WALLACE 116207 copy 2
VESEIENAK 116077 copy
VALAVANIS 215971+ copy 3
TRIPP 115993 copy 2
VALAVANIS 115956 copy 2
TRIPP 216194 copy 3
TRAN 2 16351 copy 2
TRAN 1 16278 copy 2
SNOW 216146 copy 2
SNOW 116034 copy 3
SMITH 116144 copy 2
SAWHNEY 1 16337 copy 2
SAWHNEY 1 16246 copy 2
SALYER 2 16316 copy 2
ROGERS 216242 copy 2
SALYER 1 16287 copy
ROGERS 216232 copy 3
ROGERS 116079 copy 2
ROBISON 116038 copy 2
ROBISON 216100 copy 2
O'NEAL 116090 copy 2
PAYNE 216203 copy 3
O_NEAL 216159 copy 2
PAYNE 116197 copy 3
NOGA 116023 copy 2
McATEE 116059 copy 2
NOGA 2 16282 copy
McATEE 2 16249 copy 2
MARTIN 116083 copy 2
LEONHARD 116169 copy 3
LONGWOOD GARDENS 116068 copy 2
LAUER 116005 copy 2
LAUER 2 16303 copy 2
HARRIS 115982 copy 2
GROSS 115942 copy 2
GEANANGEL 1 16370 copy 2
FAHEY 116109 copy 2
FAHEY 2 16333 copy 2
ENTREKIN 116002 copy 2
BUECHELE 116054 copy
D. SMITH 216187 copy 2
D. SMITH 116184 copy 2
D. SMITH 116174 copy 3
BUECHELE 2 16295 copy 2
BLANTON 1 16320 copy 2
BJORHOLM 216019 copy 2
BJORHOLM 116016 1 copy 2
ARPAG 116213 copy 2
ARPAG 4 16377 copy
ANDES 116048 copy 2
ARPAG 2 16359 copy
ANDES 2 16382 copy
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WINTER SILHOUETTE BONSAI SHOW
OUR ADDRESS

SATURDAY DECEMBER 5, 2026

SUNDAY DECEMBER 6, 2026

150 N. Research Campus Drive

Kannapolis, NC 28081

SHOW HOURS

​​Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
​Sunday: 10 am - 3 pm

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