Pitch Pine · Exhibited by Rupesh Varghese

Exhibition photography

2026 New Jersey Bonsai Society Exhibition

October 2026
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey

An exhibition brings together years, and sometimes decades, of work by bonsai artists. These photographs document some of the trees and displays shown at the 2026 New Jersey Bonsai Society exhibition.

The photographs are mine. The trees and displays belong to the people and organizations who exhibited them, and each one is credited to its exhibitor.

62 entries · 62 photographs · 31 exhibitors

Photography © Rupesh Varghese

Results

Awards

Special exhibits

Featured Showcases

ShowcaseJapanese MapleAcer palmatumShown by Chase RosadeEstimated age: 65+ yearsIn training: 65+ years
ShowcaseBlue Atlas CedarCedrus atlanticaShown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 15+ yearsIn training: 15+ years
ShowcaseChinese QuincePseudocydonia sinensisShown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 160+ yearsIn training: 160+ years
ShowcaseJapanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiShown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 40+ yearsIn training: 40+ years
ShowcaseJapanese White PinePinus parvifloraShown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 50+ yearsIn training: 50+ years
ShowcaseKingsville BoxwoodBuxus microphylla 'Compacta'Shown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 24 yearsIn training: 24 years
ShowcaseKorean HornbeamCarpinus turczaninowiiShown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 65+ yearsIn training: 65+ years
ShowcaseRAF Scots PinePinus sylvestrisShown by Bob Entrekin (Crestwood Bonsai)Estimated age: 50+ yearsIn training: 50+ years
ShowcaseHolly OakQuercus ilexShown by The Payne Family CollectionEstimated age: 70+ yearsIn training: 25+ years
ShowcaseItoigawa JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Itoigawa'Shown by The Payne Family CollectionEstimated age: 300+ yearsIn training: 150+ years
ShowcaseJapanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiShown by The Payne Family CollectionEstimated age: 90+ yearsIn training: 40 years
ShowcaseJapanese White PinePinus parvifloraShown by The Payne Family CollectionEstimated age: 200+ yearsIn training: 100+ years
ShowcaseJapanese White PinePinus parvifloraShown by The Payne Family CollectionEstimated age: 70 yearsIn training: 60 years
ShowcaseHinoki False CypressChamaecyparis obtusaShown by Longwood GardensEstimated age: 95+ yearsIn training: 95+ years
ShowcaseKorean HornbeamCarpinus turczaninoviiShown by Longwood GardensEstimated age: 40+ yearsIn training: 40+ years
ShowcaseJapanese White PinePinus parvifloraShown by Robert Mahler (Kifu Bonsai)Estimated age: 125 yearsIn training: 100 years

The exhibition

46 entries, in the Open and Novice divisions.

Open division 29 trees

Entry 1Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by John KirbyEstimated age: approximately 40+ yearsIn training: 40+ years
Entry 2Chinese ElmUlmus parvifoliaExhibited by John KirbyEstimated age: approximately 60+ yearsIn training: 60+ years
Entry 3Satsuki AzaleaRhododendron indicumExhibited by Robert Mahler (Kifu Bonsai)Estimated age: approximately 90 yearsIn training: 90 years
Entry 4Trident MapleAcer buergerianumExhibited by Robert Mahler (Kifu Bonsai)Estimated age: approximately 65 yearsIn training: 65 years
Entry 5Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by Frank SavinoEstimated age: 45+ yearsIn training: 30+ years
Entry 6California Juniper grafted 'Itoigawa'Juniperus californicaExhibited by Jason PayneEstimated age: approximately 100+ yearsIn training: 30 years
Entry 7Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiExhibited by Jason PayneEstimated age: approximately 100+ yearsIn training: 80+ years
Entry 8Chinese Elm, cork barkUlmus parvifoliaExhibited by John DillonEstimated age: approximately 75 yearsIn training: 75 years
Entry 9Chinese ElmUlmus parvifoliaExhibited by John DillonEstimated age: 60 yearsIn training: 60 years
Entry 10Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiExhibited by Robert Mahler (Kifu Bonsai)Estimated age: approximately 80 yearsIn training: 80 years
Entry 11European OliveOlea europaeaExhibited by Vincent FraissangeIn training: 15 years
Entry 12Chojubai, Japanese QuinceChaenomeles japonica 'Chojubai'Exhibited by Vincent FraissangeEstimated age: approximately 10 yearsIn training: 8 years
Entry 13Brazilian RaintreeChloroleucon tortumExhibited by Tom KrueglEstimated age: approximately 60 yearsIn training: 40 years
Entry 14Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiExhibited by Barry WhitemanEstimated age: approximately 45 yearsIn training: 40 years
Entry 15Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by Barry WhitemanEstimated age: approximately 25+ yearsIn training: 25+ years
Entry 16Chinese ElmUlmus parvifoliaExhibited by Barry WhitemanEstimated age: approximately 50+ yearsIn training: 50+ years
Entry 17Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiExhibited by Doug SiedenburgEstimated age: approximately 40 yearsIn training: 30 years
Entry 18Weeping White PinePinus strobus 'Pendula'Exhibited by Doug SiedenburgEstimated age: approximately 40 yearsIn training: 25 years
Entry 19Japanese MapleAcer palmatumExhibited by Adrian BijanadaEstimated age: approximately 15 yearsIn training: 8 years
Entry 20Scots PinePinus sylvestrisExhibited by Carmen CaputoEstimated age: approximately 50 yearsIn training: 18 years
Entry 21Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusaExhibited by Carmen CaputoEstimated age: approximately 10 yearsIn training: 3 years
Entry 22Shimpaku Juniper 'Kishu'Juniperus chinensisExhibited by Carmen CaputoEstimated age: approximately 15 yearsIn training: 15 years
Entry 23Lions Head MapleAcer palmatum 'Shishigashira'Exhibited by Tony AlarioEstimated age: approximately 35 yearsIn training: 30 years
Entry 24Weeping WillowSalix babylonicaExhibited by Tony AlarioEstimated age: approximately 65+ yearsIn training: 30 years
Entry 25Shimpaku Juniper 'Kishu'Juniperus chinensisExhibited by Tony AlarioEstimated age: approximately 10 yearsIn training: 10 years
Entry 26Pitch PinePinus rigidaExhibited by Rupesh VargheseEstimated age: approximately 50 yearsIn training: 25 years
Entry 27Eastern White CedarThuja occidentalisExhibited by Karen HarkawayEstimated age: approximately 50 yearsIn training: 3 years
Entry 28Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by Mike SerraEstimated age: approximately 32 yearsIn training: 20+ years
Entry 29Porcelain Berry VineAmpelopsis glandulosaExhibited by Mark SchmuckEstimated age: 20 yearsIn training: 3 years

Novice division 17 trees

Entry 30Japanese Black Pine 'Kotobuki'Pinus thunbergii 'Kotobuki'Exhibited by Edgar TlatelpaEstimated age: approximately 35 yearsIn training: 10+ years
Entry 31Purple Smoke TreeCotinus coggygriaExhibited by Mark SandersEstimated age: 15 yearsIn training: 5+ years
Entry 32White MulberryMorus albaExhibited by Laura McCullough-ThomsEstimated age: approximately 10 yearsIn training: 6 years
Entry 33Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by Alexander ChotiEstimated age: approximately 20 yearsIn training: 15 years
Entry 34American LarchLarix laricinaExhibited by Alexander ChotiIn training: approximately 20 years
Entry 35Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by Greg BirrerEstimated age: approximately 45 yearsIn training: 29 years
Entry 36White SprucePicea glaucaExhibited by Greg BirrerEstimated age: approximately 55 yearsIn training: 41 years
Entry 37Japanese White PinePinus parvifloraExhibited by Steven ChiEstimated age: approximately 18 yearsIn training: 6 years
Entry 38Natal Plum Dwarf VariantCarissa macrocarpaExhibited by Steven ChiEstimated age: approximately 40 yearsIn training: 3 years
Entry 39Itoigawa JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Itoigawa'Exhibited by Eugene Balestriere IIIEstimated age: approximately 30+ yearsIn training: 1 year
Entry 40Dawn Redwood forestMetasequoia glyptostroboidesExhibited by Diego GarnicaEstimated age: approximately 10 yearsIn training: 4 years
Entry 41Chinese Elm 'Seiju'Ulmus parvifolia 'Seiju'Exhibited by David MirandeEstimated age: approximately 67 yearsIn training: 30 years
Entry 42Korean HornbeamCarpinus turczaninowiiExhibited by Nicholas RicciutiEstimated age: 25+ yearsIn training: 25+ years
Entry 43Golden Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusaExhibited by Nicholas RicciutiEstimated age: 26 yearsIn training: 21 years
Entry 44Willow Leaved Water CrotonHomonoia ripariaExhibited by Joanne DhodyEstimated age: approximately 15 yearsIn training: 11 years
Entry 45Japanese Black PinePinus thunbergiiExhibited by Chris HayesEstimated age: 75+ yearsIn training: 75+ years
Entry 46Shimpaku JuniperJuniperus chinensisExhibited by Chris HayesEstimated age: 50+ yearsIn training: 30+ years

Exhibitors

With thanks to the exhibitors

All exhibitors, across every show

Photography © Rupesh Varghese. Photographs are reproduced here for documentation; the trees and displays belong to their exhibitors and are not part of the Ente Bonsai collection.