2007 - 2008
This Page Last Updated: August 7, 2008
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Phoenix Bonsai Society (PBS, 1962) events, unless otherwise stated, are held
7:30 p.m. on the First Three Tuesdays of the Month, September through
May, at the
Valley Garden Center,
1809
N. 15th Ave., one block north of West McDowell Rd. Visitors
are always welcome at no charge or obligation.
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| Tucson Bonsai Society (TBS, 1972) meets at 12:45 p.m. on the Third Sunday of every month at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 North Alvernon Way (near Grant), in the Educational Building (second gate from main building). While our meetings are free and open to the public, non-members of the TBG will be charged the Gardens' admission fee of $5. Contact David Meyer @ (520) 722-2000. | |
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| Bonsai of Scottsdale (SBS, 2000) activities (below, in this font and color) are held primarily at the Granite Reef Senior Center, Room 7, 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd. in Scottsdale, Cross streets are McDowell and Granite Reef. Unless otherwise stated, all events will be at 1:30 p.m. on the First and Third Saturdays of the Month. Contact Patricia Mitchell for more information (480) 575-5649, patmitchell2003@yahoo.com. | |
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| Southern Arizona Bonsai Enthusiasts (SABE, 2001) meet the FIRST SUNDAY of each month, 12:30-4:00 p.m. at The Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 North Alvernon Way. For information contact: Doris Cavanaugh, doris.c@worldnet.alt.net / (520) 290-0522 , Pat & Thelma Patterson dezertrats@aol.com / (520) 825-9685 , or Kurt simonsk@pop.mindspring.com / (520) 321-4173. |
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AUGUST 2007 SUMMER |
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SUN SABE: TBA |
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SUN TBS: "Taking Your Bonsai to the Next Level" by Gay Lynn Goetzke. Once you have completed all the basic training, and you have a nice-looking tree in a bonsai pot, what’s next? More wiring, or not. More pruning to improve ramification? Fertilizing, pest control, when to repot, which pot is best, etc. Raffle and mentor-assisted workshop follows. |
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SEPTEMBER 2007 SUMMER / AUTUMN |
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SAT SBS: TBA |
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TUE PBS: NEW CLUB YEAR BEGINS: SHOW OF TREES for Phoenix
Bonsai Society, Club Business, Plans for the Year, and Introduction to Formal Upright Style.
NOTE: all members need to pay their membership
dues for the 2007/2008 season at the meetings during Sept.
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TUE PBS:Lecture/Demonstration: Formal Upright Style with Elsie Andrade; Workshop.
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SAT SBS: TBA |
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TBS: "Smile—You’re on Candid Camera" by Frank Harris. Photographing your
trees, to bring out the best in them. Frank will speak about using a booth,
a display stand, backdrops and lighting, to take great photos without shadow.
Bring a tree, and your camera, to the workshop.
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TUE
PBS: Workshop: Formal Upright Style.
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PBS: We will honor Max and Shirley Miller at a dinner
at 6:30 p.m., at the Valley Garden Center. As most of you know, Max
and Shirley Miller are soon going to move to Iowa. This dinner is to express
our appreciation for all of their support and encouragement of the Phoenix
Bonsai Society. Details of the dinner to follow.
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OCTOBER 2007 AUTUMN |
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TUE PBS: SHOW OF TREES, Club Business, and Introduction to Slant Style. |
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SAT SBS: TBA |
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SAT PBS: Trimming Of Big Trees at Baker's Nursery – Mentor Demonstration and Discussion. |
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TUE PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Slant Style with Ernie Hasan; Workshop.
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Oct 11 - Nov 4
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THU - SUN PBS: Club Display @ Arizona State Fair, 19th Avenue & McDowell Road, with Demonstration on Sunday, October 28th at 2:00 p.m. Members may deliver trees at fairgrounds on Oct. 10 - Contact Elsie Andrade or Penny Schneck for info. Fair and display run through Nov. 4, on which day displayed trees must be picked up starting at 4:00 pm. |
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TUE
PBS: Fall Junk Sale; Workshop: Slant Style. You can bring in trees you no
longer want, pots you are not using, tools your are ready to part with, and just
about anything bonsai related. You will receive additional information
about the junk sale. The sale is a raffle style with the proceeds going to the club.
Our open workshop: All trees are welcomed and you are encouraged to continue to work
on your slant style tree or any other tree.
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SUN
TBS: "White Elephant Month." Join us in our annual “Swap & Shop” sale
at 11:00 a.m. and sell it or buy it—plants, pots, tools, books, etc. Our
famous potluck lunch commences at 12 noon, with a workshop & raffle to follow
at 1:00 p.m.
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Oct 31 - Nov 4
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THU - SUN
Golden State Bonsai Federation's
30th Convention at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Anaheim with Kunio Kobayashi, Kathy
Shaner, Warren Hill, Pedro Morales, Harry Hirao, Ted Matson, Mel Ikeda, and Lindsay
Shiba.
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NOVEMBER 2007 AUTUMN |
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TUE PBS: SHOW OF TREES -- This is an excellent opportunity to
get feedback regarding your pines, and junipers. As always all trees are
welcomed. Then, a little Club Business, an update onf the Ben Oki
workshop, and an Introduction to Pines by Jamie Sims. Go to SanMar.com on the web. Click on the Catalog button and then you will find a number of categories such as Knit Shirts, Active Wear, Head Wear, etc. Pick the item(s) you would like to order, write the item name, number, color, size, and cost as it is shown. Then send your order information to Ken Roberts, Kroberts12@aol.com. Be sure to double check the item number, size, color when you send that information to Ken. Ken and Penny will compile the orders and then check on the final item price. Remember, the final price will depend upon on the total number of items the club orders. Please try to have your selections completed by the 16th of November. |
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PBS: Ben Oki’s workshop @ Baker's Nursery. The cost is
$50.00 for the 1st tree, $40.00 for a 2nd tree, and $30.00 for a 3rd tree.
Please bring your own material or you can purchase a tree from Baker's large
stock. Remember: all PBS members get a 10% discount -- just show the staff
at the register your membership card. Observers for the Ben Oki workshop are welcome, the cost per session is $20.00. Saturday morning session is 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, and the afternoon session is 1:00pm - 4:30pm. Sunday starts at 9:00am. Sensei Oki will do formal critique of trees with a (2) tree limit per person. The cost is $20.00 for each tree. We also encourage PBS members to bring their tree(s) for our display. This is also a great opportunity to improve your Bonsai styling skills and work with other members to improve your Bonsai technique. All PBS members are welcome to participate in the open work shop in the display area. Bring your tools, pick a tree & pot from the nursery and start styling! Please contact any member of the event team to schedule your workshop or answer questions: Kerry Boehmer: 602-653-6755 (WKERRYB@yahoo.com); Alex Gray: (Albargrayxp@aol.com); or Cameron Stewart: (cstewart1000@hotmail.com) |
| 13 | TUE PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Various Pines with Jamie Sims; Workshop. |
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SUN TBS: A double program: "Pay Back Time" will be a critique by members about this past years programs & events. The second part of the program will be a slide show of bonsai displays in California and Washington, D.C. Raffle & workshop to follow. |
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PBS: General Raffle; Workshop: Pines.
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DECEMBER 2007 WINTER |
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SAT PBS: Trimming Of Big Trees At Baker's Nursery ? Mentor Demonstration and Discussion. |
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TUE PBS: SHOW OF TREES, Club Business, and Introduction to Informal Upright Style. |
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TUE PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Informal Upright with
Penny Schneck; Workshop. SEE ALSO Dec. 18 NOTES.
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SAT SBS: TBA |
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SUN TBS: NO MEETING THIS MONTH.
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TUE
PBS: HOLIDAY PARTY, at 7:00 pm at the Golden
Buddha restaurant. The restaurant is located in the Chinese Cultural Center
on 44th street just south of the 202 freeway. The Cultural Center is on the
West side of the street. We will have a number of tables located together. The manager has indicated they will be happy to do individual billing for the dinner. At the Dec. 4 meeting, 28 people indicated they would be attending the event. IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR DINNER AT THAT MEETING YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTE. IF YOU WERE NOT AT THE MEETING AND WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE DINNER, PLEASE SEND KEN ROBERTS A NOTE AND THE NUMBER ATTENDING. He will need to have a final count to the manager by December 13th. It looks like we will have a great crowd for dinner. In the past we have had a gift exchange for those who would like to participate. We will do so again this year. You purchase a small gift ($10 -- $20 price range) and wrap it. Gifts are then all placed together and if you brought a gift, you get to take a gift. There is no obligation to participate in the gift exchange. |
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JANUARY 2008 WINTER |
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TUES A SAFE, PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! (No meeting.) |
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SBS: A Christmas tree workshop. The workshop will provide a setting to convert
the small 'Christmas trees' you can find at Target, home improvement stores,
and even grocery stores into a nice pine bonsai. The workshop will take place
at 1:30 pm at the Granite Reef Senior Center on Granite Reef Road off McDowell
Road in Scottsdale. The Senior Center's address is 1700 N. Granite Reef,
Scottsdale, AZ 85257. Should you need it their phone number is (480) 312-1700. You would need to bring a tree, a container, wire, and potting soil. These small trees -- Italian Stone Pine, Aleppo Pine, and others -- do make nice bonsai and most do fairly well in our climate and are fast growers. Members of the Phoenix Bonsai Society are also welcomed to attend. |
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PBS: SHOW OF TREES, Club Business, and Introduction To Fertilizer, Soil and Potting.
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PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Fertilizer, Soil and Potting with Alex Gray, Joan McCarter,
and Cheryl Sykora; Workshop.
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PBS: A dig -- location TBD.
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SUN TBS: Show & tell tree by Dee Telesco. Q & A session.
“Suitable Material for Bonsai in the Desert.” David Meyer will share
with the club, plus handouts; those species most suitable, available in local nurseries.
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PBS: Preparing Club Trees For Up-Coming Shows.
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FEBRUARY 2008 SPRING |
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TUE PBS: SHOW OF TREES, Club Business, a short
update of the Chinese Festival which begins on Feb. 8th at the
Chinese Cultural Center, and a raffle for a bus ticket for the
California trip. Tickets will be $5.00 each. We must collect a total of $160 (the
cost of a ticket) in order to have the raffle. If we collect less than the
$160, all money will be refunded and we will not have that raffle. If you have
paid for your bus ticket and then win the raffle, your full purchase price
would be returned to you. Hopefully everyone who plans on participating in the
California trip will purchase a number of tickets. This is an excellent
opportunity to participate in the trip at a reduced price. If you have not yet made your hotel reservations for the California trip, please do so and get your room reserved. Following the raffle for the bus ticket, we will have a general raffle. If you have items such as pots, plants, trees, books, tools, etc., that you are ready to part with please bring them in and we will have a general raffle. The raffle is an excellent way for the club to raise a few dollars and for you to do a bit of house cleaning. Please bring in items for this raffle. If you are bringing a tree(s) for the Chinese Festival be sure it is ready to show. No wires, or if you have wire on the tree be sure they are well placed, top soil is neat and clean, pot is clean and oiled and otherwise ready for display. And if you have any, bring small accent plants to complement your tree. |
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GUNG HEY FAT CHOY : A HAPPY AND
PROSPEROUS YEAR OF THE RAT TO
YOU AND YOURS!
(Charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking, great leadership skills, organized and systematic, intelligent and cunning at the same time, highly ambitious and strong-willed, energetic and versatile.) |
| 8 - 10 | FRI - SUN PBS: Chinese Week Show/Display at the Chinese Cultural Center, 44th Street just south of the 202 Freeway. This 3-day event is well attended and an excellent opportunity to educate the public about the Art of Bonsai. This event is a great time to bring your Show Quality (trees trimmed, soil cleaned up, pots oiled) Bonsai for display. You can bring your own stand or the Club has many to choose from. This is a great time to volunteer to help set-up, take-down and work the booths at these shows. Spending time in the booths is one of the best educational and learning experiences you can take advantage of and for no cost at all. Talking to the Club Mentors and other Club Members with their years of experience is one of the best ways to advance and enhance your knowledge for the Art of Bonsai. You all have a tree that can be ready for the Show - start working on it and join in the events. |
| 10 | SUN TBS: Show & tell by Tokiko Engelman. Q & A session. “Preparing for the Ted Matson Workshops” by mentors Gay Lynn Goetzke and Randy McLean. How to “prep” your workshop material prior to Ted’s workshop to save time, examples of material. |
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PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Broom Style with Max Miller; Workshop.
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PBS: Workshop: Broom Style.
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SAT - SUN PBS: MATSURI, the largest annual show as part of the Japan Festival @ Heritage Square, 6th and Monroe Streets near downtown Phoenix. Free Admission. Nominal fee parking in the parking garage just to the west. Set up under the large Lath House at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday; take down around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. Includes at least one demonstration and a raffle of a tree. Again, every Arizona club member is invited to bring a tree or two or three. This 2-day event is a Japanese Celebration and also is well attended and another excellent opportunity to show and talk about the Art of Bonsai. This is another great time to bring your Show Quality (trees trimmed, soil cleaned up, pots oiled) Bonsai for display. You can bring your own stand or the Club has many to choose from. This is also a great time to volunteer to help set-up, take-down and work the booths at these shows. Spending time in the booths is one of the best educational and learning experiences you can take advantage of and for no cost at all. Talking to the Club Mentors and other Club Members with their years of experience is one of the best ways to advance and enhance your knowledge for the Art of Bonsai. You all have a tree that can be ready for the Show - start working on it and join in the events. You say your trees still aren't ready yet? Repeat after me: "My trees will never look better than when they're on display next to other members' trees." Bring 'em down and hang out with us. (Review our thoughts on displaying.) |
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MARCH 2008 SPRING |
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PBS: Show of trees, Club Business, Show Display Wrap-Up, Introduction To Cascade Style.
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THU - SUN California Bonsai Society Show at the Huntington Botanical Gardens. Visits to selected bonsai nuseries in the L.A. area. |
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PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Cascade Style with Ernie Hasan; Workshop.
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TBS: Show & tell by Randy McLean. Q & A session.
“Styling Your Tree and Suggested Styles” by President Paul Vasquez,
using Natal Plum material.
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PBS: Workshop: Cascade Style.
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APRIL 2008 SPRING |
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PBS: Club Business, Larry Seymour will do the critique of the Show of Tree,
Raffle of an Elm tree from California, some pots, and other assorted things,
Introduction To Photographing Trees with Alex Gray.
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SAT SBS: Pruning & Grooming of Trees & Pots for show on 4/19. Docents needed! |
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PBS: Photo Shoot Of Your Trees, Accent Plants, and Stands.
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PBS: Bonsai in the Garden at Stella Roger's home at 10:00 am. (Please bring
a dish to share with other members. Stella will have the necessary paper
products and will have coffee, tea and juice available. ) Trimming Of Big Trees At Baker's Nursery – Mentor Demonstration and Discussion. |
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TUE PBS: Spring Junk Sale. This is a good fundraiser for
the club so the more stuff the better! General Workshop.
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SAT SBS: Exhibit at Berridge Garden Center. |
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SUN TBS: Show & tell tree by Grace Espinosa.
Q & A session. Annual Bonsai Exhibition at the TBG.
Our Program will be a critique of the show trees, provided by the Mentors.
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MAY 2008 SPRING / SUMMER |
| 2 | SUN TBS: Ted Matson returns, with workshops and a critique Fri., Sat., & Sun. at homes of Gay Lynn Goetzke and David & Judy Meyer (Part II). Revisiting the same material from February, or different material. Advance registration required (Feb. filled up fast!), using special forms provided. |
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SAT SBS: Do you have a Problem? Corrective Solutions or Sympathy freely given. |
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PBS: Show of Trees, Club Business, and Introduction To Desert Trees by
Joan McCarter. Joan will have a few trees for sale, some desert
trees, so that you have a tree to work on this month during the second
and third meeting. We will also take a group photo with the intention of including it in the 2008-09 Handbook. Please try to attend the meeting so that the PBS photo shows as many of the current members as possible. And we will have a JUNK SALE. We will have some trees, pots, and other assorted items. If you have bonsai items you no longer need, bring them in for the junk sale. The proceeds of these sales go directly to the Phoenix Bonsai Society and help provide the society with needed operational resources. |
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PBS: Lecture/Demonstration: Desert Trees with Joan McCarter; Workshop.
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SAT SBS: Bonsai from Herbs. Think out of the Box with Yvette Bruns. |
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SUN TBS: Show & tell tree by John Heuvelman.
Q & A session. “Bonsai in Training” exhibition for trees
not yet of show quality. Program: critique of these exhibits
by members of TBS.
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PBS: Raffle Ben Oki Tree; Open Workshop.
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JUNE 2008 SUMMER |
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SAT SBS: Wiring? Yes - No? Learn the Ancient Chinese Clip and Grow Method. |
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PBS: END OF THE SEASON PARTY at Ken & Carol Roberts’ home.
Please note that the Phoenix Bonsai Society does not formally meet June through August. Occasional get-together pot-lucks are held at various members' homes to discuss and view trees. If you have not otherwise been informed of those dates -- which are usually not decided upon until late May or early June -- please e-mail the editor if you are a member. |
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TBS: Show & tell tree by Veda Petrie. Q & A session.
“Weeping Style” by Paul Vasquez will be the program. Consider
Bottlebrush, Tamarisk, African Sumac, Elephant’s Food, Bougainvillea.
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SAT SBS: Bonsai: Flea Market, bring one Item to sell. |
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JULY 2008 SUMMER |
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SAT SBS: SUMMER RECESS -- NO MEETING. |
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SAT SBS: SUMMER RECESS -- NO MEETING. |
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TBS: Show & tell tree by Chandler Sobel-Sorenson. Q & A
session. “Summer Care & Protection for Your Bonsai”
presented by the Mentors.
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AUGUST 2008 SUMMER |
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SAT SBS: SUMMER RECESS -- NO MEETING. |
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PBS: Joan McCarter, and Elsie Andrade, Phoenix Bonsai Society Club Mentors, will
be presenting a short workshop from 1:00 until
approximately 4:00 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Valley Garden Center, 1809
North 15th Avenue in Phoenix. This workshop will focus on Bougainvillea but other trees are welcomed as well. At the workshop Joan and Elsie will provide some basic instruction on designing the tree, cutting and wiring, and re potting. Other desert trees are welcomed. This is an acceptable time to re-pot some desert trees. Non desert trees can be worked on but re-poting now would be unwise. So stop by a local nursery and purchase a Bougainvillea or other desert tree and bring it to the workshop. If you have other trees that you would like assistance with feel free to bring them as well. Even if you don't have a tree but would like to observe and ask questions you are encouraged to attend. Joan has indicated that she will have some soil, pots, wire and tools with her for sale on Saturday. You may to bring your own material, soil, pots, wire, tools, etc., to support your workshop activities. The fee for the workshop is $10.00 payable to the Phoenix Bonsai Society. You may make payment at the workshop on August 9th. |
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SAT SBS: SUMMER RECESS -- NO MEETING. |
| 17 | SUN TBS: Show & tell tree by Ray Noseck. Q & A session. “Tropicals for Bonsai Culture” by David Meyer. Several species of ficus, other suitable material. |
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