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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE VARIOUS ARIZONA BONSAI CLUBS & CLASSES 2010 - 2011 |
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This Page Last Updated: August 15, 2010
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE VARIOUS ARIZONA BONSAI CLUBS & CLASSES 2010 - 2011 |
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This Page Last Updated: August 15, 2010
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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| Various out-of-town / out-of-state events that Phoenix club members may be participating in are marked in this type font and size. | |
| Tucson Bonsai Society (TBS, 1972) meets at 11:00 a.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 Ray Noseck @ (520) 760-0128, or Gregory (Greg) Baumgartner @ (520) 661-4746 or (520) 762-1572. | |
| Bonsai of Scottsdale (SBS, 2000) activities (below, in this font and color) are held primarily at the Granite Reef Senior Center, Room 6, 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 Araxi Hovhannessian to check the schedule at (480) 965-0030 or Mike Grier at (480) 948-5836. | |
| 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. |
| AUGUST 2010 SUMMER | |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
| SAT SBS: Selecting a pot for your plant Demo (glazed vs. unglazed; size and depth). | |
| 15 | SUN TBS: Boxwood Style Off (Gay Lynn Goetzke and Ray Noseck). |
| SAT SBS: Joan McCarter: Leaf cutting or defoliating, needle or foliage cutting. |
| SEPTEMBER 2010 SUMMER / AUTUMN | |
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SAT SBS: Fertilizer. Types of fertilizers when and how often. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
| TUE PBS: NEW CLUB YEAR BEGINS: Welcome New Members, Club Business Review,
and Show of Trees. NOTE: all members need to pay their membership dues for the 2010/2011 season at the meetings during this month. |
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TUE PBS: Education talk on bonsai by Ken Roberts.
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SAT SBS: Nursery Crawling: Visit Hozy McCarter Nursery â?? Green Desert Bonsai from 10 a.m. - noon or 1 p.m. Go to lunch together (optional, location to be determined). |
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SUN TBS: Workshop Time Only. No Discussions. Just time to bring in those trees and work, work, work. What a Great Idea!!!
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TUE PBS: Open workshop time and raffle.
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OCTOBER 2010 AUTUMN |
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SAT SBS: Group/Forest planting. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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TUE PBS: Club Business, Formal Show of Trees, and Clothing Order. |
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SAT PBS: Nursery Crawl, location TBA.
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TUE PBS: Demonstration on Pines by Jamie Sims.
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Oct 15 - Nov 7
(Mondays & Tuesdays closed) |
FRI - SUN PBS: Club Display @ Arizona State Fair, 19th Avenue & McDowell Road. Members may deliver trees to the Home Arts building near the south end of the fairgrounds on Oct. 14 - Contact Elsie Andrade at (602) 995-3870 for info. Fair and display run through Nov. 7, on which day displayed trees must be picked up starting at 4:00 pm. Fair is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays this year. |
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SAT SBS: Care of Bonsai. (Placement, watering, spraying, weeding and cleaning, and winter care). |
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TUE PBS: Fall Junk Sale and open workshop time.
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SUN TBS: Annual Potluck and Swap 'N Shop (Featuring an Auction by Colonel Dave). |
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28 - 31
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THU - SUN
Golden State Bonsai Federation's
33nd Convention in Santa Clara, California.
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NOVEMBER 2010 AUTUMN |
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TUE PBS: Club Business and Critique of Trees. |
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SAT SBS: Rock planting. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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TUE PBS: Demonstration on Forest Planting by Frank Harris. |
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SAT - SUN PBS: Workshop with Sensei Ben Oki at Baker's Nursery with demo and display of trees. All club members are encouraged to participate. The cost for the work shop is $40.00 first tree and $30.00 for a second tree. All participants must supply your own plant material. Observers are welcome $25.00 covers both days. |
| 16 | TUE PBS: General raffle and open workshop time. |
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SAT SBS: Tools and Equipment. Care and maintaining tools. |
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SUN TBS: Open critique by Everyone. Bring in those special trees and TBS member will critique each other?s trees. |
| DECEMBER 2010 WINTER | |
| FRI - SAT SBS: 1st Annual Bonsai Show with Kathy Shaner for two days & Seminar, Demo, and Workshop. Event is open to all Bonsai Societies - Phoenix, Tucson & Payson. | |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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SUN TBS: ANNUAL HOLIDAY GATHERING AND ANNUAL MEETING WITH ELECTIONS.
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| TUE PBS: Club Business and Formal Show of Trees. | |
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TUE PBS: Demonstration on Scroll Making by Cheryl Sykora. |
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| SAT SBS: Christmas Carol. Raffle and gifts. | |
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PBS: HOLIDAY PARTY, location to be announced. |
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| JANUARY 2011 WINTER | |
| SAT A SAFE, PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! | |
| SAT SBS: NO MEETING. | |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
| TUE PBS: Club Business and Critique Of Trees. |
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| SAT SBS: Christmas Tree workshop | |
| TUE PBS: Demonstration on Pruning Bonsai by Mike Apostolos. |
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| SUN TBS: TBA. |
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| TUE PBS: Open workshop time. |
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| WED PBS: Workshop/critique with Ted Matson. |
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| SAT SBS: Trip to Tucson Bonsai Society. |
| FEBRUARY 2011 SPRING | |
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TUE PBS: Club Business and Formal Show of Trees.
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GUNG HEY FAT CHOY : A HAPPY AND
PROSPEROUS YEAR OF THE RABBIT TO
YOU AND YOURS!
(The Rabbit can be sensitive, tactful. home-loving, refined, prudent, discreet, long-living, ambitious, cultured, well-mannered, artistic, considerate, scholarly, suave, graciously hospitable, modest and unimpeachably virtuous. The Rabbit can also be snobbish, secretive, pedantic, complicated, haughtily indifferent, self-indulgent, hypochondriacal, punctilious, judgemental, self-righteous, deceptive, self-centred and terminally condescending.) |
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SAT SBS: Understanding roots. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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TUE PBS: Demonstration on Group Planting by Joan McCarter.
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TUE PBS: Open workshop time with a raffle. |
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SAT SBS: Chinese New Year celebration & Plant Show at a Library (TBD). |
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SUN TBS: TBA. |
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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 2011 SPRING |
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TUE PBS: Club Business and Critique of Trees.
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FRI - SUN PBS: Club display at Flower & Garden Show at Cardinals' Stadium.
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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TUE PBS: Demonstration on Fertilizing Bonsai by Jim McEown.
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TUE PBS: Open workshop time.
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SUN TBS: TBA.
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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THU - SUN California Bonsai Society Show at Huntington Botanical Gardens and visits to selected bonsai nuseries in the L.A. area. |
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APRIL 2011 SPRING |
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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TUE PBS: Club Business and Formal Show of Trees.
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SAT PBS: First annual bonsai show at the Valley Garden Center.
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TUE PBS: Demonstration on Desert Bonsai by Tom Gatz.
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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SUN TBS: TBA.
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SAT PBS: Art in the Garden at Berridge Nursery.
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TUE PBS: Spring Junk Sale and open workshop time.
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MAY 2011 SPRING / SUMMER |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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TUE
PBS: Club Business and Critique of Trees.
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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TUE PBS: Annual auction of donated member bonsai, pots, tools, etc.
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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SUN TBS: TBA.
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TUE PBS: Lecture on Summer Care by Kerry Boehmer. |
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JUNE 2011 SUMMER |
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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16 - 19
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THU - SUN Bonsai in the Bluegrass: Joint BCI/ABS Convention in Louisville, KY. |
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SAT SBS: TBA. |
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SUN TBS: TBA.
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SAT PBS: Year-end party. |
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JULY 2011 SUMMER |
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SAT SBS: SUMMER RECESS -- NO MEETING. |
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SUN SABE: NO MEETING. |
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SAT SBS: Once-monthly summer meeting for July. |
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SUN TBS: TBA.
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| AUGUST 2011 SUMMER | |
| SAT SBS: SUMMER RECESS -- NO MEETING. | |
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SUN SABE: TBA. |
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| 21 | SUN TBS: TBA. |
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