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CLUB MEETINGS
Non-members and those curious about this art/hobby are always welcome at no obligation! 10 a.m. on the Second Saturday of each month. When not at members' homes or other locations (see schedule below), we meet at least four times per year in the Ceramics Room of the Senior Center, 1514 N. Hancock Ave. (corner of Camarillo at the top of Hancock, 1/3 mile north of Uintah St.), just northeast of downtown Colorado Springs. (719) 385-5933 
FUTURE MEETINGS 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 Workshop at Steve and Sonya Alford's house. Members can bring in trees to work on. Discussion of tree design using John Naka's Bonsai Techniques books. Preparation for the show. (See also these display tips for next week's show.) SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2010 Fall Show at Worner Student Center, Colorado College, 902 N. Cascade Ave., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. With optional workshop. Set-up on Friday night. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010 Winterizing bonsai, at Phelan Gardens. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010 Tree physiology and horticulture at Senior Center: why we do what we do in bonsai. Elections for next slate of officers. Determine location of December meeting and Holiday Luncheon. Raffle/auction. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2010 Annual Holiday Luncheon at location To Be Determined (restaurant or a member's home). PREVIOUS MEETINGS SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010 Building flat/low stands for tree display at Dave and Jenna's house in Manitou Springs, 685-1808. For a modest fee, pre-cut pieces were available for members to construct their own stands. Power tools were provided. Refreshments were provided. We also discussed the upcoming Fall show and provided some basic care and collection information for our newer members. SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 17-18, 2010 * New Location and New Month Our annual show, raffle, silent auction, and sale. 10 am to 9 pm Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday in the Citadel Mall, Store #2002. The show was fantastic and well-received. A demonstration was presented at 1 pm on Saturday by David Conlin and another at 1 pm on Sunday by Ross Huddleson. JULY 10, 2010 Meeting at Pete Apostolas' house in Colorado Springs, 633-7084, with a demo about the various forms of in and on-rock plantings. Final prep for next weekend's show. JUNE 19-20, 2010 Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society annual show at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The Pikes Peak club had some trees also on display there and met with visiting master Kathy Shaner. JUNE 12, 2010 At Claudia & Jim Eley's house in Green Mountain Falls (Cascade), collection viewing, tree collecting, and lunch, and business meeting discussing the upcoming show. MAY 22, 2010 * Non-standard Date * Club-conducted demonstration on pruning/styling/repotting at Bill Fox's house, with 23 persons in attendance. A hands-on workshop for a $25 fee followed and dwarf myrtle, orange jasmine, and Chinese elm trees were provided. APRIL 10, 2010 Bonsai soil and root pruning and repotting demonstration at the Senior Center. February's hand-made pots ready for pick-up. Raffle/auction. Discussion about the upcoming show. MARCH 12-14, 2010 Club participation in Spencer's Spring Garden Show at the downtown location, 1430 S. Tejon St., in lieu of a regular meeting. 9 am - 5 pm Fri and Sat, 10 am - 3 pm Sun. Lecture/Demo by Dave Conlin 4 pm Sat. FEBRUARY 13, 2010 Hands-on bonsai pot making at Senior Center, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. $5 fee per person. Using club-supplied clay, members made any size/style/shape they wanted. The pots will be fired later and then be available for pick-up at April's meeting. Raffle/auction. JANUARY 9, 2010 Bonsai pots at Senior Center: what can they be, why are they, which look best for the different types of trees, examples of. DECEMBER 12, 2009 Finishing up next year's calendar. Holiday Luncheon. NOVEMBER 14, 2009 It was voted to continue the current slate of officers for another year, a Finance/Fund-Raising committee and a Yearbook committee was established, and at least quarterly board meetings would be held on the first Saturday of the month to then present finished and to-be-voted-upon business at club meetings so that there would be more time during club meetings for hands-on bonsai things. Winterization (at the Senior Center). Please see some previous notes here on the subject -- the weather is changing already. A cold one coming for us? OCTOBER 3, 2009 * Non-standard Date, Non-Standard Location * Bonsai Workshop, at Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs Parkway, phone 574-8058. SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2009 Fall Show at Worner Student Center, Colorado College, 902 N. Cascade Ave., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. With updated handout. SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 Preparation for our Fall show: passed around sign-up sheets, flyers for nurseries and other locations, reminder about plant name tags, grooming our trees (see also these display tips). AUGUST 8, 2009 Building benches and garden display, at David & Jenna Conlin's house in Manitou Springs. A short meeting was then held about planning for the upcoming Fall show. JULY 11, 2009 Meeting at Pete Apostolas' house with trimming of some member's trees, including juniper and rosemary. Discussion about a standardized club logo. A short meeting was then held about planning for the upcoming Fall show. JUNE 13, 2009 Collecting at Jim & Claudia's in Green Mountain Falls and a great social time for about 17 of us. A short meeting was then held about planning for the upcoming Fall show. MAY 9, 2009 "The Relationships of Bonsai and Related Arts" by Robert J. Baran, a new way of understanding what we do. (See here for a very detailed but text-only introduction. Today's discussion included a very quick summary of this chart but the main talk was about other aspects.) APRIL 24, 2009 Earth Day/Arbor Day Demonstration at the Penrose Carnegie Garden Library, 20 North Cascade Avenue, at noon. APRIL 11, 2009 Collecting Trees: Tools & Techniques for the next Collecting Season (April 15 - May 31) by David Conlin. Details on how and where to get permits for upcoming collecting trips to the Pike National Forest can be found here: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/sopa/transplants.shtml or call 719-836-2031. Either way, you'll need to send a check or money order for $10 per tree (up to 10 trees per individual per year) to: Transplants USDA Forest Service South Park Ranger District P.O. Box 219 Fairplay, CO 80440 We also were able to take home our now fired pots from February's meeting. MARCH 13-15, 2009 Seminar, demonstration by David Conlin, and assistance at Spencer's Lawn & Garden Centers Success Show, 4720 Center Valley Drive, off of U.S. 85-87 in north Fountain, north of the Wal-Mart and right next to the Goodwill store. FEBRUARY 14, 2009 Hands-on making of custom Pots with clay the club has purchased. The pieces are slowing drying and will be fired in the coming months. Also, preparation for show at Spencer's. (And not quite what was discussed, here is a fascinating series of videos on Japanese hand-made containers for bonsai, beginning with Episode 12.) JANUARY 10, 2009 New year's meeting schedule, upcoming displays and demos, raffle. DECEMBER 13, 2008 Election results. Planning next year's meeting schedule and additional yearbook features. Raffle. Holiday Luncheon. NOVEMBER 8, 2008 Planning next year's meeting schedule and additional yearbook features. General workshop. OCTOBER 11, 2008 Winterization, and re-potting of show raffle trees for their winners. SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2008 Fall Show at Worner Student Center, Colorado College, 902 N. Cascade Ave., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 Preparation for the show with about sixteen persons in attendance. AUGUST 9, 2008 Back at the Senior Center, a dozen of us discussed the upcoming show and worked on a few trees. JULY 12, 2008 At Pete Apostolas' in Colorado Springs, fourteen members were given a lecture/ demonstration on making a root-in-rock planting. JUNE 7, 2008 * Non-standard Date * At Claudia & Jim Eley's in Green Mountain Falls, a dozen members socialized, collected, and lunched. MAY 17, 2008 * Non-standard Date * At Cliff Broyle's in Fountain. APRIL 12, 2008 Long-time Colorado master Harold Sasaki from Denver conducted an excellent workshop/critique of trees for 22 of us. MARCH 7 - MARCH 9, 2008 Seminar, demonstration, and assistance at Spencer's Lawn & Garden Centers Success Show, 4720 Center Valley Drive, off of U.S. 85-87 in north Fountain, north of the Wal-Mart and right next to the Goodwill store. Lecture/demo by Claudia at 10:30 am on Sunday. FEBRUARY 9, 2008 Types of pots and their history were discussed, and rules/guidelines for matching a container to a tree were gone over. More info about our March 2008 participation at Spencer's Lawn & Garden Centers Success Show in Fountain. Permits and digs in the forest in May were touched upon. JANUARY 12, 2008 Indoor Bonsai were discussed, as well as more info about our March 2008 participation at Spencer's Lawn & Garden Centers Success Show in Fountain. DECEMBER 10, 2007 Work on our 2008 schedule, motion made and passed to keep current officers for one more year, and a discussion about our March 2008 participation at Spencer's Lawn & Garden Centers event in Fountain. NOVEMBER 12, 2007 Work on our 2008 schedule and a regular meeting. (Harold Sasaki Workshop was postponed and re-scheduled.) OCTOBER 13, 2007 Review of our annual September show; 2008 meeting schedule draft. SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 Further preparation for our Fall Show at the Senior Center. AUGUST 13, 2007 Preparation for our Fall Show. (Back at the Senior Center.) JULY 14, 2007 Lecture/Demonstration: Bonsai Over-Rock Styles, at Pete Apostolas' house in Colorado Springs. JUNE 9, 2007 Collecting trees at Claudia and Jim Eley's home in Green Mountain Falls. Again, this gracious couple supplied lunch. MAY 12, 2007 Hands-on Bonsai Workshop, at Cliff Broyles' house in Fountain. APRIL 14, 2007 Lecture/demonstration: Pruning your Bonsai. (Back at the Senior Center.) MARCH 10, 2007 The Complete Bonsai Workshop, at Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs Parkway, phone 574-8058. Two dozen participants were there, about one-third being non-members. The primary material was Dwarf Alberta Spruce. &Nbsp; (This might become an annual event.) Click here for a .pdf copy of the handout available during the workshop. FEBRUARY 10, 2007 Lecture/demonstration: Repotting your Bonsai. JANUARY 13, 2007 Lecture/demonstration: Shaping Bonsai by Wiring. Our new member yearbook was distributed to all paid members. DECEMBER 9, 2006 Our schedule for next year was discussed and our new member yearbook was previewed. NOVEMBER 11, 2006 Because the Senior Center was closed this weekend, our meeting was cancelled at the last minute. OCTOBER 14, 2006 Review of last month's show and ideas for next year's display. We had sweatshirts for sale with the club logo on them. We discussed winter preparation of trees and worked on several bonsai. SEPTEMBER 9, 2006 Tree prep for the upcoming show. AUGUST 12, 2006 Discussion about the upcoming show and work on some trees. JULY 8, 2006 We had an auction of a dozen pots which were donated to the club by the family of a woman who is now in hospice. These included three pots she made in 1978. A couple of members also brought in bougainvillea trees which needed and received nice summer haircuts. Bill Fox related some additional general summer care instructions for our trees. JUNE 10, 2006 At Claudia and Jim Eley's home in Green Mountain Falls for meeting, collecting and lunch. Claudia graciously furnished lunch. Also, the Denver Bonsai Society's annual show at the Botanical Gardens was the following weekend, June 17 and 18. MAY 13, 2006 At Cliff Broyle's home in Fountain. Bill Fox and Robert Baran helped other members prune and pot a Japanese red maple and tropical cherry. Also, advise was given on the care and shaping of a few junipers, dwarf jade, and ficus. APRIL 8, 2006 A repotting seminar including information on root pruning. Several members each brought in a tree and, if necessary, got assistance in repotting it. Repotting soil/grit was available at a very reasonable price. Details were given on how and where to get permits for upcoming collecting trips to the Pike National Forest. MARCH 11, 2006 Long-time member Ross Huddleson put a collected Ponderosa pine in a large cascade pot. The group then helped a couple of members shape the trees they had brought in. FEBRUARY 11, 2006 Hands-On Workshop with pre-selected but still rough specimens of San José Junipers or Dwarf Alberta Spruce. Styling and wiring only. Good turn-out. Also, a recap of Craig Coussins' Denver club workshop: extending the aesthetic triangle of a tree's foliage to include the tray, and wiring deciduous bonsai with a bundle of thin wires (starting at the base of the tree and moving up to the smaller branches). JANUARY 14, 2006 Last minute cancellation. DECEMBER 10, 2005 General discussion, then went to Holiday Luncheon at Tako Japanese Restaurant, 1840 Dominion Way. NOVEMBER 12, 2005 Introductions; Discussion; viewing of videotape of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's 1971 film "Bonsai -- the Art of Training Dwarfed Potted Trees" NO OCTOBER MEETING -- SHOW INSTEAD SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 Discussion; "Winterization" by Pete Apostolas |