Kusamura Bonsai Club Meetings 2nd Friday of the Month 7 P.M. Techniques Workshop 8 P.M. General Meeting First Congregational Church Louis & Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, California Directions Resources A Year of Bonsai Tips About Your New Tree Contact Us Other Clubs in the SF Bay Area Where to Find Materials Club Projects Photos from 2002 Annual Show Book Sale Golden State Bonsai Northern Collection Photos from 2001 Annual Club Show Previous Newsletters April 2002 March 2002 February 2002 January 2002 December 2001     No newsletter this month. November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 February 2001 January 2001 December 2000 November 2000 October 2000 September 2000

MAY MEETING 7:00 p.m. Azalea Sale Tom Refvem's very nice azalea collection will be sold. Come early for the best choices. Bring your checkbook! 8:00 p.m. Jim Gremel on Yamadori Jim Gremel will give a demonstration workshop called Yamadori II. Some of our members will have styled a young pine or juniper in the coiled style called yamadori during a lesson with Jim in the past. Your trees should have grown quite a bit since then. Now it's time to take the next step, and Jim will help you. Bring your own tools and wire. For those who have not yet started a yamadori, Jim will have young trees that can be purchased for $4.00 each, and he will teach you the beginning steps. If you have them, bring scissors and wire cutters. He will provide all the other things needed. Jim says that beginners are sometimes even better at yamadori then more experienced people because they don't know all the rules yet! Jim will also have some of his unique, handmade pots for sale, as well as annealed copper wire in various sizes and &endash;something new--bonsai tools. Bring your checkbook! Jim Gremel has given great programs for us in the past. He is a fine artist who does meticulous, beautiful work of which he will bring some examples to show us. He is coming all the way from Occidental to be with us. Don't miss this opportunity.   April Newsletter May Work Schedule From A Year of Bonsai Tips by Jim Ransohoff Last Month's Bonsai Show President Lonnie McCormick and Show Chair Sandy Planting wish to thank all of you who worked so hard to make the show successful. It was a beautiful show. The plant sale plants were great and numerous. The lunchroom donations were irresistible. You will be glad to know that we met all our expenses and more. Best of all, we received many appreciative comments from visitors, and 18 or so people asked to be on our mailing list for the next three months.   Calendar   May 19. Matsuri Festival at Hakone Gardens. Kusamura will be exhibiting several of our best show trees, and Bill Scott will answer questions about how bonsai is done. The gardens should be lovely and there will be lots of things to do and see. May 18-19. Bay Area Satsuki Aikokai (azaleas) at Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. Demos at 1:30 p.m. both days&emdash;Saturday by Bob Gould and Ruben Guzman, Sunday by Johnny Uchida. May 18-19. Satsuki Aikokai of Sacramento (azaleas) at Sacramento Garden and Art Center, 3320 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Demos at 1:30 p.m. both days by Kathy Shaner. May 19. San Mateo Bonsai Club Satsuki (azaleas) Exhibit at San Mateo Gardeners' Association Building, 503 East 5th Avenue (corner of South Claremont and 5th Avenue), San Mateo. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. June 1-2. Sei Boku Bonsai Kai at San Mateo Garden Center, 650 Parkside Way, San Mateo. 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days. Demos 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. both days by Warren Clark, Steve Fenton, Tim Kong, Valerie Monroe, and Mike Page. June 2. Monterey Bonsai Club at Monterey Buddhist Church, 1155 Noche Buena, Seaside. 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. Demo at 2:00 p.m. by Katsumi Kinoshita.   More Events (from Golden State Bonsai Federation)

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