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Propagation of Woody Plants by Cuttings

New Board of Director's Announced
Updated 6/26/06
 

June 24 Oakland, California
GSBF Collection-North 10-Year Anniversary Celebration with Parks and Recreation Department, City of Oakland at the Lake Merritt Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Ave.  Event hours are 10AM-10PM.  Style-A-Thon by 3 bonsai masters 10AM-5PM.  Vendors 10AM-5PM. Anniversary Dinner at 7:30PM.  For information, call Rick Boldy at (925) 285-6776 or email pba412dba@aol.com.

June 30 - July 4 San Rafael, California
Marin Bonsai Club Bonsai Show at the Marin Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, Marin County Fairgrounds, Highway 101 (exit N. San Pedro Rd.).  Show hours are 11AM-10PM daily.  Admission to the Fair is $11 adults, $9 seniors over 65 and children 4 to 12.  Free for children under 4.  For more information, call Craig Thompson, (415) 472-6685.

July 31 GSBF Kinshu Award Bonsai Contest Submission Deadline.  All entries for the 2006 Kinshu award must be postmarked by July 31 to be eligible for judging.   For more information, visit the GSBF website..

More Events
(from Golden State Bonsai Federation)


 

Members bring in plants that are at their peak to be displayed in the "Show and Tell" portion of the meeting. 6/16/06

Each meeting has a raffle where members bring in stock and supplies that are then raffled off to raise funds for the club. 6/16/06

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 16, 2006
TECHNIQUES PROGRAM 7:00 PM

Sandy Planting will tell us how to prune deciduous trees in early summer for best results on further development.  She will tell us how to prune trees that are in early training and how to maintain more established specimens. 

Sandy Planting demonstrates pruning a pine. 6/16/06	Lonnie McCormick demonstrating de-candling the black pine. 6/16/06

MAIN MEETING 8:00 TO 10:00 pm
This is a work shop, bring, plants, tools and a table cloth.  Lonnie McCormick will continue in his series of black pine care, development and maintenance.   He follows the teachings of Kathy Shaner.  This method calls for de-candling black pines only at this time of the year.  Lonnie will explain how this contributes to the development of a fine black pine bonsai.

As you saw in the last newsletter, Marty Mann had another method for dealing with pines.  This is an older school of thought than the one Kathy teaches.  It is important to stick to one method for best results.  Ways of developing bonsai keep changing and improving. It is really important that when you do something to your tree, you know why you are doing this.    So pay attention and keep notes on the workshop and also take notes to see how your efforts affect your tree.  This way you will know the why as well as the how to. 

Elections
This will be a busy meeting.  June is the month when the nominating committee presents the slate of officers for the coming year.  We will approve the slate and the new officers will start next month.  Traditionally, the only way you can find out who the nominated offers are is to attend the meeting. 

Library
Will be open in June.

As part of the demonstration, members bring in trees for coaching and hands-on experience. 6/16/06

Members are encouraged to bring in trees for and receive advice from other members on technique. 6/16/06

Photographs taken 6/16/06 by Javier Lizaola.

July Meeting
This is will be a session on care of maples, defoliating and pruning. An important note: If you will be planning to defoliate you will want to fertilize for two weeks before this meeting.

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