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Special Workshop
Marco Invernizzi
will be conducting a workshop Monday, Dec 3 from 9AM-4PM at
the Planting residence. There are 8 seats that are granted
on a first come first serve basis. We will create a waiting
list of alternates.
A Field Trip
A field trip to Maruyama’s
Nursery is planned for January 2008. The nursery is located
in Sacramento and also has a large selection of pots and
supplies. The date of the trip is Saturday, January 19,
2008. We will carpool to Maruyama’s and be departing from
the Planting’s residence at 8AM.
We need a list of people
willing to drive and a list of those who will be
passengers.
Potting Parties Announced
These potting
parties are lots of fun and help to create good looking
plants for sale at the show in April. Planting parties are
held at the home of John and Sandy Planting in Palo Alto.
Pots and Soil, and other items needed for potting are
provided by the club. Just bring some tools and have some
fun.
November 11 9AM-4PM
January 13 and February 10, 2008
We will be
working on donated plants that can be repotted in the fall.
This includes trees you may be taking care of from the
previous shows, Sumigawa nursery donated trees from the bus
trip, and club trees.
Jim Ransohoff’s Secret Fall
Color Recipe
Basic solution:
1 Cup of Sugar to 1 Gal of Water
Feed ½ cup of mix per Gal of water
Feed to the soil of those wonderful Tridents
A month before fall color
Volunteers Needed
Remember we are looking for
volunteers to coordinate the Holiday Party in December and
for show planning. Show your spirit and sign up soon.
Update Our Records
Please be sure to update your contact
information at the next club meeting. We need to verify
addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
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Kusamura Club Calendar
November 2007
• November 16—Yamadori Style (Mountain Grown) — Jim
Gremel – Jim will be doing both beginning trees and
advanced work for those of you who worked with him before.
• November 11 - Fall Potting Party (for show plants)
December 2007
• December 21— Christmas Party and Northern Collection Video
by Andrea Burhoe.
We need a chair for the party. Please contact John Planting
January 2008
Pine workshop with focus on needle pruning.
February 2008
Gordon Deeg
demonstration of drastic repotting of trident maples. This
will fill both the 7:00 and 8:00 programs.
March 2008
Air layering and grafting techniques. Lonnie to oversee a
demo of these techniques with work performed by Stephanie
(air layering) and Bang (grafting).
April 2008
• April 26-27 —
Prepare for show with Tokonoma setup.
Kusamura Bonsai Show
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Other Events
November 9–10 Ross, California
Marin Bonsai Club:
Fall show at the Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Frances
Drake Blvd. Hours are Friday 6PM–10PM (Dinner, raffle and
critique by Ted Matson) and Saturday 10AM–5PM with a demo by
Ted Matson at 1PM. For information, call Craig Thompson
(415) 472-6685
More Events
(from Golden State Bonsai
Federation)
Your Club, Your Activities, Your Show, Needs Your
Participation
By Jerry Carpenter
I know that recently we have not been having a great turnout
at meetings and finding volunteers has been difficult. There
may be many reasons for this. I would like to hear from you
about what we can do to raise attendance and create a
cooperative spirit of volunteerism for your club. You might
consider this a rally call.
All clubs are what their members make of them. People are
the club. People of all sorts with many different talents
and interests are our heart of the organization. We all
bring our energy to the living art of bonsai. It is what we
have in common and it is what we put some energy behind. The
living art we create brings us joy and peace and the
knowledge of an art well done at show time.
The board of directors would like to hear from you about how
to make Kusamura thrive. I am willing to accept email or
hear your concerns and suggestions in confidence, if that
need be, and I will summarize the finding for the board.
Please communicate via phone, email, or face to face with a
member of the board you are comfortable with and share your
concerns and ideas.
We need ideas on how to attract new members, show our trees
in venues around the area to bring interest to the club, and
how to advertise in cost effective manner to bring new
interest to our art.
Collection
North Adopt a Tree project
The Collection North located at lovely Lake Merritt has
created a new program for adopting trees by clubs that will
help pay of the specific maintenance of that tree or trees.
Adoption amounts are determined by the care needed for the
tree and the general starting fee is $500 per tree.
Kusamura’s board is considering adopting two of Tosh
Saburomaru’s (Kusamura’s founding Sensei) trees that are at
the garden and could be adopted (an oak and a mugho pine)
costing the club $1,000. The Board feels this is a good
idea, but is struggling with how to gather the funding. The
funds can come from individuals or from a fundraising event.
The board of director’s would like to solicit your ideas on
how to collect the funds for this cause.
Volunteers from Kusamura help
support the Collection North by volunteering; assisting the
garden by being a docent or with landscape and/or plant
care. Jerry has recently taken on the creation of the
Collection Newsletter and will start creating the quarterly
publication in 2008. Stephanie, Lonnie, Helen, Hap, and John
have found that being a volunteer over the years at the
Collection North is a very rewarding time of caring for
great trees, giving information to the many visitors who are
always curious about how bonsai are created, and the chance
to learn many new skills from the other volunteers and from
Curator, Kathy Shaner.
Something New for Club Members!
Do you have a problem tree, a bug, a styling or species
question? Please send your questions to
jcsf1090@earthlink.net and we will research your
question for a new column in the newsletter. Pictures of the
problem always support it better. We look forward to your
challenges.
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Nov 16, 2007 MEETING
Demonstration and Workshop 7:00–9:30 Tree Workshop
Jim Gremel is conducting a
demonstration of yamadori juniper. Members can purchase
from Jim stock to create their own yamadori style juniper.
In the second part, members who have created their own
yamadori trees will have time to get help on refinement and
ideas about taking them to the next stage during the
workshop. Jim will also have pots, wire and some small trees
for sale at the event.
Show and Tell
will feature your fall examples and yamadori
styles trees you may have worked on in the past.
Refreshments
The following members are requested to bring
refreshments to the November meeting: Dennis Abler and
Ricardo Archila. Please find a substitute if you cannot
contribute.
Library
will be open.
News
December
Holiday Party
We need a
volunteer to help coordinate the festivities. Please contact
a board member if you would like to help. We need a primary
organizer.
From the
Kusamura Bonsai Show Chair
I am now soliciting
volunteers to help with the show. My first request is to see
how many people are going to show trees this year. Stephanie
North will be doing publicity this year and I appreciate her
assistance. Please see me, Jerry Carpenter, if you would
like a particular role. I will be starting signup sheets in
January.
This year the show will return to Mitchell
Park, located at 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA
94303. The show date will be April 26-27 with a setup day
on April 25.
Newsletter and Web Pictures
This year I would like to solicit pictures of
trees in your collections. Each month I would like to post a
picture of a member’s tree with a brief tag line under it
speaking about the tree. You can submit your pictures to me
via email at
jcsf1090@earthlink.net or
bring me a photo I can scan. Submit your name and tree
information at
that time. Let’s show our talent to each other.
Tree of the Month
Shimpaku Juniper. This tree
has been trained for several years. It was purchased at an
estate sale of a bonsai collector in the south bay two years
ago. It has been wired for almost a year and will undergo
some major changes in the coming year. It is probably a bit
more than 5 years old.
Last Updated
November 12, 2007.
Copyright © 2007 by Kusamura Bonsai Club. All Rights Reserved. Articles
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