January 14–15 Hayward, California
Bay Island Bonsai 7th Anniversary show “An Exhibit of Fine Bonsai” at Centennial Hall, 22292 Foothill Blvd. Hours are 10AM– 4 PM both days. $3 admission. Free parking. Guided tours of the exhibit. Auction of quality bonsai and suiseki on Saturday: Preview at noon, auction at 1 PM. For  information, call Boon Manakitivipart at (510) 865-1008 or visit www.bonsaiboon.com

January  28–29 Oakland, California
Bay Area Bonsai Associates 25th Annual Bonsai Exhibit at Lakeside Garden Center (Lake Merritt), 666 Bellevue Ave. Show hours are Saturday 5:30PM–9PM and Sunday 10AM–4PM. David De Groot, director and curator of Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, will demonstrate on Saturday evening.  Exhibit and plant sale opens at 5:30 PM and the raffle will be at 9:00 PM.

February 3-5 Santa Nella California
California shohin society Seminar 2006 at the Ramada Inn (Mission De Oro).

Presented by Children's Fine Arts of the Palo Alto Art Center, Bonsia for Parent and Child
Work together to start and nurture a real bonsai tree in the Japanese tradition. Bonsai is a science as well as an art, bring together math, horticulture and esthetics. We'll cover a bit of the the history and philosophy of this unique art and teach you how to develop your own heirloom miniature tree. Instructor will be available between workshops.

Instructor: Sandy Vrooman
3 Classes - $89PA resident/$102 Nonresident
Junior Museum and Zoo
Course number 47419 7-18 yrs & Adult*
Saturdays 1/21,4/1, 6/10  1-4 PM
*A parent or guardian must register and attend. To register call 650.329.2122, visit www.paenjoy.org

JANUARY MEETING
Friday January 20^th
NOTE: This is the third Friday of the month, this is a change in tradition.

TECHNIQUES MEETING 7-8 PM
Sandy Planting will demonstrate how to do a saikei.

MAIN MEETING 8-10 PM
Since it has been noticed that Kusamura members seem not to exhibit any rock plantings we will have a two meeting topic.  January, Sandy Planting will tell us how to prepare and select rocks to do a rock planting covering carving, and how to select a good rock.  She will also do a demo rock planting.

At the February meeting members are requested to bring rocks and plants for a rock planting workshop.

Saikei and rock plantings can take advantage of stock that would not stand alone as a bonsai, but grouped together make a nice showing.  This is an easy type of beginner’s tree as the materials can be quite reasonable in cost.

One can also do a rock planting with a more mature and styled tree.  The choice with a rock planting is to decide which you want to make the primary interest.  If you have a developed tree you might consider rocks that enhance and not over power your tree.  If you have young stock, then consider the arrangements of the rocks to be more dynamic than the trees.

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POTTING PARTY
The next potting party will be Sunday 1-22-06 at the Plantings.   The event lasts from 10 am thru 4 pm.  Bring the trees you will donate to the club for the show plant sale.  Then stay and help develop some of the plant material donated to Kusamura.  This is a good place for beginners to get in some practice.  You can come when you want and stay as long as you want.  If you are staying for most of the day it is advised that you bring a lunch. 

The Wisteria Dig
Duncan Minalga has a client in Palo Alto with an old wisteria that has a lot of very large suckers.  These suckers have growth low down on the 2” to 3” diameter trunks.  Time and date of the dig to be first week in January.  Call Duncan at 1-650-823-8315.   (You must dial the one)

Last Updated January 2, 2006.
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