Friday, March 21, 2008

March Newsletter

RAIL GARDEN WORK SESSION: Saturday, March 22, beginning at 9:00 AM.
Plants in the landscape need pruning, so if you can help with this, bring your pruning tools, get some good pruning experience. If you can’t be there at 9:00 AM, just come at your convenience, and work as long as your schedule allows.

LABS MONTHLY MEETING: Tuesday, April 1 at 7:00 PM
It is in the Boeing Education Room at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Tony and Dennis will talk about preparing plants for the show. If you have not submitted a list of the plants you plan to show, please provide this at the meeting. They will also cover show set-up, and will be recruiting volunteers to help with this.

BONSAI SHOW: April 26 and 27 in the Arbor at Huntsville Botanical Garden.
Tony and Dennis will establish the hours that plants will be accepted for display and for sale.

LABS MONTHLY MEETING IN MAY:
The Huntsville Botanical Garden needs to use the Boeing Education Room on Tuesday. May 6, and has asked that we hold our May meeting in Murray Hall.

REPOTTING TREES:
If you attended our March meeting, you heard John Mullins emphasizing the importance of cleaning all fine soil from a plant’s root system when potting into bonsai soil. At the Kathy Shaner workshops, we saw some good examples of the damage that can result from leaving finely textured soil on the root system, some potentially wonderful plants in decline because of this kind of root problem. Keep this in mind as you do your spring repotting.

Joyce White
Secretary
Living Art Bonsai Society

Saturday, February 23, 2008

February 2008 Newsletter

GARDEN RAILWAY WORK SESSION:
Saturday, February 23 will be the last work session before the spring opening of the railway on March 15. Weather permitting, the session will begin at 9:00 AM.

LABS MONTHLY MEETING:
Tuesday, March 4, 7:00 PM, in the Boeing Education Classroom at Huntsville Botanical Garden. John Mullins will present the program on potting/repotting bonsai. Please remember that Tony George and Dennis Coad want each member to report at this meeting the number and description of the trees we plan to exhibit in the show, which will be in April (see below).

KATHY SHANER WORKSHOPS:
Sunday, March 9 and Monday, March 10 . At this time, all workshop slots are filled for both days. For those participating in the workshops, payment of $40.00 per session is due upon arrival at the workshops. Silent observation is allowed for all members at no cost. Morning sessions begin at 8:00 AM, and afternoon sessions begin at 1:00 PM both days. The workshops will be in the Boeing Education Classroom, our usual meeting location. Tony wants to plan a club dinner with Kathy after the workshops on Sunday. More information about this should be available at the March meeting.

BONSAI SHOW:
Our annual bonsai show is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27, with set-up scheduled for Friday, April 25. The show will be in The Arbor at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Hours for set-up and exhibit are to be announced. It isn’t too early to start grooming your trees for the show. Some of them may not look very good this time of year, but should improve with warmer days, increased day length, and some extra TLC.

BONSAI PROGRAMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS:
Tuesday, April 1: Tony and Dennis will present the program on show preparation.

Tuesday, May 6: Wes Harris will present a demonstration on styling and potting a beginner bonsai.

NASHVILLE LAWN AND GARDEN SHOW: February 28 thru March 2. Information available at http://www.nashvillelawnandgardenshow.com/

Joyce White
Secretary, Living Art Bonsai Society (LABS)

Saturday, January 19, 2008

January 2008 Newsletter

  • A work session is scheduled for the Huntsville Botanical Garden Railway on the fourth Saturday of each month. This will fall on January 26 this month. The work session begins at 9:00 AM, but you may come at any time that is convenient for you, and work as long as your schedule allows.
  • Tuesday, February 5, at 7:00 PM in the Education Room at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Dennis Coad will lead a hands-on program to assist us with the proper methods of sharpening and maintaining our tools. Bring your tools along with the items you use for sharpening them, and Dennis will provide guidance on how to keep them in good working condition.
  • A repotting program is planned for our March meeting.
  • Tony George is consulting with Kathy Shaner and Guy Guidry regarding workshops for our members this spring and summer.
BONSAI SHOW:
Bob White has contacted Huntsville Botanical Garden staff to learn that The Arbor has been reserved for our annual spring show on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, with plans to set-up on Friday, April 25. Tony and Dennis have agreed to co-chair the show again, and Tony is also consulting Botanical Garden staff to schedule dates for our 2009 annual spring show. We have been informed that events in The Arbor must be scheduled well in advance. I have provided contact information to Botanical Garden staff for LABS executive committee members to facilitate more effective communications in the future.

If any of our members do not have a copy of LABS Constitution and By-Laws, please let me know, and I will provide a copy for you.

Hope to see you at the February meeting.

Joyce White (Maam)
Secretary, Living Art Bonsai Society

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Bonsai-related Merchandise for Sale

http://www.cafepress.com/livingartbonsai

Go to the above link and buy some bonsai-related merchandise for gifts this Christmas (or for yourself). The photos on the items are from our member's Spring 2007 bonsai exhibit. Money earned from the sale of these items goes back to LABS to help fund guest artists visits, wire, etc. New merchandise will be added.

LABS November Meeting

Minutes of the November 7, 2007 meeting are as follows:

Eighteen members attended. Phil presided.

Minutes of November meeting and current treasurer's report were approved by the membership.

Announcements and business matters presented by Phil:

The education room is not available for our December meeting due to the Botanical Garden's Galaxy of Lights. Tony moved that we eat/meet at the Chinese Buffet in Madison across from Old Time Pottery/Wachovia (where the steak house used to be for anyone who has been around Madison for awhile) at 7 PM on December 4th. The movement was passed by the members attending. The link below will give you directions; if it doesn't work by clicking on it, copy and paste it into your internet browser:

http://maps.google.com/maps?li=d&hl=en&f=d&iwstate1=dir:to&daddr=9016+Madison+Blvd,+Madison,+AL+35758+(China+Buffet)&geocode=1422881223688109293,34.675412,-86.755064&iwloc=1&dq=Chinese+restaurant&ei=zek8R9O0Ko2crQKEp7zOAg

The January 2008 meeting happens to fall on New Year's Day and IS STILL PLANNED. It will be a working session.

Phil chose seven DVD's, based on members' preferences, and announced the total cost as $153.70 plus shipping. He has not been able to order these DVDs yet.

No update from Tony regarding Guy Guidry as a guest bonsai artist for a spring workshop for our members.

Bob White, chairman of the nominating committee, introduced LABS 2008 officers:

President: Phil Terry
Vice President: Tony George
Secretary: Joyce White
Treasurer: Charlene and Wes Harris

Thank you to all the outgoing officers: Olga and Carol

Reminder that LABS members' dues are payable as of 1/1/08.


Door prizes were donated by Carol & Lee Bates and Olga Lavan. Thank you!

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Phil presented the night's program on how to sharpen tools in preparation for the Jan (Feb?) meeting, which will be a workshop on sharpening/maintaining bonsai tools as a "you do" rather than watching Dennis.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Information about Rendezvous 2008 Workshop Schedule

An early workshop schedule from Brussels Bonsai Nursery was sent to LABS members recently via email. Please let me know at lcdefior at bellsouth dot com if you did not receive the information.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

RENDEZVOUS 2008 Plant Material Preview

RENDEZVOUS 2008
PLANT MATERIAL PREVIEW
DATE .MAY 23rd, 24th & 25th

SPECIAL REGISTRATION FEE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31st $100.00 PER PERSON
(subject to change without notification).

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE PERSONNEL AT 1-800-582-2593 OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.BRUSSELSBONSAI.COM

ARTIST
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TREE SPECIES - WORKSHOP PRICE

SUTHIN SUKOSOLVISIT
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3 GAL. - TANSU CRYPTOMERIA 150.00
2 GAL. - BOXWOOD 125.00
3 GAL. - CREPE MYRTLE 75.00

KATHY SHANER
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7 GAL. - CURVED HINOKI CYPRESS 175.00
7 GAL. - CRABAPPLE 475.00
15 GAL. - CURVED BLACK PINE 395.00

MARK NOLANDER
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15 GAL. - BLUE ALPS 595.00
5 GAL. - SHIMPAKU "ITOIGAWA" 495.00
3 GAL. - CURVED RED PINE 150.00

JOSE LUIS RODRGUEZ
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2 GAL. -BLACK OLIVE "BUCIDA SPINOSA'. 145.00
7 GAL. - TEENIE GENIE "DWARF EUGENIA" 175.00
PODOCARPUS 125.00

-CHENG CHENG-KUNG
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JUNIPER PROSTRAT A 595.00
7 GAL. -SHIMPAKU 375.00
3 GAL. - SHIMPAKU "SHOHI N" 175.00

DANA QUATTLEBAUM
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15 GAL. - TRIDENT MAPLE 375.00
3 GAL. -FIVE NEEDLE PINE "BUNJIN" 325.00
7 GAL. -CURVED BLACK PINE 195.00

BRUSSEL MARTIN
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7 GAL. -BALD CYPRESS 145.00
3 GAL. - CURVED KOREAN HORNBEAM 150.00
CURVED-LG. CHINESE ELM 130.00