February 2001 Newsletter
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Web Page Address Address: Issue 02/01 ¨ February 2001 www.angelfire.com/ca2/diablobonsai |
2550 Camino Tassajara Danville, California 94526 (925) 736-7600 |
Sensei: Kunitoshi Akabane (925) 736-7600
President: Bob Evans (925) 820-0268
Editor: Daryl Bunch (925) 830-8790
February Meetings:
All meetings held at Heather Farms Garden Center, 1540 March Banks Dr., Walnut Creek. 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Refreshments: Dimitri and Nick Koovshinoff
February 12th - Intermediate Class (7:00 pm to 7:30 pm) Business meeting and library open; (7:30 pm to 8:00 pm) Class Instruction - topic is Discussion on Individual Expression is about what bonsai art is; 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm) Workshop.
Refreshments: Fred Kovar and Bob Lausten
February 6th – Board of Directors Meeting at 7:30 at the CalFed Bank on Crow Canyon in San Ramon
Notes: - If your are listed to bring refreshments and cannot attend, please call Bob Evans at (925)-820-0268.
Don't forget to bring a piece of plastic to cover your table during the workshop.After the workshop, clean-up around your table and help put away the tables and chairs. (two rows of tables and chairs at the south end of the room.)
February 10th - Potting Session at the Tassajara Nursery, 2550 Camino Tassajara Rd, Danville - (10:00 am to 12:00 noon).
Take the Sycamore Valley Road east exit off I-680. The nursery is approximately 2 miles east of I-680 on the right hand side of the street. When you arrive please park on either side of the street outside the fenced parking area so that the regular customers can park inside the parking lot.
February 24th - Second Field Trip to bonsai nurseries. Carpooling from the Montgomery Ward parking lot on Monument Boulevard. Signup sheets and detailed information will be available at the February 5th and 12th meetings. We will visit the Sumigawa Nursery at 8049 Gravenstein Highway in Cotati, CA. Ph. 707-795-5467 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and the Lone Pine Gardens at 6450 Lone Pine Road in Sebastopol, CA. Ph 707-823-5024 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Carpooling will be from the Montgomery Wards parking lot on Monument Boulevard in Concord at 8:45 am and departing at 9:00 am sharp.
President’s Message
All members should plan to attend at least one of the potting sessions scheduled February 10th and March 4th. The object of these potting sessions is for the members to prepare the trees they are donating to the October Show Plant Sale. Diablo Bonsai Club will provide the pots, soil and wire used and the members are asked to provide their own trees. Please bring your own bonsai tools and a piece of plastic to cover your work table. Before you leave the potting session, make sure you clean up around your area and register thee trees you have prepared and the pots you have used.
As a reminder, Basic members are asked to donate two one gallon-sized trees and intermediate members two five gallon-sized trees. You can bring your own trees from home for the potting session or the trees will be available at the nursery for your purchase.
Experienced members of the club will be available at both potting sessions to help the basic members with their trees. It is a good learning experience for the newer members of the club and also helps you get your trees ready for the October Show Plant Sale. You will do all the steps needed to go from nursery stock in a one gallon can to a tree wired and placed in a bonsai pot. The past year we have had a number of group plantings in our plant sale and they have sold for a good price. We are asking intermediate members to consider doing a group planting as one of your donations.
The past few years the club has derived over 70% of its income at the October Show from the sale of trees donated from members to the plant sale. The trees donated to the plant sale should be high quality so that they will sell for a good price and will reflect favorably upon Diablo Bonsai Club as a source of quality trees. DO not use the October Show Plant Sale as a means to get rid of material you no longer want as it reflects poorly on the club if we are trying to sell poor trees at a cheap price.
We had a good turnout of members and spouses at our pot luck dinner party on January 15th kicking off the Diablo Bonsai Clubs 20th year. It was very encouraging to see some of our newest members attending the function. Our thanks to Don Meeker for organizing and setting up the food. Our thanks also to Sensei Akebane for donating a Bunjin style juniper, which was raffled off.
With this newsletter we are including the schedule of activities for the year 2001 so you can mark your calendar for the year. Also at the February meetings, Tom Fong has prepared the "2000 Financial Highlights" statement and copies will be available for those who are interested. This statement will give members an idea of where the clubs money comes from and where it is spent.
Scott Couture and Byron Nobriaga have been selected to be the co-chairmen of the October Show for 2001. They will be asking for members to head the various show committees in the near future. In the future, monthly meetings of the committee chairs will be asking for volunteers to work on their committees during the show. To have a successful shop we need everyone's' participation.
Please welcome the following new members: Richard Mitro of San Ramon and Gary Parker of Lafayette.
If you have not paid your dues for the year 2001 yet, please get a check in the mail to Tom Fong immediately so that we can finalize the membership roster and get it printed.
Our thanks to Norm Wanek and his crew comprised of Tom Fong, Bob Eden, Fred Kovar, Scott Couture and Bob Evans for pruning and cleaning the Bonsai Exhibit at the Heather Farms Garden Center. Norm Provides the upkeep of the trees during the remainder of the year and gets a work party together once a year to do the major cleanup.
There are five (5) pots and two (2) stands from the estate sale of Phil Hermann available if anyone is interested please contact Bob Evans.
Events Elsewhere Golden State Bonsai Collection at Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA.Garden House Hours
Wed, Thurs, Fri – 11:00AM to 3:00 PM
Sat – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sun – 12 Noon to 4:00 PM
Call ahead to be sure they are open at (520)-763-8409.
February 3rd and 4th - Bay Area Bonsai Associates 20th Annual Bonsai Show at Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, (Lake Merritt), Oakland, CA. Hours Saturday - 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm, Demo by Kathy Shaner at 7:30 pm. Hours Sunday - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Demon by Bill Hilvers at 1:00 pm.
February 25 - Golden State Collection North Mammoth Bazaar at Lakeside Park Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue, (Lake Merritt), Oakland, CA. Hours 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
March 17 & 18 - Fresno Bonsai Society 32nd Annual Show at Shinzin Japanese Garden, Fresno, CA. Hours 10:00 am to 4:00 pm both days.
March 21 - 25 - Bonsai Society of San Francisco Annual Exhibit in the East Building of the Cow Palace. South San Francisco. Part of the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show.
March 31 - April a - Modesto Bonsai Club Annual Show at the Medical Building, 2339 St. Paul's Way, Modesto, CA. Hours 10:00 am to 4:00 pm both days. Demonstration both days at 2:00 pm by George Fujita.
Garden Classes at Heather Farms
1. Color in two gardens - March 3rd at 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Fee - $15.00 for members and $20.00 for Non-members.
2. Nursery Visit with a landscape architect - March 3 (:30 am to 11:30 am. Fee $15.00 for Members and $20.00 for Non-members
3. A Garden for Four Seasons - March 7th, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Fee $15.00 for Members and $20.00 for Non-members.
4. Paper Making - March 10th, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Fee $15.00 for Members and $20.00 for Non-members.
5. Flower Drawing and Painting Workshop - March 17, 9:03 am to 5:00 pm. Fee $65.00 for Members and $70.00 for Non-members. In class materials fee $10.00.
See the last page of this newsletter for a form to use for these classes if interested.
February 25 - Annual Appraisal Event (Antique and Collectable Appraisals) Hours 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. In support of the Gardens at Heather Farms, 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek, CA. Appraisal fees up to 3 items $15.00, each additional item $5.00.
Diablo Bonsai Look Ahead Schedule
March 4, 2001 – Potting Session Number 2
March 5, 2001 - Basic/Intermediate Joint Class
Refreshments: Bill Magee, Jack Mahshi, Sybil Renee McGowen
March 6, 2001 – Board Meeting
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Class Registration Form Send to: The Gardens at Heather Farms
1540 Marchbanks Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: 925-947-1678 Fax: 947-1726
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Make checks payable to: The Gardens at Heather Farms
Refunds for canceling attendance will be made only until one week before class
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Diablo Bonsai Club 2001 Schedule
Date Event
January 2 - Board Meeting
January 8 - Basic Class - Chokkan and Moyogi Styles and Winter Care, Workshop
January 15 - Potluck Dinner Party
January 27 - Field Trip
January 29 - Intermediate Class - Winter Care in General and this Year's Project, Workshop
February 5 - Basic Class - Fukinagashi and Kengai Styles, Workshop
February 6 - Board Meeting
February 10 - Potting Session
February 12 - Intermediate Class - Discussion. Individual Expression about what is bonsai art. Workshop
February 24 - Field Trip
March 4 - Potting Session
March 5 - Basic/Intermediate Joint Class
March 6 - Board Meeting
April 2 - Basic Class - How to pinch new growth, feeding, and watering. Workshop
April 3 - Board Meeting
April 9 - Intermediate Class - Discussion on the problems of branch development, Workshop
April 28,29 - Cherry Blossom Festival
May 1 - Board Meeting
May 7 - Basic Class - Branch Development. Workshop
May 14 - Intermediate Class - Restyling of an old bonsai. Workshop
May 19 - Spring Garden Tour
June 4 - Basic/Intermediate Joint Class
June 5 - Board Meeting
July 2 - Basic Class
July 9 - Intermediate Class
July 17 - Board Meeting
August 6 - Basic/Intermediate Joint Class
August 7 - Board Meeting
September 4 - Board Meeting
September 10 - Basic Class
September 17 - Intermediate Class
October 1 - Basic Class
October 2 - Board Meeting
October 8 - Intermediate Class
October 13,14 - Annual Diablo Bonsai Club Bonsai Exhibit
October 14 - Critique of Trees in exhibit
November 3 - October Show Dinner Party
November 5 - Basic Class
November 6 - Board Meeting
November 12 - Intermediate Class
December 3 - Basic/Intermediate Joint Meeting
December 4 - Board Meeting