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President's Message
I hope everyone who participated in our field trip and
potting session had fun and added some nice projects to
their collections. If you didn't get everything potted,
remember that we'll have one more opportunity this
month. Details follow in this issue. Don't wait any longer
since March is the latest you should be doing major root
pruning.
Your trees should be growing vigorously this month so
there are a few things to watch for. Make sure wires do
not cut in, especially on the deciduous varieties. You can
remove any that look tight, then reapply a little looser. We
also need to remember to rotate trees every few weeks to
make sure the growth is even. Be careful with fertilizer
because you don't want to promote too rapid growth that
will make styling difficult. Remember also to watch water
needs more closely now that our weather should be getting
dryer.
One More Potting Session Coming Up
If you didn't make it to the first potting session, you have
another chance on March 7th. Don't miss this chance to
get your club donation trees potted so they'll look good
for the sale in October. As always, the club will provide
the pots, soil and wire needed for all donation trees. We'll
be meeting at Tasajara Nursery at 9:30am to get started.
Shopping In The Foothills
Join us on February 28th for a trip to visit two bonsai
nurseries in the Auburn area. Once again, we'll be leaving
from the CompUSA parking lot in the Willows shopping
center in Concord at 8:00am sharp. We plan to meet at the
Matsuda Nursery in Newcastle between 10:00 & 10:30.
After shopping there, we'll move north to Auburn to visit
the Yamasaki Nursery at approximately 1:00pm.
Directions can be found at the end of this issue.
New Website Address
Our Club web pages are now at a new address. I've
moved them to one of the free public web space providers
so we won't have to worry about future ISP changes. You
can now access the homepage at:
https://www.angelfire.com/ca2/diablobonsai
Our Trees On Display In Danville
Here is some info from Norm Wanek regarding the
upcoming display:
The Danville Fine Arts Gallery has invited the Diablo
Bonsai Club to exhibit some of our bonsai at their coming
exhibit titled In Our Gardens: Flora and Fauna. On
display will be paintings and other art forms depicting the
garden theme. We have agreed to exhibit several of our
trees during the period March 6 - April 17. We will only
have 3 trees on exhibit at any one time. The trees will be
rotated every 4 days.
The display will be open four days a week from
Wednesdays through Saturdays from 12-5pm. In addition,
there will be a reception on Saturday, March 6 from 4-
6pm. All members are welcome to attend this reception
and view the beautiful displays. The Fine Arts Gallery is
located upstairs at 233 Front Street, Danville. This
location is a half block up and across the street from the
Danville Community Center where we had last fall's
bonsai show.
Members are welcome to display a bonsai. If you have a
tree that you would like to display, contact Norm Wanek
at 837-7528. The tree does not have to be a large one but
should be well designed and appropriate for show
material.
We welcome this invitation because the exhibit will
reinforce the practice of bonsai as an art and will give us
the exposure and publicity we need to draw attendance at
our fall show.
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