March 2006 Newsletter

March Meetings:

All 2006 meetings will be Joint meetings and will be in the large upstairs room at the Heather Farm Garden Center, Walnut Creek. Meetings are scheduled on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, from 7:30PM to 9:30PM.

Meetings start at 7:30PM with a brief business meeting, and end at 9:30PM.
Please be ready to meet at 7:30PM.

Sunday - March 5th 9:30AM Potting session+ at Tassajara Nursery.

Tuesday - March 7th Board Meeting, Charlotte Wood School, Danville.
  7:30PM.

Wednesday - March 15th - Joint Class Meeting. Lecture 7:30-8:00PM - Yoseue, (group planting. Feeding and watering.
8:00-9:30PM - Workshop. Bring show and donation trees to work on. Sensei K will review Show trees and review and price donation trees.
Refreshments - Marcia Cozens and Rebecca Harris.

From the President:

As you read this we are less than eight weeks away from our 2006 show. We will set up Friday evening, April 29, from 6:00 until 9:00 pm. The Show rooms will be open from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday the 30th and 31st. We will close to the public on Sunday at 4:00 o’clock and begin take down and to load the truck to take our materials back to the Livermore warehouse. So please clear your calendars for the entire time because with our smaller membership we will need everyone. Plan to remove your trees promptly at 4:00pm so none are damaged in the hustle to clear the rooms and move the display tables and other materials.

We need to complete our list of display trees and donation trees as soon as possible so bring them to the meeting this month so Kay can review them and price the donation trees. Remember we need four donation and four display trees from each member.

Be sure you are signed up with the chairs of the committees so they can properly plan their schedules.

We do have a smaller membership this year but are confident that with everyone turning out, as they have done for the last two shows, we will be successful. Remember, a good show is one of the best means of attracting new members.

Jim Stalker

Diablo Bonsai Club Look Ahead Schedule

Tuesday, April 4th. 7:30pm. Board Meeting, Charlotte Wood School, Danville.

Wednesday, April 19th, 7:30pm. Joint Class Meeting. Lecture 7:30-8:00pm - Final review & care of exhibit & project plants. 8:00 - 9:30pm - Workshop.
Refreshments: Steve Huskins and Dimitri Koovshinoff.

Friday, April 28th, 6:00-9:00pm, Danville Community Center Show set up. Bring trees for display and donation trees for sale. There will be pizza and soft drinks.

Saturday and Sunday, April 29th and 30th. Danville Community Center 9:00am to 5:00pm Spring Show. Preparation, show and cleanup. Show hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm Saturday, and 10:00am to 4:00pm Sunday.

Events Elsewhere

March 15-19, Wednesday thru Sunday, San Francisco Bonsai Society of San Francisco Annual Exhibit at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, Cow Palace. Show hours are 9AM-8PM on Wednesday through Saturday, and 9AM-6:30PM on Sunday. In addition, there will be a bonsai demonstration in the public presentations area, on-going demos in the exhibit area.

March 26 , Sunday, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai announces it's 18th annual Bonsai Exhibit at the Santa Cruz Elks Lodge located at 150 Jewell Street, Santa Cruz, CA. Show from 10:30-4:30, Demo at 1:30 by Katsumi Kinoshita, benefit drawing to follow. From highway 17 south take a hard right at the first stop light and go north two blocks to Jewell Street turn right, Elks Lodge is at the top of the hill.

April, 2006

April 1-2, Saturday & Sunday San Jose, San Jose Betsuin Bonsai Club 36th Annual Spring Exhibit at the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, 640 North Fifth Street. Show hours are Saturday 12noon-5PM and Sunday 11AM-4PM.

April 1-2, Saturday & Sunday, Sacramento, Sacramento Bonsai Sekiyu Kai 29th Annual Bonsai Show at the Sacramento Betsuin Buddhist Church, 2401 Riverside Blvd. Show hours are 12noon-5PM Saturday and 10AM-4PM Sunday. Demonstrations at by John Uchida at 2PM both days.

April 1-2, Saturday and Sunday, Modesto, Modesto Bonsai Club Spring Show at Thomas Downey High School, 1000 Coffee Road. Show hours are Saturday 10AM-4PM and Sunday 12noon-4PM. Demonstrations by Sam Adina at 2PM both days.

April 8-9, Saturday and Sunday, Sacramento, American Bonsai Association of Sacramento Annual Spring Bonsai Show at the Sacramento Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd. Show hours are 10AM-5PM both days. DemonstratiSalons at 2PM. a. For more information, check the web site www.sacbonsai.com.

James Stalker - President,    Steve Huskins - First Vice President
Sylvia Roemer - Secretary,     Rebecca Harris - Treasurer,
Club Historian - Lois Naye.    Editor - Don Meeker -