February 2009 Newsletter
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Sensei: Kunitoshi "K" Akabane (925)
736-7600 Issue: 02/09 February 2009 Web Page Address:
www.angelfire.com/ca2/diablobonsai |
Danville, California 94526 (925) 736-7600 |
February
Meetings
Tuesday, February 10th -
7:00 p.m. Joint Class Meeting
Basic
Lecture 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.: Uekae
(transplanting)
Intermediate Lecture 7:30 – 8:00
p.m.; Soil & root relationship
Workshop
8:10 – 9:30 p.m.
Refreshments
and help with cleanup and close: Marcia Cozens and Astrid Eiland
Saturday, February 7th, 2008 - 9:30 a.m. Second Annual
Potting
Session at Tassajara Nursery. See Notes section below.
Saturday February 28th – 9:30 a.m. Final Potting Session at Tassajara Nursery.
February Date & Time & Location TBA : Board of
Directors
Meeting
Notes
Joint
Meeting
Format - For 2009, the club will
hold Joint Class meetings on the second
Tuesday of each month. To allow K to address a lecture to both the
basic
and intermediate members, there will be a basic level lecture at 7:00,
and an
intermediate level lecture at 7:30. Basic members should arrive
before
7:00; intermediate members should arrive either before 7:00 or between
7:20 and
7:30. Please do not arrive between 7:00 and 7:20, when you
would
disturb the basic lecture. During the intermediate lecture, the
basic
members should either quietly listen to the lecture, or work on their
trees. Please
don't disturb the lecture!
Potting
Session - We will hold
the second of our annual potting sessions at the Tassajara Nursery on
Saturday,
February 7th at 9:30am. Bring your trees, tools, and pots; potting
medium will
be available from the club for a small charge. Members' trees only,
please. The
last of the potting sessions will be held on Saturday, February 28th,
again at
9:30 at the Tassajara Nursery.
Diablo Bonsai Club Look Ahead Schedule
Tuesday, March 10th - 7:00pm. Joint Class
Meeting of both classes. Propagation of plants from seed and
cutting.
Refreshments
and help with cleanup and close: Jeff Heffel and David Holmgren.
Events
Elsewhere
February
28
San Diego, California
Founder’s Gala: 2nd Annual
major
fundraiser for the continued construction of the new expanded Bonsai
Pavilion
at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, located at the Crowne Plaza
Hanalei,
2270 Hotel Circle North. Festivities start at 6:30 PM.
The evening includes a sumptuous Polynesian
dinner, entertainment, a silent auction and benefit drawing. For reservations, or to make auction and
monetary donations, contact Joyce Goldman, Gala Registrar, at 1616 Via
Barlovento, San Marcos, California 92078, or email jgoldmankfx@yahoo.com
February
28-March
1 Oakland,
California
GSBF Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt: 18th Annual Mammoth Fundraiser at
the Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Avenue. Saturday,
Feb 28th Auction 1PM-4PM with
preview 12Noon-1PM. Sunday,
(Mar 1) Mammoth Fundraiser 10AM-5PM. Demonstration
and critiques by Kathy Shaner,
Curator. Vendors, benefit drawings,
raffles and large consignment sale of bonsai and bonsai related items.
February
28-March
1 San
Marino, California
GSBF Collection at the Huntington Bonsai-A-Thon XIII, fundraiser will be held at the Huntington
Library and
Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road.
Hours are 7:30AM - 4:30PM each day.
Many vendors of trees, pots, tools and books will be on hand. Ongoing demonstrations each day and the
finished trees and other items will be auctioned each afternoon. Breakfast, lunch, raffles and novice
workshops will be offered. Jim Folsom
will lead tours each morning at 10:00AM that will include the grand
opening of
the new Bonsai Courts. For more
information contact Elissa Hoxie: (310) 373-2840 or (310 977-7966). Email ehoxie@mac.com
Diablo
Bonsai Club Officers
Steve Huskins – President
Byron
Nobriga - First Vice President
Secretary -
Open
Jim Stalker - Treasurer
Lois Naye - Club Historian
Helen
Salmon - Newsletter Editor & Webmaster
