Club News - February 2015
Meeting - February 20 @ 7pm
Repotting with Gordon Deeg and David Curbow
Our February program will be a demonstration on repotting. David Curbow will be repotting a Juniper while Gordon Deeg will be repotting a pine.
Monthly Tasks
Each month there are a number of tasks you need to do to your bonsai - from repotting, to fertilizing to spraying for pests. We have put together a checklist, customized for the San Francisco Bay Area to help you. This checklist is adapted from earlier work by Mitsuo Umehara.
This month: February Tasks
Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Mammoth Bazaar
The Mammoth Bazaar is celebrating its 15th anniversary and has invited local bonsai clubs to participate by setting up a display for Sunday, February 22. A six-foot table will be provided for each participating club. The display should include a bonsai or stone and an accent plant along with a scroll and literature about our club and annual show.
A bonsai owned by Lonnie McCormick will be used to represent Kusamura in the Bazaar’s special exhibit by local bonsai clubs on February 22. Show flyers and material about our club will also be included in this display. The club thanks Jane Iki and Charlene Fischer for making this happen.
A number of trees donated to GSBF by Lonnie will be included in the Bazaar’s auction on February 21 and in its regular sale the next day.
2015 Annual Show Update
The date for our next show is May 2 - 3. Location is Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto - same as in the past few years. Our guest demonstrator on Saturday May 2 will be Valerie Monroe.
Planning for the annual show is progressing nicely. We’ve ordered postcards again to advertise the show and will have some full-page flyers available as well. Thank you to Stephanie North for reserving Lucie Stern and to Mark O’Brien for volunteering to be chairperson for Publicity. The additional co-chair positions that are open include: Plant Sale, Show Setup, and Benefit Drawing/Door Prizes. In particular we need a plant sale co-chair to assist in pricing the trees and pots as they arrive on Friday night. An added benefit of this duty is you get to see all the trees as they come in! Thank you to Donna Farmer who can help with the Benefit Drawing and Door Prize ticket selling on Sunday, and we need someone to handle that on Saturday. Anyone interested in being part of the Show Team can contact Charlene.
Thank you to everyone who signed up for activities at the show. The sign-up sheets will be at the February meeting again along with a small box of pots for those who cannot attend a planting party and want to repot trees for the sale.
New Board Member
Michael Greenstein has been elected to the Board of Directors to fill the position previously held by Lonnie McCormick. Michael is a long-term member of the club and has held this position many times in the past.
Report on January 2015 Meeting - Wiring
Jerry shared a lot of useful information about wiring so it has been turned into an article on Wiring Basics.