We will have over 70 trees and bonsai items featuring plants from Jackie Paul’s collection/donation.
Starter Trees, special soil, pots, tools, books & magazines, as well as older bonsai trees styled by our members will be featured. Pomegranate, bougainvillea, mugo pine, large staked procumbens junipers, chinese elms, wisteria, needle pine, redwood, saunders boxwood, tropicals, other junipers, granite garden lantern, dwarf yaupon holly, etc.
The RAFFLE portion of the event features bonsai related items $40 or less.
Raffle Tickets will be $1 and $5 each, or less if you buy multiple tickets.
The AUCTION portion of the event features bonsai related items over $40 and can get as high as $500 for some excellent bonsai trees in pots.
Many bonsai trees in pots will go for less than $100.
10:00-11:00am- Viewing, Raffle tickets sold 11:00- Raffle begins 11:30ish- Auction begins****Cash, Checks, Credit Cards accepted****
I hope everyone had a terrific holiday season and got to enjoy friends and loved ones. One of the most enjoyable events for me each year is to see the extended Bonsai family across the state and region at our annual conventions. I can’t tell you how much I truly enjoy them! For our upcoming convention we’ve put together an outstanding visiting artist line up (Walter Pall, Colin Lewis, Erik Wigert in multiple exiting workshops!), but we’ve added additional workshops and funshops with Texas talent that shouldn’t be overlooked, and I’d like to introduce these hard working folks here. Chuck Ware will lead a workshop styling Parrot Beak, a beautiful tropical with a unique flower. Terry Ward‘s workshop will be with the Hillier Elm, a small, tight-leafed cultivar that is excellent for Bonsai. Yvonne Padilla will be working with Natal Plum “Boxwood Beauty”, a variety that has tight round-shaped leaves and will make nice smaller bonsai. Alisan Clarke, trained in Japan, will teach Ikebana, an artform that works with balance, proportion and form. Sheila Ward gives Kusamono a delicate touch, and will lead participants in how to put together one of these beautiful plantings, often a companion to Bonsai, using her own handmade pots. Donna Dobberfuhl, an international sculptor and artist will teach her group how to look at our Bonsai, to find the lines & form, and style them with paper and pencil before cutting – a skill used by all the best Bonsai artists! Bill Boytim a tool and safety expert will have his students learning the best ways to clean and sharpen their Bonsai tools in a hands-on class. We also have Peter Aradi, a national suiseki scholar, who will give a critique and discussion on the Suiseki in the Exhibit. Registration begins Jan 1st, and don’t forget that the cutoff for the early registration lowered rate ends March 15th.
Thursday, December 13, is our annual Christmas Party and Potluck Dinner. We will start a little earlier than normal, so bring in your food by 6:30 pm. Be sure and bring your own serving utensils. The club will provide meat so bring in vegetable dishes, salad dishes, and dessert dishes. The club will also provide drinks, paper goods, and plastic utensils.
