Cowtown Bonsai
LSBF 2010 Convention
This year the Lone Star Bonsai Federation's 2010 Convention will be hosted
by the Fort Worth Bonsai Society
and takes place on June 11-13, 2010. Our guest artists will be
Peter Warren,
Guy Guidry,
Matt Ouwinga,
Estella Flather
and
Alisan Clarke Consider participating in one of our nine workshops. We have Trident Maples, Junipers, Dwarf Podocarpus, Ficus microcarpa, Japanese Black Pine, Hokaido elms, and Cephalotaxus (Plum Yew) workshops.
For the novice, Estella Flather will lead a "Beginner's Tropical" workshop.
For those who don't need more trees but need some help in designing or refining a tree you already have, Guy Guidry will
host a "Bring Your Own Tree" workshop.
In addition, there will be two workshops hosted by Alisan Clarke on scroll making.
In a Friday evening demo. Peter Warren will demonstrate his styling skills and on Saturday afternoon Guy Guidry will demonstrate the styling of a Japanese
Maple (Acer palmata 'Komachi hime').
We finish up on Sunday morning with a critique of selected display trees by one or more of our artists.
A new event this year will be an auction of trees from LSBF members from around the state.
We will have numerous bonsai vendors from around the state.
There will be a display area featuring some of the finest bonsai in Texas.
I hope it sounds like fun because it is! Please join us!
