This begins our second year of the popular Club Artist Workshop Program. Howard
and Sylvia Smith will continue to instruct you on the development of your bonsai
trees that you started 1 year ago at the beginning of this program series. In
2012, we will again have 3 sessions; Feb., July, Nov. By the end of this 2 year
program, you should begin to see a healthy and well formed bonsai tree.
(providing you are bringing the same trees every session!)
Bill Weber will have dinner for us in the normal meeting room beginning at
6:30pm. This is all free to paid members. If you have not paid your 2012 dues
yet, please do so to Ladd Kelley or Steven Hendricks before the meeting.
Visitors are welcome to observe. New members can bring in any 2 trees to start
the program.
We will have an area for beginners and an area for more advanced members.
Sylvia’s Notes for the Workshop:
The next program will focus on the core of healthy and trainable bonsai. We
will be covering the 17 steps of repotting, how to secure any tree to a pot, and
the nuances of pot selection. If you’ve been repotting for a while now and are
pretty good at it, consider that you too may learn how to improve not only the
health of your tree but also widen and improve the nebari of your trees.
Remember that only a healthy tree can withstand the stress of large bends on big
trunks, grafting, or radical advanced bonsai techniques. It’s the difference
between bonsai that grow and bonsai that just thrive.
Items to bring with you:
-Trees to repot (one or two non-tropicals)
-Clean pots to repot the trees into (unless you are using the same pot)
-Soil: preferably APL (akadama, pumice, lava). There will be a limited amount
available for purchase prior to the workshop meeting.
-Tools: Sharp root shears, wire cutters, pliers, root hook, bent nose tweezers,
wood chopsticks, root cutters, a sickle and a spray bottle. A few limited tools
will be available for purchase prior to the meeting.
-Screens to cover pot holes
-Wire: 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 aluminum wire.
