The Bonsai Society of Southwest Florida, Inc. will conduct an outdoor Silent Auction of BONSAI TREES and related items at the Berne Davis Garden Center, 2166 Virginia Avenue in Fort Myers on Saturday, May 15, 2021.

The auction will be open to the public, and will begin at 9:30AM and end at 11:00AM

We were honored today to have an in-depth discussion on buttonwoods by Mike Lane. Here's a link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-EjxxSTDs

It's been a scant month for Bonsai activity, but fortunately we've been able to get together (virtually) thanks to Zoom. This month we have the honor of having Mike Lane doing a Zoom presentation on Buttonwoods.

This meeting highlighted two presentations about soil by Linda Rodriquez and Martha Goff. It was full of information about types, chemistry and origins of soil.

This year's 47th Annual BSF Convention will be held May 28-30, 2021 at the Florida Hotel & Conference Center in Orlando, FL. Go to www.bsfconvention.com for more information.

This month's newsletter discusses our next Zoom presentation with discussions of soil basics by Linda Rodriguez and Martha Goff, a short discussion and link to the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, and more advice from Jim Bremer about "Increasing Trunk Size". On Page 3 there are two web links that you will like, on Page 4 is a Bonsai Glossary.