This month’s Newsletter is centered around preparations for our 40th Annual Bonsai Show to be held on Saturday Nov 6th and Sunday Nov 7th in Fort Myers, FL. Several forms are here for potential exhibitors of trees and Suiseki, was well as a brief description of judging criteria. This will be a multi-club event with a new “Styling Competition” event in addition to several other demonstrations by world class Bonsai artists, and four raffles.
This issue briefly describes upcoming events , but includes an extensive article about photography, “Spotlight On Photography” by Sherri Rutten.
This newsletter announces that we will have a first Post-Covid in person club meeting. Jim Bremer and Bill Smith will present “Yardadori”. Also in this newsletter are a few photos taken at the BSF Convention held in Orlando, FL June 25-27.
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 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.
Troy Randall discusses and demonstrates his vast knowledge cuttings and seed propagation. This is followed by Jim Bremer’s detailed description of “Air Layering”, a different variation of propagation. Also, go to this PDF for a link to the entire Zoom meeting.