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WIRRABARA July 2013
Canberra Bonsai Society Incorporated PO Box 800, Woden, ACT 2606 ABN 19 826 976 490 ISSN 1035-‐3291 www.cbs.org.au The Canberra Bonsai Society meets on the FIRST Saturday of each month (except in October & January) Meeting time 9.00am to 1.00pm Location: Hughes Community Centre, Wisdom Street, Hughes.
Inside Wirrabara Editor’s Message.
I have a serious observation to make this month. This one comes directly from the AABC Convention we hosted in May. Specifically, from Ryan Neil. Most of you will be aware that Ryan was the international presenter – and he was a truly excellent presenter. Ryan is not only a skilled and knowledgeable bonsai artist, he is also very thoughtful.
He undertook a six-‐year apprenticeship under the Japanese master Mr. Masahiko Kimura and now runs a successful bonsai nursery called International Bonsai Mirai in Portland, Oregon on the beautiful west coast of the United States. If you look at Ryan’s website (http://www.bonsaimirai.com/index.html) you will see his story of ‘Mirai’. It is best to read Ryan’s own account, but I will summarise by mentioning that ‘Mirai’ means ‘future’. Not just ‘the future’ but an unobtainable future, a distant thought, a romantic dream. One that is continually evolving.
Ryan’s bonsai journey remains fully focussed on that unobtainable future, pursuing as he says ‘an ever-‐advancing, always improving, and limitless, but highly prized level of bonsai artistry’. As such, Ryan’s is a journey that never ends in the sense that it is undertaken in full knowledge that perfection is unattainable.
For thousands of years, philosophers have spoken of such journeys: journeys in which it is the striving for perfection that gives a great deal of meaning to the journey itself. As Ryan said several times during his presentations, no matter what he is doing with a bonsai he always aims make it the best it can possibly be. No wonder he gets so much from his bonsai.
The Convention was worth attending for that message alone.
Phil R
CBS Communications Editor’s Message President’s Report
July meeting Problem trees Sequoias
From the Workbench Jobs for July Bonsai soil mixes
Club Notices Show committee Bus trip Diatomite orders Workshop opportunities (3)
June meeting notes
Club administration Items for sale, club badges Executive Committee Event Calendar 2013
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President’s report Kenn’s talk on pruning deciduous trees contained a lot of very useful information, both practical and theoretical, and was much appreciated by everyone. Thank you, Kenn. Phil has included a summary in the newsletter and there are also some useful links to more information on pruning deciduous trees.
We are a big group at meetings now and Jim C has given me some ideas on some things we can do to make it easier for everyone to see and hear demonstrations. We will work on implementing Jim’s suggestions. Jim will give a brief demonstration about how to use a microphone effectively at the July meeting.
Mike W has put together some excellent orientation notes to help new members know what to expect at meetings and throughout the year. These are available online and there will be some copies at the July meeting if you do not have internet access.
Neville has updated the convention page of the website to provide a report of the weekend’s events and it is well worth looking at, even if you were there. Under the Demonstrators tab, there are PDF versions of Roger Hnatiuk’s presentations
at the beginning and end of the convention – I have now read these twice and get more out of them each time.
Masa Hirao, a cultural envoy from Japan, will give two workshops on 24 August. See details in the newsletter.
I missed thanking some people in the last newsletter. Thank you to:
• Thor for giving an excellent talk at the convention dinner and for looking after Ryan and Chelsea so well.
• Dale B, Ali S and Jan G-‐W for volunteering over the weekend.
• Neville’s son, Josh, who composed the beautiful music that accompanies the exhibition photos on the DVD.
Phil Rabl will run the July meeting as I will be visiting family in Melbourne. I know Phil will do a great job, as he has previously. See you in August.
Ruth
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July meeting The July meeting will be run as a somewhat extended Show and Tell. The theme of the meeting is ‘Problem trees’; the theme for Show and Tell is Problem trees and Sequoia groups.
Problem trees
If you have an issue with a tree, why not bring it in and get some help with addressing whatever is bugging you about it. The problem could be anything. It could be:
• a structural problem – can’t decide how best to design the tree;
• a design problem – uncertainty about what to do next with the tree;
• a health problem – the tree may not be growing strongly and you can’t work out why;
• an appearance problem – you can’t decide what kind of pot would work best;
• or any other kind of problem that you would like help with.
Please don’t be shy. If you have a problem, it is certain that others will have the same problem and the help you get will help them too.
Sequoias
In 2012, CBS secured around 70 Californian Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) through the Yarralumla Nursery. They were surplus to requirements for the National Arboretum Canberra. If you purchased one or more of the Sequoias, please bring it in and let others know how it is progressing.
Sequoia sempervirens is known in the USA as the Coast Redwood. I well remember driving in a Greyhound bus along the Californian coast, north from San Francisco, through forests of these huge trees. The biggest of them are literally as wide at their base as the bus we were in. Size is a major challenge for the bonsai artist. Here are some facts about the Coast Redwood, drawn from the Humboldt County website, that hint at other challenges too:
• Located on the Pacific Coast from central California to southern Oregon;
• Live up to 2,000 years; • Weigh up to 1.6 million pounds (730,000
kilograms); • Grow up to 367 feet (111.2 meters) tall; • Diameter up to 22 feet (6.7 meters);
• Bark thickness up to 12 inches (30 centimeters).
Ryan Neil gave some timely advice about Sequoias at the National Convention in May. He said that if you cut the branches they will bud back at the trunk. If you want to generate back-‐buds, pinch the tip growth.
Jobs for July Here we are in mid-‐winter already, half the year has passed, and we are getting ready for spring – where did the time go?
Following on from last month, how much progress have you made on designing and wiring your trees? Have you given your trees and pots a general tidy up? Cleaned your tools? Re-‐potted your winter flowerers? Taken care of the bugs and pests? It is not too late to start if you have been putting this off, I’m sure a few of us have. For those that have finished your June maintenance, good job, I’m sure your trees thank you for your effort.
There is minimal maintenance to do this month, making this an ideal time to start planning and preparing yourself for ‘potting season’, which typically begins in late August/early September at bud swell.
Planning and preparing now will save you time next month when you are ready to start potting, especially if items you need are not on the stores shelves, and need to be ordered. The more lead-‐time the better, there’s nothing more frustrating than waiting for items to arrive when you are ready to get going.
When you think about potting, you should turn your mind to soil composition (a separate article is below), choice of pots, fertilisers and tonics (a separate article will appear in the August newsletter), root pruning (a separate article will appear in the August newsletter) etc. Except for root pruning there is often no right or wrong way of going about these tasks: it is mostly your trees and your own personal preferences on what works best.
That’s not to say that other members cannot offer you advice if you are uncertain about what you want to do. If you have any questions, you can always ask members at the monthly meetings. You will find people are more than happy to share
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their knowledge with you to help you care for your trees – don’t be shy.
There isn’t really much more to say job wise for this month that hasn’t already been mentioned in Jobs for June. Enjoy your break from your soon to be demanding bonsai schedules, be good to your waistlines, it is very easy to over indulge during the cold season, and I’ll see you next month…..Michelle St. C
Bonsai soil mixes Decisions about soil mixes for your bonsai are very important ones. Without the right soil mix, your bonsai will fail to thrive and eventually die. Soil mixes are one of the most debated topics in bonsai because there is no right or wrong soil mix, and can involve a fair amount of experimenting until you find the right mix. As long as you keep in mind the purpose of soil mixes and what you need to achieve for the growth and health of your trees, you should be able to find the right mix for your trees.
The key things to consider for a good soil mix are to: allow the tree to grow small fine roots (like hair); allow the tree to anchor and balance itself in the pot; store water and nutrients to feed the tree; hold air for the roots to breath; and most importantly allows the soil to drain correctly.
A good soil mix should be composed of organic and inorganic material. What you use for organic and inorganic material is a personal choice and often determined by what is available from your local garden centres and/or bonsai clubs. Whatever materials are available to you, it is important to remember that you will need to mix both organic and inorganic material together as they both serve important purposes.
Organic material
Organic material is derived from living organisms. Adding organic material to soil mixes provides nutrients and acts as a storage place for moisture. As it decays, the nutrients stored in the organic material feed your trees. While using organic material to feed your trees has a positive impact, there is a negative impact to this decay as well.
As the decay occurs the particles of organic material continue to decrease in size until they eventually become a powder. This reduction in particle size and subsequent powder causes issues with the gaseous exchange around the roots, and
the tree begins to retain water rather than draining away.
Soil mixes that retain too much water create soggy layers in the soil mix that starves the roots sitting in those soggy layers which eventually damages and/or kills them. If this occurs, the dead roots rot and cause what we call ‘root rot’. Root rot is a fungal infection that destroys the root tissue stopping the roots from repairing and growing.
It is important to mention here that you should never solely rely on the soil mix to feed your trees. You will need a good feeding/fertilising regime throughout the year to support your tree’s growth. Feeding and fertilising trees will be discussed in a separate article.
Inorganic material
Inorganic material is comprised of materials that have never been alive, and are usually mineral in composition. We primarily add inorganic material to soil mixes to counter the water retention effect of the decaying organic material. The irregular size and shape of inorganic material creates air pockets in the organic material for gaseous exchange to occur and aids with drainage.
Using larger irregular shaped material also serves a second purpose. It provides a rough surface that aggravates the tree’s root system forcing the roots to divide and subdivide into tiny roots as they pass across the material’s surface, giving us the fine hair-‐like root systems we need to sustain our trees.
The particle size of the inorganic material is also very important. The particles should be as efficient as possible (not too big not too small) to assist with dispersing water evenly throughout the pot, retaining the right amount of water in the organic material, while draining the excess water out of the bottom of the pot.
Another really important point to remember with particle size is that the tree needs enough soil mix in the pot to anchor itself correctly. If the particles are too big they will not pack together as well as smaller particles and the tree will remain loose in the pot.
The inorganic material used is up to the individual; however most of our members use zeolite and/or diatomite. Throughout the year group orders for zeolite and diatomite are placed so you will always have access to this material.
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A separate article on zeolite can be found at the end of this article.
Other inorganic materials that can be used includes, but not limited to: Perlite; Tribble and Trix kitty litter; coarse sand or Akadama depending on your needs. Again, the use of these is entirely up to you.
Making your own soil mix
While the above sounds daunting, many experienced bonsai owners have already researched and successfully tested many soil mixes. A number of these soil mixes can found through an Internet search on the various bonsai clubs’ websites.
Some of our experienced Canberra Bonsai Society members have tested a soil mix consisting of 50% premium quality potting mix (or native mix for native trees), 25% zeolite and 25% diatomite. I have also seen another soil mix comprised of 40% diatomite, 20% zeolite, 20% gravel or crushed brick and 20% soil or compressed coconut fibre. Whichever soil mix you choose, whether it is from a member or the Internet, you are always free to adapt these mixes to suit your trees.
When developing soil mixes there are a few key points to remember:
• the more inorganic material you use, you will need to increase the number of times per day you water your trees (particularly in summer) as the inorganic material increases the drainage rate of the soil mix. On the flip side, the more organic material you use, the less you will need to water your trees as the increase in organic material retains more water;
• depending on the species of tree you are potting you may require a specific soil mix. It is important to always provide your trees with the soil mix needed to promote growth and sustain the health of the tree. This may mean a greater or lesser acidic potting mix, such as azalea or native potting mixes as opposed to a general potting mix; and
• when preparing your soil mix, you will need to sieve your organic and inorganic material to remove the fine particles and dust in the materials. The fine particles are of no use to mix and will wash away when you water your trees. You want a clean, coarse mix with large particles, rather than fine muddy silt.
Commercial soil mixes
If you are not able to make your own soil mix, you can purchase commercial soil mixes. You will need to research these soil mixes to ensure you are buying an adequate soil mix.
There are two ‘out of the bag’ soil mixes I have used and recommend:
• Debco Bonsai Mix contains composted pine bark, coarse sand and zeolite. It is sold in 10 litre bags and is available from the Yarralumla Nursery; and
• Bonsai Environment Bonsai Potting Mix contains premium potting mix, bark, coarse sand and zeolite. It is sold in 6 litre bags and is available from Bunnings and online from the supplier at http://www.bonsainet.com.au
If you have a small number of bonsai, this may be a simple cost effective option for you rather than mixing higher volumes of soil mix.
Zeolite: what is it?
The zeolite we sell through the Club is gravel that we add to our bonsai potting media. Being a little more scientific, zeolite is a Silica based rock. It was formed from the glass component of volcanic ash millions of years ago. Manufacturers tell us that zeolite has: ‘an extraordinary ability to absorb, hold, release, and exchange different chemicals, nutrients, toxins and ions according to need’; and ‘special features [which] enable zeolite the ability to attract and absorb cationic materials such as plant nutrients for slow release’ (see the Zeolite Australia and Aussie Zeolite websites).
Bonsai blogs carry large volumes of information on zeolite, some of it contradictory, including discussions on what its purpose is and how much to use in your potting mix. Here is an overview of what I have browsed.
There are two main reasons for including zeolite in your potting mix:
• first, it helps maintain the appropriate level of moisture in the pot: (a) by helping drainage; and (b) because it is porous, by helping to retain moisture.
• second, as the manufacturers say (see above) it helps to hold and slowly release fertilisers in your pot.
On the question of how much zeolite to include in your potting mix, opinions vary quite a lot. But be
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warned, there is no consensus in the world of bonsai on what constitutes the optimal growing medium. Which leads me to a final observation: because so many plants thrive in such a variety of potting media, there must be many ways to give your plants the water and nutrients they need. Perhaps the best advice is to choose a convenient one that someone has proven to be effective and stick to it.
Akadama is a granular clay-‐like mineral that is found mainly in Japan where it was largely formed as a result of the eruptions of Mt. Fuji on Honshu Island. Akadama is widely used as a planting medium for bonsai. If you are interested in obtaining some Akadama, you could contact Scott R. It sells for $25 for a 25 ltr bag.
The above article is intended to provide a basic introduction to soil mixes, which we hope, gives you a start point in considering your soil mix options. During the August meeting, Ziggy will demonstrate preparing a soil mix, and is happy to answer any questions you may have on soil.
Phil R and Michelle St.C
Canberra Nara Festival The Canberra Nara Festival will be held 26 October 2013 from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm at Lennox Garden in Yarralumla.
The Canberra Nara Festival is an annual event that celebrates Canberra’s sister city relationship with Nara Japan. There is free entertainment, Japanese food, Japanese handicrafts, and cultural activities to support the evening display of 2000 candles that will be lit in the Japanese Garden at sunset.
Each year we provide a bonsai display, demonstrations and talk with the community about bonsai and the Canberra Bonsai Society.
We will post a participation list on the website shortly seeking volunteers to help out on the night. New members and those with limited bonsai experience are most welcome to volunteer as well as bringing along a tree to work on.
Club notices Show Committee
The CBS show will be held on the weekend of 12 to 13 October at Daramalan College in Dickson. The club has a proud tradition of putting on a first rate show and we need an organising committee to make this year’s show another big success.
The show committee for 2013 consists of Jennifer Mottlee (manager), Ernie Power (assistant manager) plus Peter Hobbs, Ziggy Zangl and Ruth McLucas. If you would like to help out as well, we will be very grateful and spread the workload accordingly.
Bus trip – 25 August
This year’s annual bus trip is scheduled for Sunday 25 August. We will be visiting Bonsai Environment and Ray Nesci (see above for advertisements by both of these nurseries).
If you would like to join the bus trip – and it is an excellent day – please add your name to the participation list on the website or the form that will be at the July and August meetings. At this stage, details such as the number of seats available, the cost and the departure and return times are not settled. We will let you know more as soon as possible.
For new members, the bus trip is a wonderful opportunity to visit two first rate bonsai nurseries and buy pots, wire, tools, plants (either beginner or more advanced plant stock) and a range of accessories. We will provide some advice on what to look for in pots and plants in the August Wirrabara and at the August meeting.
Diatomite order now open
Orders for diatomite are now open. You can place an order through the participation list on the CBS website, or at the July meeting. The cost is $20 per bag – the same low price as last year.
Pot making workshop 20 July
There has been a strong response to the pottery workshop, but there is still room for one or two more participants. The three-‐hour workshop will be held at the Canberra Pottery Society in Watson for CBS members. The workshop will include theory and practical demonstrations on two pot making techniques, coil and mould, with
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participants free to make as many pots using these two techniques for the remainder of the workshop. Please note this workshop does not include glazing of pots. The details are:
• Date: Saturday 20 July 2013 • Time: 09.30 – 12.30 • Location: Canberra Potters Society
1 Aspinall Street Watson • Cost: $75 per person, includes firing of
pots • Registration: Please include your name on
the list by Wednesday 8 July, there are a maximum of 15 places available.
Workshops with Mr Masashi Hirao 24 August
CBS has arranged for Mr Masashi Hirao to travel to Canberra following his commitments with the Bonsai Society of Sydney (see separate notice on the BSS show). He will be conducting two workshops at the Hughes Community Centre on Saturday 24 August. Masa is coming to Australia as a cultural envoy sponsored by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Japan. He will be demonstrating at the WBFF convention in China this September – see http://www.bonsai-‐jt.com/List.asp?C-‐1-‐156.html. Workshops are limited to eight participants and ten observers. Masa works with any material except azaleas and Australian natives due to lack of experience with them. Go to participation lists to register as participant or observer.
Can you help with billets?
Megumi Bennett will accompany Masa to Canberra for these workshops, and we are looking for billets for them. If you are able to help out, could you let Ruth know? Masa would like to have access to wi-‐fi.
Bill Valavanis workshops 23-‐24 October
Bill Valavanis is a very well-‐known and respected bonsai artist and educator from the USA. We have been able to arrange for Bill to do two workshops and a presentation on 23-‐24 October. Not all arrangements are settled, but there will be:
• a workshop in the afternoon of Wednesday 23 October;
• a workshop on the morning of Thursday 24 October; and
• a presentation on forest planting on the evening of Wednesday 23 October.
All events will be at the Hughes Community Centre.
Workshop payments
And please remember the new policy with regard to payments for workshops as explained in the June Wirrabara (i.e. if you miss the payment deadline, your place may be offered to a reserve).
And, as always, it would be good if you could make your payments for these workshops electronically, although we fully understand that some members cannot do so. For those who can, the Club’s bank account details are as follows:
Acc. Name: Canberra Bonsai Society Incorporated
BSB: 032 724
Acc. Number: 176358
Please identify yourself adequately and email the treasurer ([email protected]) with a description of the payment.
Please don’t use the AABC Convention bank account
When you make a payment electronically, please be sure to use the CBS bank account, not the account set up for the AABC convention.
Members’ part of the website
Could new club members note that as part of your inauguration you will be given a user name and password that will provide access to the members’ part of the CBS website. This is where you will find the participation lists and other items not open to the wider public. If you have not received your login details, please see Neville H, our webmaster.
Raffia
Good quality raffia can be purchased from Auswrap Accessories. About $15 for 600g delivered. See link under ‘Members info’ in members section of the website
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June meeting Thanks to Brad W and Daniel S for their help with Show and Tell this month.
Here is Brad W with the Olive he brought in.
From left to right, here is Chris S, Daniel S, Margaret H. All were attending their first CBS meeting. A big welcome to you all – and to any other new members I didn’t get to meet.
Show and Tell provided its usual snippets of useful information. Ruth called her little Azalea ‘urban yamadori’. I am planning a short article on yamadori for the August newsletter because that is the theme for Show and Tell in August. For now, I will repeat what Ruth said. Yamadori is a Japanese word that literally means ‘taken from the mountain’. There are legal restrictions in Australia with collecting plants from the wild (more about this in August) but there is ample bonsai material growing in our urban environment, such as our gardens, so why not call that material ‘yamadori’?
There were several references to thread grafting. A thread graft involves drilling a hole through the trunk or larger branch of a tree and passing a small branch through the hole. If all goes well, the branch will bind itself to the trunk/branch and you will have a new branch just where you want it. There is a little more information on thread grafting in the May 2013 newsletter.
Finally a couple of great tips given in a jocular way by Jim and Gavin: if your tree won’t bud back, try fertilising it (assuming is a species that will bud back on old wood); and if you have looked at a tree for 20 years and never come to like it, try bending it over – sometimes just changing the aspect of a tree makes a huge difference.
Kenn B conducted a most informative workshop on tending deciduous trees in winter. Here is a short summary of some important things Ken said.
First of all, it is important to know your tree, and to be conscious of the tree’s age and state of development. Different species have different requirements; young trees need to develop their overall branch structure, which can involve allowing branches to grow quite long over several growing seasons before cutting them back; more mature trees require pruning to develop refinement in the secondary and tertiary branches. On a field grown tree it can take 10 years to develop a really nice branch structure.
As Kenn snipped away on the secondary and tertiary branches on the Trident maples he was working on he mentioned that it is also important to prune Trident maples and Japanese maples during the growing season (both have a major flush of growth in Spring and a secondary flush later in Summer). Spring and Summer pruning builds the ramification (the branch structure). Both Trident and Japanese maples have paired leaves. At this time of the year you will see pairs of buds but in spring they will become leaves and a tiny branch will emerge from between them and it will quickly lengthen and develop another pair of leaves. With Japanese maples, this new tiny branch should be removed as soon as possible – unless you want to grow a long branch. With Trident maples it is best to allow the branch to grow on until it has 2-‐3 sets of leaves and then cut it back to the first set of leaves. This Spring and Summer pruning helps to keep the leaves smaller
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and the distance between the sets of leaves (the internodes) shorter.
The final thing I will report from Kenn’s talk is in relation to the paste and putty he showed us for sealing the cuts made by pruning. Ken was unable to tell us what the paste and putty are called because the writing on his paste tube and putty jar was all in Japanese. If you are looking for more information on these products, you could type ‘bonsai cut paste’ into your search engine.
It is important to seal the cuts because Maples can bleed (they can ooze a watery fluid that can be hard to stop). Kenn’s advice with large cuts is to apply a paste to the wound immediately and to put putty on it the next day.
Thanks Kenn, we all got a lot from what you said.
Some links to further information:
Maintenance pruning part two: Pinching out deciduous trees
http://www.bonsai4me.com/Basics/Basics_Pruning2.html
Developing deciduous bonsai branch structures
http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATDeciduousBonsaiAutumnPruning.html
Pruning deciduous bonsai: Beech
http://bonsaibark.com/2009/10/28/pruning-‐deciduous-‐bonsai-‐beech/
Some other useful links for new members
Bonsai basics http://www.bonsai4me.com/bonsai_basics.html Glossary of terms http://www.bonsai4me.com/Basics/Basics_BonsaiTerms.html
Pot sale A long-‐standing club member is downsizing and has asked us to sell excess pots on their behalf. These pots are in all shapes, sizes and colours and will be sold over the July and August meetings. A small number of bonsai stock will also be for sale.
Bonsai Society of Sydney: Exhibition 17-‐18 August The Bonsai Society of Sydney Inc. is holding its annual bonsai exhibition on the weekend of 17 to 18 August 2013 from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm each day. It is being held at the Checkers Resort and Conference Centre, 331 Mona Vale Road, Terry Hills. Admission is $5.00.
There will be demonstrations at 2.00 pm on both days featuring Mr Masashi Hirao from Japan and BSS members. If you would like more information, you can contact Megumi Bennett on 02 9450 2802.
Items for sale through the club As mentioned last month, the club has a range of other products for sale. Check the participation lists on the club’s website, or ask the Executive about:
• Tools (demand-‐driven participation list); • Turntables (demand-‐driven participation list); • Potting mix (participation list usually in
March/April); • Zeolite (participation list usually in May/June) • Diatomite (participation list usually in
June/July); • Wire (always available); • Bottle top watering attachment • Kamaki cutters
CBS Badges Do you have a Canberra Bonsai Society badge? (They look like the picture to the right) and are available from the treasurer at all meetings for $7.50. For members who have not yet purchased a badge we encourage you to pick one up, and wear it at appropriate functions to advertise our society.
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Event Calendar 2013 CBS Events
6 July
CBS monthly meeting Meeting theme: Problem trees General workshop: Working with problem trees Show and Tell: Problem trees; Sequoia group
20 July Potting workshop
3 August
CBS monthly meeting Meeting theme: Preparing for spring Show and Tell: Urban yamadori Beginner’s table: Potting demonstration
August Bus trip
7 September
CBS monthly meeting Meeting theme: Trimming of spring growth General workshop: Creating a bonsai raft Show and Tell: Spring growth
14 September Carving workshop 12,13 October CBS show 23, 24 October Bill Valavanis workshops and demonstration/critique
2 November
CBS monthly meeting Meeting theme: Pines – candle snapping and plucking; Defoliation and leaf reduction Mini workshop: Azaleas and Fig defoliation Show and Tell: Figs and Azaleas
7 December CBS monthly meeting Meeting theme: Christmas Show and Tell: Christmas trees
Executive Committee
Executive President Ruth Phone: (02) 6255 2058
Secretary Peter H Phone: (02) 6259 3505 [email protected] Treasurer Allan R Phone: (02) 6258 2281 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Phil R Phone: (02) 6241 6160 [email protected]
Committee
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Project Officer Ziggy Z Phone: 0411 315 762 Librarian Lorraine V Phone: (02) 6281 2956 Publicity Officer Jennifer M Phone: (02) 6287 5567 Webmaster Neville H Phone: 0414 354 957 [email protected] Membership Officer Peter G Phone: (02) 6288 0828 Workshop manager Michelle S Phone: 0418 612 112 Newsletter Mailing John L Phone: (02) 6255 3120
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