Bonsai Notebook
Next Meeting:
April 11, 2026
at the LA Arboretum- Palm Room
This meeting will begin at 7:00pm.
Daniel Deephouse will be our guest and will focus on helping us get our trees ready for our May show.
He will share ideas on how to moss, cover soils, and other final tips on making our trees presentable.
Please bring your trees to the meeting, especially novice members or first-time exhibitors, and get specific tips for your tree.
Meeting Refreshments: Hungry???
Please bring your favorite appetizers and snacks to share
water provided by SABS
We’re hoping for a Large Raffle Table-
Bring a bonsai related item to donate
Your donations to the raffle at the meetings are a BIG help to support the club
Please keep them coming
Upcoming Meetings:
We are looking forward to an exciting year of programs aimed at helping our members of all experience levels continue to grow and enjoy the bonsai artform.
April 11,2026
Demo by: Daniel Deephouse
Workshop- Bring your Show Tree
May 9, 2026
Demo by: Wanda Danesi
Spring Bouquet’s: Introduction to working with deciduous, topicals and other flowering materials.
Discussion and demonstration on Viburnum
June 13, 2026
TBA
Save the Dates:
April 18:
Friendship Through Bonsai Celebration in Chino
see flyer for details
If you have not yet RSVP’d to a local Bonsai Club you can RSVP to SABS at [email protected]
Due date for RSVP’s is April 5 for lunch service headcount
May 23-25:
59th Annual Santa Anita Bonsai Society Memorial Weekend Show and Members Sale
at LA Aboretum- Ayres Hall
We still need volunteers.
Please help out and sign up at [email protected]
Membership
Our Annual membership drive for 2026 is now ongoing
Single memberships continue to be $20 and Family/Couple Memberships are $25
Cash, Check or Zelle payment options are available
March Meeting Highlights
The March meeting featured Debra Mauzy-Melitz and Ken Bross.
Debra focused on picking accent plants and suitable pots and stands to go with our show trees.
Ken Bross brought a collection of stands, so members could match stands to trees along with the accents.
Members had a great chance to see how bonsai trees, stands and accent plants work together for a show display.
The presentation by Debra and Ken fit perfectly with our club efforts to prepare for our annual show happening May 23-25.
Frank Alvarez donated two very nice juniper bonsai to the raffle, and we had a special drawing for them.
The lucky winners were Peter Macasieb and David Melitz.
The Raffle table was filled with a wide variety of interesting items.
“Thank you” to all of our members who donated so generously.
Ray Blasingame loaned the club a beautiful shohin display stand that we plan to use as a group effort at a full shohin display for the show.
Stay tuned for details.
SABS meetings are always on the 2nd Saturday monthly January-November
It’s going to be a “Growing Year”
Come Join us to watch and learn- Everyone is always Welcome at our meetings
If you need directions or have questions contact us at [email protected]