Bonsai Notebook Annual Holiday Potluck Dinner Please bring a salad, fruit dish, or dessert. The club will provide the main dish. Bring bonsai related items for the raffle, so we can continue to have our biggest raffle of the year.

Bonsai Notebook Kathy Benson will be with us at the November meeting to share her styling talents. Kathy brings an extensive art background into her bonsai work. She has a degree in fine arts and has designed and painted prints, posters, and greeting cards using different mediums. She got started in bonsai while living on…

Bonsai Notebook We welcome back Marcus Juniel as our October presenter.  Marcus has been involved in bonsai since the 1990’s.  He has studied with Harry Hirao, Ted Matson, David Nguy, Roy Nagatoshi, and Jung Soo Kim from Korea.  Marcus is known for his work on conifers including California junipers, shimpaku junipers

September Meeting Reminder Don’t forget about our club meeting on September 14th, 2013 at the LA Arboretum.  Harry Hirao, “Mr. California Juniper”, will be joining us to do a demonstration for us.  Harry is well known for being an expert on California Juniper and has collected and styled tree like the one depicted here.  

Thanks Again Peter… Thank you to Peter and Marissa Macasieb for opening their home and bonsai collection to us for last month’s club meeting.  

Fred Miyahara on Black Pine Photos by Peter Macasieb Text by Dave Miles The June meeting featured another San Diego bonsai expert, Fred Miyahara.  He gave a presentation on black pine care. Fred brought Michael Sykes back with him.  Michael demonstrated Fred’s candle pruning method as Fred explained.