Santa Anita Bonsai Society

Category: Events

  • Bonsai-A-Thon XVIII

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    The Bonsai-A-Thon XVIII at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, is an annual fundraiser for the GSBF Collection at The Huntington Botanical Gardens.  This years event will be held on February 22nd and 23rd 2014.  

  • Newsletter – January 2014

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    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.

  • Baikoen Winter Silhouettes Show

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    The Baikoen Winter Silhouettes Show will be held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on January 18th and 19th 2014.  Come by and check out bonsai in there leafless beauty.

  • California Shohin Seminar 2014

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    Every two years a Shohin Seminar is held in Santa Nella, California. Bonsai masters, teachers, and enthusiasts from all over the country donate their time to this event. The 2014 Shohin Seminar will include

  • Newsletter – November 2013

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    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…

  • Newsletter – October 2013

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    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

  • Newsletter – September 2013

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    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.  

  • Newsletter – August 2013

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    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.  

  • Newsletter – July 2013

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    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.

  • Newsletter – June 2013

    Newsletter – June 2013

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    Bring Your Trees Critique Photos by Michael Jonas Our May meeting featured a critique of trees by Peter Macasieb.  Harry Hirao was unable to make it as our May demonstrator, so I want to thank Peter for stepping in and doing the critique.  One of the trees Peter examined was a group planing of ginko…