Phoenix Bonsai Society

PBS Members: 2020-2021

Note:
All in person meetings will follow CDC Guidelines for Social Distancing.

◊ Wear a cloth face cover                   ◊ If not feeling well Stay home
◊ Practice social distancing 6 feet        ◊ Wash your hands often with soap and water
◊ Cover your coughs and sneezes

OCTOBER 2020
 
  7 Talk on display stands and staging a bonsai show

21 Open workshop

25 Beginner’s Workshop at Valley Garden Center

NOVEMBER 2020

  4 Swap meet

18 Open workshop

DECEMBER 2020

  2 Club auction

  5 Holiday party (location to be announced)

12-13 Workshop with Sensei David Nguy at Summer Winds Nursery on Tatum

16 Open workshop

JANUARY 2021

  6 Forest demo

16 Workshop with Ted Matson at Summer Winds Nursery

20 Open workshop

30 Forest workshop with Jim McEown (location to be announced)

FEBRUARY 2021

3 Critique and show of trees featuring ramification

6 Show at the Japanese Friendship Garden

17 Open workshop

27 Beginning bonsai workshop on repotting (location to be announced)

MARCH 2021

3 Guest speaker TBA

17 Review of trees for our spring show

20-23 LA trip with visits to selected bonsai nurseries and back yards in the LA area, and attend a reception and exhibition with the California Bonsai Society at the Huntington Botanical Gardens

APRIL 2021

3-4 Phoenix Bonsai Society’s annual Bonsai Show at the VGC with demos and a critique

7 Bonsai boot-camp with Jenna Williams and Gary Davis; open workshop

21 Swap meet

MAY 2021

5 Legacy tree show

19 End of year dinner and club auction

Have questions about the Phoenix Bonsai Society or need assistance click on the Contact bar above you can also join us on Bonsai Nut.

COVID-19

We understand this is a stressful time and people want to know what they can do 
now to protect themselves and their families.

◊ Wear a cloth face cover                     ◊ Stay home
◊ Practice social distancing 6 feet        ◊ Wash your hands often with soap and water
◊ Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
◊ Clean and disinfect household surfaces daily
◊ Cover your coughs and sneezes

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BonsaiNut Forum

Virtual Tree Show 2020

Due to COVID-19 we were unable to have a physical Tree Show this year. We’ve asked our members to send in Photos of their trees so all can enjoy in their beauty.

View the Tree Gallery - click here

Check back daily as more trees are added

Activities

Our Club offers Bonsai demonstrations by Masters in the art, hands on experience, lectures, workshops, beginner classes, benefit drawings, Bonsai information and local events

Magical Miniature Landscapes

The History of Bonsai and the Related Arts By Bonsai Historian Robert Baran

Member Garden

Welcome the Sonora Suiseki Club of Arizona

The art originated in China where stones were admired for their natural beauty. They were used in miniature landscapes and depicted in scrolls. Stones then made their way to Japan where it was refined into an art form. This art form featured stones with uncut natural beauty and shapes were admired for generations. The stones were placed at just the right angle in their container or stand that enhanced the all-important viewing.

Learn: Rules & Techniques, attend shows, Trips to collect stones of your own.

Meetings are on the 2^nd Tuesday each month starting Sept 11^th @7:00pm
Location: Valley Garden Center 1809 N. 15 Av. Phoenix AZ

For more information – Click Here

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Japanese Friendship Garden

Phoenix Bonsai Society at the Japanese Friendship Garden for more photos of the show click here

Congratulates new Certified Bonsai Basic instructors.

Phoenix Bonsai Society members Susie, Liz, Jenna & Val (not pictured),

All were Certified Bonsai Basic instructors this past week at the GSBF convention

Forest Workshop

Photos of finished trees to view more photos click here

Bougainvillea 'rescue'

These photos are out of order, but we salvaged some bougainvillea cuttings from an abandoned office complex Sept 3rd. Check out the tough love, take no roots, approach. Bonsai club guru Gary said “guaranteed to grow” using this method. Bougainvilleas are survivors.

Beginner’s Workshop

Getting into the Art of Bonsai at the first Beginner’s Workshop

Shohin Bonsai Collection Tour with Peter Macasieb

Bonsai in fast forward