| PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Spring in SoCal is a very busy and important time in a bonsai practioner’s schedule. Repotting season is in full swing, your deciduous trees should be pushing new leaves, and your conifers are elongating. All your trees are hungry for food and nutrients so lay down those fertilizer cakes or those special recipe teabags, maybe a nice foliar shower feeding. The many days of rain, cool or mild conditions, and new shoot growth make for a wonderful breeding ground for pests and fungus. Mites, aphids, larva of many varieties, grasshoppers and any number of other pests are feasting and breeding in these conditions. Try to incorporate a monthly fungicide/insecticide treatment, you can also add granular insecticides into your teabag recipe.
Our feature demonstrator for March will be internationally acclaimed bonsai artist Will Baddeley. Will has been creating trees for over 27 years now. Although heavily influenced by Colin Lewis and Kev Willson, he is pretty much self taught. He is known for his more naturalistic carving and working with native trees as well as more traditional species, Will works across Europe and the US.
He has schools in Italy and Denmark and has worked for many years in the Czech Republic and Belgium. Will has been asked to work in the US, New Zealand and Australia this year. Private collections or group workshops are his main occupation; the latter being a lead in gaining access, confidence and technique with carving pruning and styling bonsai at all levels. Mr. Baddeley will be demonstrating advanced techniques in deadwood tree carving.
This month we are hosting a workshop teaching bonsai to the Hermosa Hermanos organization. Mother’s workings with their sons to enrich their lives through volunteerism and community involvement. We are looking for some additional teachers for the workshop.
Sunday March 23 from 12:00 to 3:00
The locations will be the Gardena Valley JCI, the same room as our regular meeting.
The Torrance Bunka-Sai Japanese Cultural Festival will be the beginning of April. Dai Ichi has been asked to display bonsai and to do some short demonstrations for the show. If you would like to show a tree and/or perform a short 45minute demonstration please let me know.
Welcome back bonsai friends and thank you for all your support.
Doyle
ANNUAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
The mission of DIBK is to promote the learning and appreciation of bonsai in Southern California and throughout the world. From it’s inception, DIBK has always been a teaching club and we strive to educate as well as showcase our membership in every event we produce. Your support, through membership dues and donations are invaluable to the success of our mission.
• Monthly meetings, seminars and lectures – DIBK brings in knowledgable guest demonstrators from throughout California and the United States, to educate and inspire bonsai artists of all skill levels.
• Live streaming of lectures, critiques and demonstrations – Through various social media platforms, we strive to produce high quality streaming video content where people from around the world can learn techniques from talented bonsai artists in real time.
• Special Masters Series events – Bringing in top-tier bonsai talent to Southern California for exclusive lectures, demonstrations and workshops for DIBK members.
• Monthly workshops – Where both beginning and advanced DIBK members can learn the proper techniques to creating beautiful, healthy bonsai.
• Exhibitions – Every year, DIBK produces our annual Exhibition & Sale, as well as participating in other local club and organization exhibitions, where our club and its members best trees are proudly displayed.
• Field trips – Tour the collections of established local bonsai artists and members. DIBK Members can learn growing techniques and see how other artists care for and display their collections.
• Buying Trips – DIBK members enjoy specially arranged group visits to nurseries throughout California, to view and acquire developed and pre-bonsai specimen.
• Auctions – Provides DIBK members the opportunity to acquire fantastic bonsai material at great prices.
Please support the club by paying your dues either in-person to CJ Levinstein, or via the paypal link on our website:
https://www.daiichibonsaikai.com/?page_id=1655
Thank you for all your support.
Doyle
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 15 – Bonsai Friends Sale 9:00-2:00 11832 Euclid St, Garden Grove
March 21 – Will Baddeley workshop – Sold Out
March 21 – Dai Ichi Bonsai Club Meeting – Will Baddeley 7:00-9:00
March 23 – Hermosa Hermanos workshop 12:00-3:00. Gardena Valley JCI
April 5-6 – Torrance Bunka-Sai. Japanese Cultural Festival, Saturday & Sunday 11:00-5:00 Ken Miller Recreation Center
April 10-11 Study Group workshop with Seth Nelson
April 19 – Friendship Through Bonsai. Celebration of bonsai put on by David and June Nguy
April 26-27 The San Diego Bonsai Club Spring show |
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