Sunday 13th June - Guest Speaker - Rob Morley-Smith - Plant nutrition
Sunday 11th July - Workshop
Sunday 8th August - Kokufu-ten talk
Wednesday 12th September - Show Preparation & Bonsai Stands
Wednesday 13th October - Workshop / Critique & Pot Luck supper
Wednesday 10th November - AGM & Natives
Wednesday 8th December - Christmas Camel
October 15th to 17th - NZBA Convention - Hamilton Gardens
Marshall got the year off to a fantastic start with her superb talk on the tools used in Bonsai, the types, proper uses, care and maintenance. Her talk has been written up in the club newsletter.
Sandra gave a talk on her passion - Shohin. Her talk included a pinning down of the definition of shohin (as used by NZBA for the National Show) and how to display shohin correctly.
April saw our annual trip north of the Bombays to visit three very different and fascinating collections and a stop off at Bonsai NZ to lighten the wallets a bit. A great trip.
At the normal meeting Peter passed on the techniques shown to us by Nobu in December last year on how to prune Junipers correctly. No more pinching out the growing tips for us. There was also a very impressive display table with 16 trees for discussion.
At the May meeting Jeff gave a presentation on the history and interpretation of the Literati style. This interesting talk debunked some of the myths and common misconceptions around the style. After Jeff's talk Peter and Jeff gave an impromtu demonstration using 4 Black Pines - two of these were rejected as not being suitable, the others were given a rough shaping into Literati with more wiring to be done before the next meeting.