Do to some time constraints this will be a short quick newsletter.

July 14th—Road trip to Bonsai Nurseries

On Saturday the 14th we have a good day planned visiting New England Bonsai http://www.nebonsai.com in Bellingham, Ma. and Bonsai West http://www.bonsaiwest.com in Littleton, Ma. We are very fortunate to have these great Bonsai nurseries so close by. Both have excellent trees, plants, pots, wire, tools and just about anything one needs for bonsai. This time of year both places have very good sales on most items. They also have some very fine bonsai trees on display. This is a great opportunity for new members to acquire needed bonsai supplies and walk around with some of the members with more experience to help answer questions and point you in the right direction. The plan is to meet in East Hartford at Todd;s @ 7:30am on Saturday, July 14th and we will car pool from there or you can take your own vehicle if you prefer. At the present time we have about 12 members signed up to go.

 

Please contact Geof at gdholmes86@msn.com (413-229-8874) or Frank at brooks.frank@comcast.net (860-747-5951) to sign up and get more info and directions to Todd’s.

July 16th — New Members Meeting

This will be our regular schedule meeting on the 3rd Monday and will meet at the Pond House @ Elizabeth Park at 7PM The program for the evening will be geared to helping new members get some assistance in starting in Bonsai. It will be a Bring Your Own Tree or there will be some pre-bonsai available to purchase and Al will have a selection of tools and wire for sale. Dave Silver will also be giving a Bonsai 101 primer. Everyone is encouraged to bring a tree to work on to give the new members a look of bonsai in progress and hopefully be a good learning night for all.

August 18th Open House Workshop & Get Together

Diana has invited all to her house on this Saturday get together to work on our tree and talk Bonsai with other members. Diana lives in Meriden and can be contacted at majchrzak@cox.net for directions and more indo. We wil be staring at 9AM. Bring a lunch and also your treesa nd tools and good humor. These are usually are a lot of fun.

September 9th Spend a day with Nick

Geof has a signed up for a workshop day at Nick’s in Ma on Sept 9th starting at 9AM. There are 6-7 spots available on a first come basis. The fee is $50 for the day which usually runs till 4PM. This is a great chance to work on trees with a really talented bonsai artist. You can also view his creations as well as purchase some of his great pots that he makes. If you have not had an opportunity now is your chance. If we get enough people to commit Geof might be able to get us a second date in late Sept or early Oct. Contact Geof at gdholmes86@msn.com .

If anyone feels so inclined to put something in the newsletter please feel welcome to submit an article, book review or other bonsai interest items.

Frank