What a way to end one year and start another: California’s worst recorded wildfire ravaged many acres of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties in December 2017 followed by deadly [...]
I would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and the best for 2018. Our Holiday Potluck, Raffle & Auction is Thursday, December 21st at 7:30 PM at the Westlake Village City Hall (where we [...]
For our November 16th meeting, our demonstrator will be Jason Chan tell-ing us all about junipers. He will work on a juniper, starting with styling and carrying it through until finished. This [...]
The Conejo Valley Bonsai Society’s 14th An-nual Exhibition the weekend of October 7 – 8 was the most successful we have ever put on. Most of both days, a virtually constant stream of visitors [...]
Tired of waiting for years to develop the look of age in a new bonsai? Don’t miss the Conejo Valley Bonsai Society’s September meeting: It will be a demonstration of ways to create [...]
Our August meeting will be a workshop and swap meet. Have a look through your collection of trees, accessories, pots, etc. and see what you would like to part with or pick up from some-one else. [...]
Our July meeting will be a demonstration by Gary Nan-son. His topic will be power tools for shaping dead-wood of bonsai. He will talk about the best tools to use to carve a tree and how to use [...]
Our May 2017 meeting featured bonsai master Jim Bar-rett critiquing trees that members plan to show in our June 24 Summer Exhibition. Jim gave us guidance on how to make our trees show ready, [...]
Our April meeting was a demonstration by Bob Press-ler. Bob dealt with repotting—particularly repotting of difficult trees. (For the details see pages 4 – 6 of this newsletter.) Even though [...]