This past month has been challenging having lost one of our most distinguished members, Nat Stein, who passed away in June. He was a great friend and asset to the Conejo Valley Bonsai Society and several other clubs and he will be sorely missed (see memorial, below). On June 26, the club went on a [...]

We had a terrific workshop meeting in May with great participation. It’s great to see the improving confidence in the novice group. They have been applying the information covered in the classes, and it is showing in the improved styling of their material. We have scheduled a trip to the House of Bonsai on Saturday, [...]

We had a full program at the April meeting. The Novice Class on “Basics of Design” taught by Ken Martin was excellent. Ken provided examples of proper design on a variety of bonsai, which generated a lot of excellent questions from the class.

We launched the first Novice Class of the club’s new five-class introduction to bonsai, and it was a great success. David Whiteside’s presentation on “Bonsai History and Styles” was very well presented and enjoyed by every member who attended. Bob Pressler’s demonstration of the proper repotting of a variety of bonsai continued the education that [...]