October 2023 Bonsai Newsletter

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The Conejo Valley Bonsai Society’s 20th Annual Exhibition at Gardens of the World will be held on November 10th and 11th of this year. Note that this is a change from the dates announced here last month. As before, these dates are Friday and Saturday—not the weekend.

All members are encouraged to exhibit. There is space for beginners’ exhibits, you do not need to be an advanced bonsai artist.

In preparation for the show, we suggest members who are planning to exhibit trees bring them to the club’s Thursday, October 19 meeting. At this meeting, we will continue critiquing and preparing trees for our annual exhibition.

We will also be working out details regarding stands, so if you have a tree to exhibit but don’t have a stand for it, let us know and we’ll see if we can find someone with an extra stand who can loan you one for the show.

In addition, we will collect all of the information on members’ exhibit bonsai during this month’s meeting, so please be prepared with the following information on the trees you plan to exhibit:

• Tree(s) species, both scientific & common names
• Tree height(s)
• Accent plant(s)

If you already brought a tree or two for critique last month, you don’t need to bring it in again unless you want more advice on preparing it for the show.

Remember, this month’s meeting will also be a workshop, so bring trees to work on even if you are not planning to exhibit a bonsai!

I would also like to announce that Sue Falkin has graciously stepped up to take over as Refreshments Chair of CVBS. Thank you, Sue!

See you all at the club meeting on October 19th!