Author: MET

The Bergen Bonsai Society
Sept. 2016 Newsletter Meeting: Sun 09/18 12 NOON— 3 PM
Place: Closter Nature Center
154 Ruckman Rd. Closter, NJ 07624

ANNUAL PICNIC
AUCTION

The Bergen Bonsai Society
Incorporated
P.O. Box 822
Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
Website: BergenBonsai.com

Year 2016 Programs
Mark Your Calendar

	DATE	EVENT AND/OR GUEST ARTIST	AM MTG	AFT MTG	EVE MTG	AWAYMTG
	February 21	POT SALE /SWAP MEET— BYOB WORKSHOP	X	X
	March 20	SELECTION OF MABS TREES —BYOB WORKSHOP	X	X
	April 3	GUEST ARTIST— PETER KENIE — GRAFTING WORKSHOP	X	X
	April 15—17	MID-ATLANTIC SPRING FESTIVAL	X	X		X
	May 22	GUEST ARTIST — CHASE ROSADE — WORKSHOP	X	X
	June 12	GUEST ARTIST — JOHN ROMANO — SOHIN WORKSHOP	X	X
	July 17	FREE WORKSHOP ON RE POTTING TROPICALS	X	X
	Aug 21	GUEST ARTIST — DAVID PARIS —WORKSHOP	X	X
	Sept 18	ANNUAL PICNIC AUCTION		X
	October 16	GUEST ARTIST — DAVID EASTERBROOK —WORKSHOP	X	X
	November 20	CLUB SHOW; PM OPEN WORKSHOP	X	X
	December 4	ANNUAL HOLIDAY LUNCHEON		X		X

* Indicates a change in date, event or time, since previous Newsletter
NOTES
All meetings @ Closter Nature Center are on Sundays
All morning meetings @ Closter Nature Center start 9:45 AM to APROX. 12:30 PM
All afternoon meetings @ Closter Nature Center start APX. Noon to APROX. 4 PM

LAST MONTH MEETING— AUGUST 21ST. —GUEST ARTIST— DAVID PARIS
It was time for us to explore the world of “mame” bonsai with David Paris. David is one of those few artists that specializes in these small bonsai that one can hold in the palm of your hand. Actually, though they are small and because they are so small, they do require a lot of care.
He started withe designing a workshop tree with branches in every direction and asked the audience to come up and suggest designs for the tree. The tree was so wild, that each person who looked at it could come up with a different design. David leaned toward a cascade style and began stripping many branches of bark. When bending branches, he suggested that there be a lot of twisting at the same time to take the stress out of the branch in any one specific location giving it a better chance of survival and allowing for a steeper bend. The tree was raffled off and it was up to the winner to decide the final design.
David also brought with him 30 2-3 foot whips of red pine densiflora and small shimpaku. He took one of the pine whips and created a mame bonsai very quickly by bending the whip almost back onto itself in all kinds of turns and twists. They were two years old and grown from seed.
A workshop followed and David worked with each individual to create their own tree.

THIS MONTH MEETING— SEPTEMBER 18TH.— ANNUAL PICNIC
AUCTION
Hopefully by the middle of September the current heat wave will have burnt itself out and our picnic at the lake will be cool and beautiful. As usual we will have more than enough food and hopefully lots of bonsai related stuff to auction at ridiculously low prices, as a benefit for the club. So come prepared to eat, to donate some bonsai material to a good cause, to pity and laugh at the ridiculous auctioneer, to buy something wonderful and to have a good time. $15.00 per person/member. Please let us know that you are coming.
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NEXT MONTH MEETING— OCTOBER 16TH. — GUEST ARTIST == DAVID EASTERBROOK
David is no stranger to our club and the bonsai society. He has been a great supporter to us. David is a bonsai artist and a wonderful teacher. Sunday Oct. 16th. Will host morning lecture demo. The demo tree will be raffle off. Afternoon will be workshop BYOB Bring Your Own Bonsai .
Workshop will be limited to 8 participants and $50 per member, bring your bonsai.
Please sign up soon.
**************************************************************************************************** Bergen County Fair Oct 8 & 9 at Van Saun Park Bergen Bonsai will again be participating in this year's Bergen County Fair on the weekend of Oct 8 & 9. at Van Saun Park in Paramus. This year we are considering accepting an invitation form the Master Gardeners to occupy a single table within their big tent. It would mean a smaller
presentation , but an easier one, requiring only 4 to 5 trees. We will proceed to have a table at the Van Saun Park Harvest Fair at the end of October in the Teaneck Garden Club tent. They will give us one six foot table. Len suggested bringing along a small table to increase the space that we can have to show trees. We should be able to have about 5- 6 trees on these tables. Several people volunteered to follow through on this program. Since this is a local venue, we might generate more interest in folks to join our exciting group.
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Reporting —5th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Sept. 10th Rockchester NY
Bergen Bonsai has a good representation of bonsai being displaced at the show.
They were from Sergio Cuan, Hank Gross, Mike Humphrey also a tree previously owned by George Le Bolt. You can see more pictures check out BergenBonsai@Facebook.

GOOD AND WELFARE
We are on social media Facebook and Twitter, you can see what is going on with Bergen Bonsai and the Bonsai world. Thanks to Will Farro for setting it up. Bergen Bonsai News, if anyone would like to share some bonsai news, please feel free to drop us an email. We will publish it if it is appropriate.
Email address : BergenBonsai@gmail.com Tel: 201-771-0343
BBS WEBSITE
Go to www.bergenbonsai.com & you can view our newsletters, pictures from our latest meetings, the
Mid-Atlantic Convention, our extensive library & much more.
LIBRARY
As usual, the complete library inventory is posted on our website (BergenBonsai.com). Find what you want, contact our librarians (for videos — David; hard cover books — Ralf; Bonsai Today/ Focus —Diann, and Int’l Bonsai, BCL Misc — John), and they will bring it to the next meeting. This is a tremendous asset and one of the best ways to learn more about bonsai in general. The library is a treasure trove of information just waiting to answer all of your questions and some that you haven’t even thought about yet. Use these winter months to get answers to the questions that you have about your trees in time for the growing season.

OFFICERS & STAFF

OFFEICES
President	Len Schwartz
Vice President	Ralf Schumann
Treasurer	Ralf Schumann
Secretary	Marlene Cuniberti
EXECUTIVE COMMITEE
Mitch Becker	Diann Pinkowski
Rose Chan	Ralf Schumann
Marlene Cuniberti	Len Schwartz
Hank Gross	Peter Sobel
Bryce Hugelmeyer

COMMITTEES
Library (Videos)	David Feitelson
Library (Hard Cover Books)	Ralf Schumann
Library (Bonsai Today/Focus)	Diann Pinkowski
Library (Int’l Bonsai, BCL misc.)	Diann Pinkowski
Hospitality	Marlene Cuniberti
Refreshments	Mark Penchinar
Tokonoma	Michael Humphrey
Good & Welfare	Virginia Shen
Executive Board Meetings	Jim Killian
MidAtlantic Representatives	Len Schwartz Ralf Schumann
Programs	Peter Sobel
Newsletter Production	Rose Chan
Photographer	Ralf Schumann
Newsletter Reporter	Mitch Becker
Website	Rose Chan

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