LABS 2010

Good turnout for the LABS in Baton Rouge yesterday. I think we had a total of 13 BSA people there at some time during the event. That's pretty good for a club of our size. As always, the day was enjoyable and informative. The air layering demo/lecture by Johnny and I went off without a hitch. Hopefully, people got something out of it. Johnny even donated the air layered chinese elm that we removed. As it turns out, it was won by Alex. Plenty of vendors there. As I promised myself, I didn't buy any trees. However, I made up for it by purchasing pots. Nice to see and touch the pots before buying them, unlike on the internet.

Hope to see everyone at Wednesday night's workshop meeting. That is, if I can get someone to take my call.

Boyd

JULY

Titled the last post "June". Obviously, it was the July meeting.

June meeting

Great turnout for last night's BSA meeting. Nice to see new members showing such an interest in bonsai. Thanks again to Christine for supplying the food and drinks. We talked about the upcoming LABS event in Baton Rouge on July 17th. Should be a great day with lots of good speakers and bonsai topics. Several vendors are also going to be present, so bring some spendin' money. We also decided to hold our annual auction at our September meeting, which will be September 1st.

I gave a presentation entitled "Back to Bonsai Basics". Since we have a recent influx of new members, it seemed to be a good time to talk about some of the basics of bonsai, as it relates to styles, design, care, etc. Hopefully, everyone was able to take away something from the talk, even the bonsai "veterans".

Next up: July 17th LABS in Baton Rouge
July 21st BSA workshop meeting-Bring something to work on