We’re starting the auction at 6:30 this year.

Beginner Meeting: First Steps to Bonsai

Composing a Display

Project Show and Tell Group Discussion

Bending Large Branches with Tyler Sherrod

Stages of Development

Building a Forest from Young Stock

Repotting

Our first meeting will be on February the 7th this year.  Sean will lead off our programming for the year with a discussion regarding the building of a bonsai collection.  Along with being an avid collector of Japanese maples and other species traditionally used for bonsai, over the last 5+ years Sean has led a convoy of enthusiasts through the deep-woods of the Missouri-Ozarks in search of local Yamadori - or in other words, 'wild-caught bonsai'.  His cultivation of a well-balanced blend of species both known and experimental makes him an astute reference as we learn to 'Build a Bonsai Collection'. 

For those intrigued by Sean's endeavors to collect and train native-bonsai, our short program for the evening will be a quick demonstration of how to handle roots post-collection from Missouri Soils.  The short program will take place after Sean's presentation, after we all have had our appetites to get out into the woods and scout trees whet by Sean's diverse collection.