Bonsai Kai - programme for 2008

Bonsai Kai

2008 programme
Meetings are held at the RHS Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street or the Friends House, Euston Road There is a £1 per person charge at all meetings to help with room rental and speakers’ fees.
Date		Event
Tuesday, 15 January (RHS)		Refining your wiring – workshop using members’ trees
Tuesday, 12 February (RHS)		Spring repotting workshop
Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 February		Bonsai Weekend at RHS Wisley garden
Tuesday, 11 March (RHS)		Niwaki – the art of Japanese pruning a talk by Jake Hobson
Tuesday and Wednesday, 15/16 April		Spring RHS Competition
Tuesday 15 April (RHS)		Help me: Help my tree – advice on problem trees by a members’ panel
Tuesday 13 May (FH)		Penjing my tree – Charlotte Walby will talk about the Chinese approach to bonsai and style members’ trees
Tuesday 10 June (FH)		Unusual varieties for bonsai
Tuesday 8 July		Tree walk in Regent’s Park
Sunday 10 August		Visit to Lee Verhorevoort’s bonsai nursery, Bexleyheath, Kent
Tuesday 16 September (FH)		Styling collected pines from Europe – demonstration by Graham Potter
Tuesday & Wednesday 7/8 October		Autumn RHS Competition
Tuesday 7 October (RHS)		15 minutes of fame – four short talks by members on a bonsai related topic
Friday 24 October		Visit to Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming, Surrey
Friday 14 November **		AGM
Friday 16 December (RHS)		Judging trees in competition
** Venue to be confirmed.