PITTSBURGH BONSAI SOCIETY
 

...to disseminate knowledge, encourage others, and create interest in the art of bonsai

MARCH 2002 NEWSLETTER

Donna Ramsey, Editor ramseydo@attbi.com

Note the new location for this meeting:

Wednesday March 27th 7 p.m.
Botany Hall at Phipps Conservatory
(Park on the street on the Panther Hollow Bridge Side- the classroom is on the lower level of Botany Hall, which is just behind the Conservatory)

Members' Workshop Part I

Spring wiring, staking, pruning and design planning...plant material will be provided at no cost! Just bring your wire cutters and scissors. (Part 2 of this workshop will be in September when we continue our work on these trees)

We hope you can join us!

Note: Beginning in 2002, the PBS Newsletter will be sent in an expanded form on a quarterly basis, and a condensed form outlining the programs will be sent monthly.

We greatly appreciate your donated bonsai items for our monthly meeting raffle! Please call Mark Wazenegger 412-921-0125 if you would like to donate items you no longer want.

Bring a tree to a meeting and receive an extra door prize ticket; and if you bring the type of tree being discussed you'll receive two tickets...wow!

To join , send your dues to: Pittsburgh BONSAI Society

c/o D.G. Ramsey 103 Dogwood Lane Pittsburgh, PA 15238.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Last Call for dues...and I'm not kidding
Dues for the year 2002 must be paid now in order for you to continue your Pittsburgh Bonsai Society membership and newsletter. Only those members who have paid by April 1st will be included in the new Pittsburgh Bonsai Society Directory.

Free Weekly Bonsai Classes begin on Tuesday March 19th
What a wonderful opportunity this is for both novice and experienced members. These free classes are conducted by Keith Scott (and arranged by Anna Clark!) every Tuesday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Swissvale Library which is located at Monongahela & McClure Avenues. Bring a tree you need some help with or simply watch, listen and learn. And please bring your own tools; we will provide the soil and wire.

Welcome New Members!
David Lane, Perry Welling, Lois Prestia, John Conway, Robert Hawkins, Mary Lou Lenart.

Suggestion Box
This is a good time to clean, sharpen and oil your tools. Also wire screens into your unused pots. Check your supplies...don't wait until the last minute...do you need soil, wire, pots, more tools? Remove wires from last year that may be cutting into the wood. Clean up your display tables and benches. Begin taking trees out of winter storage as the weather improves...but don't subject them to bright sunshine after being protected; and be prepared to take them back if the weather should suddenly turn foul. Our Bonsai friends in Buffalo suggest putting trees in carts that can easily be moved during this time of changing weather.

Meeting Dates and Programs for 2002

See you at the meeting!.......
Did you include your Bonsai Trees when you made your New Year's resolutions?