Central Florida Bonsai Club

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October CFBC News

FROM THE PREZ
Hello Central Florida Bonsai! I hope everyone is doing well. The club is moving forward and we hope you can join us in an upcoming meeting. We had an awesome first meeting presented by our own Paul Pikel on “The Basics of Bonsai Design”. It provided great reminders to vets and excellent information for newbies on the basic principals of bonsai design and horticulture. Two weeks later, the club had an in person workshop day of bonsai and fellowship at Agresta Gardens with Ben’s Church of Bonsai. Thank you to both gentlemen for your great teaching and hospitality. 

Our next meeting is October 9 at 7pm and is a Bougie demo presented by Ben Agresta. This meeting will have 2 ways for you to attend. One will be online through Zoom using the information below, or through live attendance at Agresta Gardens. The topics we will cover will be how bougies grow, proper fertilization, styling and health considerations of the tree.

Please remember in this meeting we will be taking a vote on the proposed temporary changes to dues and fees based on this year’s health constraints. 

As a reminder, we are responsible for one day of the silent auction at the BSF convention next year. Adam has more than adequate space at his nursery in the BSF section to start collecting live plant auction items whenever you want to start dropping them off. The sooner the better! 

The theme of the convention next year is Literati. If you have a tree that you would like to be considered as the official club tree, please let us know. We will let you know soon which meeting we will hold a vote. 

NEXT MEETING:
Topic: Bougie Demo
Time: Oct 9, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5817850451?pwd=UTdjelFIWTVtQ2xaM0tjM243MCt6Zz09
Meeting ID: 581 785 0451
Passcode: CFBC2020

Daniel, el Presidente
 

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August Activities

President’s Message

Hello CFBC,

I pray this message finds you well.  I hope that you have had plenty of time to work on your trees, build your collection, and perhaps you have also used this time to dig into and invest a little more in your knowledge of Bonsai in these crazy times. 

Covid continues to pose a few challenges for society and, as such, has put a few roadblocks in our way as a club. The board has held a few meetings and discussions to plan as best as possible moving forward to provide safe and meaningful meetings, including venues, “socially distanced” meeting scenarios, virtual meeting platforms, study groups, demos, and more.  Meeting in our traditional location could prove to be difficult with the guidelines being imposed on the facility as a government related entity and we are still working closely with them to be able to hold as many meetings as possible there. 

To that end, if you are willing and able to host a “socially distanced” meeting at your home, please let one of the board members know.  As of right now, we do have members that have volunteered their place including Agresta Gardens, Alfonso’s Tree Farm, Adam’s Art and Bonsai Nursery, and my home to name a few.  If you are willing, please let a board member know ASAP. 

We will be hosting an August study group entitled “Super Tropicals” presented by Adam Lavigne on August 22nd, at 10:00am.  As a test run for virtual platforms you may attend this study group through Facebook Live, on the CFBC page, or through Zoom: Meeting ID: 581 785 0451

Passcode: SUPTROP22.  

This is free and open to anyone, anywhere in the world.  Please feel free to use this as a recruiting opportunity for our club!  Let’s share the love of Bonsai with as many people in our sphere of influence as we can. 

Stay safe, and I’m very much looking forward to getting together very soon with the club! 

Sincerely, 

Daniel

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Saturday August 24th BYOT Workshop

Bring Your Own Tree Workshop — UF/IFAS Center. This Saturday Aug 24th, 10am-3pm. It’s the time of year to be working tropicals, bring something seasonably appropriate needing some work! Bright lights, air conditioning. Members clean their own messes, and bring their own beverages/snacks. 🙂 See everyone Saturday!

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Mary Madison Fieldtrip

I am sorry to announce that our upcoming field trip to Mary Madison’s Nursery (which was Sunday September 17th) has been cancelled due to hurricane cleanup at her place. 

Mary and our Corresponding Secretary, Paul

I spoke with her today and she was in good spirits, no injuries, but she doesn’t have power yet.  She lives in Lake Placid, Fl, which is east of Sebring on US 27. If you’ve been following the path of the storm, that put her right on the dirty side of Irma. She had some fallen limbs but was able to house the best bonsai in her home. All those old Japanese pots are safe as well. 
Mary’s tree in Washington DC at the national Arboretum

We offered her help in the clean up but, as I suspected she might do, she told me that it wasn’t that bad and to take care of our own families and trees. She’s a tough lady, last of  her kind. 

As for the storm’s aftermath, I am extending my hand in help to any club member that may need some manual labor or chainsaw work. I’m sure that I can rustle up some other club members with less damage who can spare a few hours to help out a fellow CFBC member. Don’t hesitate to ask, that’s what we are here for. You are not alone. (president@centralfloridabonsaiclub.com)

We will reschedule the trip to Mary’s as soon as she is ready, she loves it when clubs come down to see her. 

Stay safe and we will see you soon,

Adam, Prez