ACBS June Exhibition

This year's June show drew many visitors, and it is always a delight to see how our members' trees are progressing. Many trees that have been exhibited in the past are now developing toward "specimen tree" status. The juniper and pine projects highlighted the show.

Unfortunately, we missed the azalea blossoms by about a week. The warm weather this year brought the flowers out a little sooner than usual. Still, a well attended show with many members at all skill levels participated, and we had many good remarks from our visitors to the exhibit.

See our gallery site for more photos from this show and from past shows at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/akroncantonbonsai

Our next exhibition will be in August at the North Canton Street Festival. Hope to see everyone there.

ACBS June Show

The Akron Canton
Bonsai Society
Presents a


Bonsai Exhibition

June 11th 12th & 13th 2010
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Admission: Free




The exhibition will feature local bonsai artists and contain examples of various bonsai styles & species, including pines, elms, flower and tropical trees.

April Meeting: Swap Meet

No Foolin’: It’s Bonsai Swap Night

As planned, we're having a bonsai swap meet for our meeting on April 1st. So If anyone has trees that they'd like to sell or trade PLEASE bring them to the meeting. We may also have a silent auction( proceeds to the club ). If anyone wants to donate trees for that bring them also. If there is any time left we can work on trees.

Not a member and want to join? Come to the meeting, see Gary Gifford, ACBS Treasurer, with $20 in cash or check (made out to “Akron Canton Bonsai Society”).

Akron Canton Bonsai Society

First Thursday of Each Month

7 – 9 p.m.

Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

2131 Front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Club Black Pine Project

ACBS Notice

AKRON CANTON BONSAI SOCIETY

a member of Bonsai Clubs International

March 2010

4 March 2010 7 – 9 p.m. at the Cuyahoga Valley Arts Center

Japanese Black Pine: Step One – Potting

This is the Year of the Japanese Black Pine.

The Japanese Black Pine is truly one of the CLASSIC bonsai species. So we hope that you will join us in the fun of working together on this species (Pinus thunbergii).

This Thursday we will receive the pines we’ve ordered from Ken. Some ordered the small, and some ordered the medium size pines. At this meeting we will begin the process by discussing soils and potting techniques. Gib will bring his photography equipment so that everyone can take a “before” picture of their tree.

ACBS 2010-- Year of the Black Pine

This is the Year of the Japanese Black Pine. At the December meeting ACBS decided to program a thematic year. Everything (well, nearly everything) this year will relate to this one species, Pinus thunbergii, a frequently used (and abused) species in bonsai. It’s known for having its own set of problems. So this year we will work on this one species. Everyone who wants to participate will work on their own specimen and each month we will progress to the next step. Cool!

In January & February Ken, Carlton and Gib will bring in price guides, style charts and specimens they’ve worked on. You can begin to think about the size of tree and price level you want to work on. This is a new direction for the club. It will be interesting to follow these trees through the year – and in years to come. The Japanese Black Pine is truly one of the CLASSIC bonsai species.

The picture above is from the USDA web site. The bonsai to the right was done by Walter Pall, the great German bonsai artist. His article and step-by-step photo essay is found at:

http://knowledgeofbonsai.org/articles/progressions/japanese-black-pine-kotobuki-pinus-thunbergiana-walter-pall/

Not a member and want to join? Come to the meeting, see Gary Gifford, ACBS Treasurer, with $20 in cash or check (made out to “Akron Canton Bonsai Society”).

Members get:

- A monthly e-newsletter including

Calendar of Bonsai events in the area

Bonsai book reviews

Articles on bonsai

Full color photo displays of meetings and events

- Private meetings with bonsai demonstrators

- Monthly meetings

- Tons of advice on growing, styling, displaying (and disposing of) bonsai

Akron Canton Bonsai Society

First Thursday of Each Month

7 – 9 p.m.

Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

2131 Front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

(enter through the rear door on the lower level)

Virtual Fall Bonsai Show

Spectacular fall color is one of the rewards of working with deciduous trees in northeastern Ohio. Despite our notoriously unpredictable weather, we do get some amazing color this time of the year.

Once again this year the Akron Canton Bonsai Society is presenting its Fall Virtual Bonsai Show. You can see pictures of some of our trees in all of their colorful autumnal beauty on our gallery site http://picasaweb.google.com/akroncantonbonsai.

Just click on the "Fall Bonsai Show" icon and you can see fall pictures of member's trees from this season and last season. It's fun to compare this year's photos to last year's and note how the color can vary.

The virtual show is at the time of this post, a "work in progress." We'll be adding pictures as we get them from our members. So check the gallery link often in the coming weeks.

We really do love our trees-- especially when they look like this.

Craig Coussins Visits the ACBS

International bonsai star Craig Coussins visited the ACBS in October. At our club's regular meeting, he assisted and collaborated with members on some of their current tree projects in an open forum that flowed late into the evening.

On the following night, he held a public demonstration where he worked his magic on a large garden juniper, creating a fine cascade style bonsai. Also, he presented a slide program on Chinese gardens.

See our gallery site for more photos of Craig's visit along with photos of our past shows:
http://picasaweb.google.com/akroncantonbonsai