Sansui-Kai Bonsai Club

7TH Annual LA Community Swapmeet Dont miss the 7th Annual LA Community Bonsai Swap meet Sunday, October 10th 2021 at 10 am at Jesse Owens Park at 7100 White Oak Ave., Reseda? ANYONE can sell. This is open to everyone. No charge. Phoenix Bonsai Society has agreed to be present. Contact Keith Martin with questions LA Community Swapmeet Facebook Page: ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/983584171671710/ See more

California Bonsai Society is proud to announce The Ben Oki Bonsai Scholarship Fund The California Bonsai Society (CBS) has set up a scholarship fund to honor B...en Oki - a man who devoted most of his life to enjoying and sharing bonsai. Ben was happiest when he was sharing his knowledge or working on a tree. To honor that sharing spirit Ben had we will be making two $1000.00 grants available to anyone in the bonsai community to be used to attend classes, workshops , study with a pro or other bonsai related educational activity. The winners will also need to do something to give back to the bonsai community- such as a club demo or on-line video showing what you learned, or some other method of giving back to the community. To apply, the applicant should send an email to [email protected] In that email they should explain what they intend to do with the money to improve their bonsai skills and what they intend to and will commit to doing to give back to the bonsai community. Be creative. Applicants who receive scholarships agree that in return for these funds within 15 days of completing class etc. they will provide CBS photos and a short write up of what they did with the funds to improve their bonsai skills that will be published on our website and in our newsletter. They will also have to come up with and complete a way of giving back to the community and commit to doing this. The application period will be from May 1st through May 30th annually with the scholarships awarded on June 15th. Applications will be accepted from anyone in the bonsai community that can deposit a check from a US bank. Awarding of the scholarships will be by decision of a committee of California Bonsai Society Board members after going through all applicants. All committee decisions are final. Everyone in the bonsai community is encouraged to apply for this chance to expand your own bonsai knowledge and to help contribute to the bonsai community. Anyone interested in contributing to the scholarship fund as a way to honor Ben and to help promote bonsai is more than welcome to contact Robert Pressler -President of The California Bonsai Society at the above email. We are a privately funded 501c3 corporation so any contributions may be tax deductible.

Due to the Coronavirus requirements to not have group meetings we will have a live event in leu of our usual meeting. Tonight at 7:00 pm Sansui Kai will be hosting a live feed demo featuring Michael Jonas discussing maple Bonsai development techniques. Hank will also be here to field questions.

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ATTENTION!!!!! The April Sansui Kai meeting is CANCELLED due to the Corona Virus. We may do a virtual demo so stay tuned and stay healthy!!!!!

Our February meeting featured members talking about their trees and sharing knowledge with the club.

Our March meeting will be Peter Macasieb. Peter is a favorite at Sansui Kai. His talent with Shohin Bonsai is well known. Peter will be working on a Shohin Black pine. Don't miss it!! A always, please support our club by buying Raffle Tickets!! We need to be able to pay for demos and to pay the monthly fee for use of the Sepulveda Garden Facility. Please donate to the raffle as well!!!! We need your donations!

Check out the latest episode of Bonsai-U featuring how to create pads on a Juniper Bonsai! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5OHv_BlN4&t=1176s

FEBRUARY MEETING!! As of now we have enough volunteers bringing trees to discuss. This should be an interesting meeting, hearing about the history and care of some of our members trees!! Also start preparing your trees for our May Show at the Japanese Gardens. Everyone is encouraged to show a tree!!!!

Jim Barrett is our January guest speaker. Jim has been the Sensei for Descanso for many years. He is a well known potter as well. Come listen to his stories of his life in Bonsai and bring a tree for Jim to critique!!