My message this month is mainly announcements.
We will have a picnic this year!
We will do the garden walks with Midwest Bonsai again!
Details for these are below in a special events announcement from Nick DiBattista, our vice-president of special events.
Lastly, our meeting on May 5th, 2021, at 7 PM, will feature a Zoom presentation by long-time member Linda Camp. Show will be showing us how to create a pre-bonsai from another tree by a process called air layering.
Air layering is a very useful tool. Got a tree that’s gone too leggy, but it has wonderful bark and branches? Air layering can let you shorten the trunk by preserving the upper bark and branching. Got a tree in your yard, maybe a nice dwarf Japanese maple? You can use air layering to turn a nice side branch into a bonsai.
Therefore, make sure to be at the meeting!
-Dean Cooper
President
Prairie State Bonsai Society
