Author: Dean Cooper

While our club show has been canceled for 2021, we are still looking to have two "socially distanced" events this year.  We are planning on the having another bonsai garden walk in conjunction with the Midwest Bonsai Club and we are also looking forward to the Prairie State Bonsai Society summer picnic and exhibition at Cantigny this year on July 26th. This will be our usual summer picnic, however Cantigny has also asked us to set up a few display tables so that visitors can see the bonsai trees…

Our February 3rd Zoom meeting, with a Power Point presentation on the Andrade trunk bending method, can be viewed on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/zIDQWw_CdcwThanks to Jim Keith for introducing us to this extreme technique. Be warned, though: chainsaws are involved!Our next Zoom meeting will be on Monday, March 8. Note that this is delayed from our usual 1st Wednesday of the month. We are doing a joint meeting with Midwest Bonsai. I’m sure you have all received the email invitation, as well as a text message, about our special…