January 2022 – US National Bonsai Exhibition Presentation
President’s Message: Covid Rides Again! Happy New Year BCSB Members, Allan and I hope everyone had a happy, restful, and above all, safe holiday season. At my household, we spent…
November 2021 – Ann Erb, Japanese Blacks Pines
President’s Message: Show Us Your Trees! Greetings BCSB Members. I think everyone who attended the spontaneous bonsai creation workshop we had at our October meeting would agree it was a…
October 2021 – Styling Junipers
President’s Message: On the Road Again As the world is slowly (and hopefully) returning to some kind of normal, like many of you, I am (sometimes painfully) rediscovering how much…
September 2021 – Youth Movement
President’s Message: Youth Movement Over the last 10 plus years, I’ve “enjoyed” my sacrificial participation in the development of the mountain bike racing careers of our two sons as they…
August 2021 – From Zoom to Room (7)
President’s Message Good news! To quote John Belushi as “Joliet” Jake Blues in the movie The Blues Brothers “We’re putting the band back together.” Yes, the Bonsai Club of Santa…
July 2021 – Todd Schlafer of First Branch Bonsai
President’s Message: Our “In-Person” Future! Due to a busy week at work, Jeff wasn’t able to work on his opening address for this month’s newsletter. All the important information for…
June 2020 – Black Pines with Jonas Dupuich
President’s Message: Our Family Tree When we last “spoke”, I was on my way to Bonsai Mirai for a 3-day bonsai class on design, setting primary and secondary structure on…
Ann lost in a forest of black pines
November 2019 – Ann Erb Appears
For those of you pining for a great learning experience... good news! Club Member and Show Designer, Ann Erb will be our guest speaker and she will be talking about...…
October 2019 – The Good, The Bad And The Unusual
This month‘s program is another episode of our popular ”Good, Bad, and Unusual” series where you, our enthusiastic members, bring in a tree or two in any stage of training…
September 2019 – Jeff Sczechowski
Tuesday September 10, 7:30 PM - Jeff Sczechowski The only thing longer than Jeff’s last name is how long he has been doing bonsai. He started in 1992 when he…