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2010 Calendar of Events
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January 27 – Bonsai Multi-Media Presentation – Don Wild – Guest Speaker
February 24 – Yew Styling Demo with – Will Heath – Guest Speaker
February 27 – Beginner and Intermediate Classes, Part I
March 6 – Beginner and Intermediate Classes, Part II
March 13 – Beginner and Intermediate Classes, Part III
March 24 – Pests and Diseases – Jack Wikle

April 3 – Maple Forest Workshop – Jack Wikle
April 11 – Yew Workshop & road trip to Ken Huth's Greenhouse in Ohio
April 28 – Marco Invernizzi working on a yew tree – Invited Guest
April 29 – Marco Invernizzi BYOT – Invited Guest

May 26 – Deciduous Bonsai Refinement – Bill Heston

June 12 – Learn how to paint using your bonsai as a model – Jerry Peters – Invited Guest
June 23 – Demonstration on Azaleas – David Kreutz – Invited Guest
June 24 – Azalea Workshop – David Kreutz – Invited Guest

July 10 – Mugo Pine Workshop – Vance Wood "Mr. Mugo" – BYOT
July 28 – Working Review and Critique – Cyril Grum, Bill Heston, Jack Wikle – BYOT

August 14 – Annual Pot Luck – Lary Howard's Home
August 25 – Tropical bonsai – Repotting techniques – Dustin Mann
August 28-29 – AABS Bonsai Show

September 22 – AABS Auction
October 9 – Prospecting Field Trip   Plymouth Nursery and Landscaping – Jack Wikle
October 27 – Winterizing your Bonsai – Cyril Grum & Bill Heston

November 8 – AABS Annual Banquet and Mini-Exhibit
December – No Meetings

About the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society

Constitution and Bylaws
Looking Back as We Move Ahead: Thirty Years of Ann Arbor Bonsai Society History

The Ann Arbor Bonsai Society was founded in 1970.

The purpose of The Ann Arbor Bonsai Society shall be to promote knowledge, appreciation, and practice of the art of bonsai to its members and to the general public through meetings, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, publications or other means.

The Society holds regular meetings, workshops, an annual show and several informal gatherings for members and their guests.  Meetings are held monthly, with the exception of December, on the last Wednesday of the month.  All meetings are held in the Auditorium at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens on Dixboro Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Programming typically begins at 7:30, but members usually gather prior to socialize and share knowledge. 

Check back here soon as there is more to tell about the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society and its members.  Do you know some interesting history?  Tell us.

AABS Image Gallery


Gallery One (19 images)

A series of images showing the repotting of a large root-bound bougainvillea at the Matthaei Botanic Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Alfonso Tercero and Bill Heston, Ann Arbor Bonsai Society members, are seen here removing the plant from its container, root trimming, repositioning and repotting.
To read more about this process, see the July 2007 AABS Newsletter.

Gallery Two (85 images)

Images from the 2006 Ann Arbor Bonsai Society Annual Show.

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