Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month except for December.  All meetings
begin at 7:00 PM at the Des Moines Botanical Center (909 Robert Ray Drive) unless 
notified otherwise, with the exception that the November meeting always begins at 6:30 PM.
Members are encouraged to bring trees for show and tell, to work on, or to get help with after
the scheduled program.  (Remember you may need to bring some tools for this.)  Members
may work on their adopted Botanical Center bonsai trees during meetings.

January 18:  IBA Meeting.

February 15:  IBA Meeting.  Topic: Fertilizer: what, when, how and why.  Dave Lowman.

March 15:  IBA Meeting.  Topics:   Quick repotting.  Mike Adams.    Jin and Shari, for looks and 
aesthetics.  Larry Totton.

April 19:  IBA Meeting.  Topics:  Soil.  Dave Richmond.  Pruning for looks and health.  Helene Magruder.
Collecting trip: group discussion to plan for an IBA group collecting trip.

April 22-23:  2nd Annual Oak Creek Bonsai Show, Nebraska Bonsai Society, Lincoln,
Nebraska.  Friday, 8:00am-6:30; Saturday, 9:30-4:30pm.

May 17:  IBA Meeting. Topic:  Collecting trip preparation.  Larry Totton.  Workshop: Forests.  Bring 
your own tree, soil, and tools; plan to get your hands dirty.  Trees and pots available for sale.

June 14:  IBA Meeting.  Topics:  Disease and pest control; Defoliation.  Max Miller.

July 1:  Entry deadline, IOWA STATE FAIR BONSAI SHOW

July 19:  IBA Meeting.  Topic: Tropical bonsai in Iowa: care and repotting.  Ivan Hanthorn.

August 14:  IOWA STATE FAIR BONSAI SHOW.   Agriculture Bldg., Iowa State Fairgrounds,
Des Moines, Iowa.

August 16:  IBA Meeting.   Iowa State Fair trees discussion.  Topic: Major wiring, ribbing, breaking,
bends.  Ron Heinen and Mike Adams.

September 20:  IBA Meeting.  Topics: Wintering--care, locations, etc.  Larry Totton and Dave Lowman.
Where to buy bonsai trees and what to look for.  Mike Adams.

October 8-9:  FALL BONSAI SHOW.  Reiman Gardens, Ames, Iowa.  IBA Board Meeting will be held
at 2:30 pm Sunday the 9th at Reiman.  All members not participating in bonsai show activities are 
welcome to attend the Board Meeting.

October 18:  IBA Meeting.  Topic:  Designing and planning the bonsai.  Presenter to be announced.

November 15:   IBA Pot Luck Dinner and Annual meeting, and Bazaar.  Annual awards for 2011 and 
election of the new Board of Directors for 2012.  Program: to be announced.

December:   No meeting held in December

Note:  David Lowman, our club vendor (DASU BONSAI), has requested that you email or call him
prior to the meeting if you have special bonsai material or supply requests.
Email: lowman@netins.net; Phone 1-800-528-2827. 

2011 BONSAI WORLD CALENDAR

January 6-9:  36th Gafu-Ten, Kyoto, Japan.  All Japan Shohino-Bonsai Association.  "Biggest highest level 
of Shohin-Bonsai Exhibition in Japan."

February 13-20:  85th Kokufu-Ten Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan.  Japan Bonsai Association.  "Greatest bonsai 
exhibition in Japan."

April 15-17:  28th MidAtlantic Bonsai Societies (MABS) Annual Spring Festival, Grantville, PA.
Go to http://midatlanticbonsai.freeservers.com for more information.

May 1-2:  Bonsai Society of Portland Bonsai Display at Portland Japanese Garden.
See http://japanesegarden.com.

May 7-8:  Minnesota Bonsai Association Mother's Day Bonsai Show at Como Conservatory, St. Paul, MN.

May 20-22:  Shohin St. Louis II, presented by the Bonsai Society of Greater St. Louis; Collinsville, IL.
Go to www.stlbonsai.org for more information.

May 21-22:  Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Show, held at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL.
Go to: www.midwestbonsai.org/show.htm for more information.

May 27-29:  Brussel's Rendezvous, Olive Branch, Mississippi, Memorial Day Weekend
Rendezvous is the annual convention held at Brussel's Bonsai, right outside of Memphis, TN.
Go to www.brusselsbonsai.com for more information.

June 5-6:  Telperion Farms Satsuki Celebration & Open House.  Visit the farm, enjoy the satsuki in bloom 
and barbeque on the deck.  Lyons, OR.  See website: www.telperionfarms.com.

June 16-19:  Bonsai in the Bluegrass: BCI/ABS 2011 will be held in Louisville, KY.  For details and
registration forms, see the BCI website: www.bonsai-bci.com.

August:  Mid-Missouri Bonsai Society Fall Bonsai Show, Columbia Library, Columbia, MO.  
Go to http://midmobonsai.missouri.org for more information.

August 19-21:  Midwest Bonsai Society presents the Mid-America Bonsai Show.  The 34th 
Mid-America Bonsai Exhibit will be held at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL.
Go to: www.midwestbonsai.org/show.htm for more information.

September 2-3:  Minnesota State Fair Bonsai Show

September 3-5:  Bonsai Society of Greater St. Louis Bonsai Show, in conjunction with 
Japanese Festival, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, Labor Day Weekend.

November 20-23:  30th Taikan-Ten, Kyoto, Japan.

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