Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month except for December.
All meetings
begin at 7 PM in the Des Moines Botanical Center unless notified
otherwise, with the
exception that the November meeting always begins at 6:30 PM. Members are
encouraged to bring trees to work on or to get help with after the scheduled program.
January 15: IBA
Meeting
February
7-10: East
Meets West event, Des Moines Botanical Center
February
19: IBA
Meeting - Bonsai soils and pottery - All those who attended
the Michael
Hagedorn Twisted Shimpaku workshop are asked to bring those
trees for show and tell and
discussion concerning their appropriate potting and further
development.
March
15-16: SPRING
WORKSHOP WEEKEND, Sean Smith, the foremost suiseki diaza
maker in America and a leading expert on the display of bonsai and
suiseki, will give a
presentation on display of suiseki and demonstrate the making of a
diaza for the
mounting of suiseki on Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon
there will be a
workshop on diaza making, with wood and collected suiseki stones
provided. Everyone
leaves with a viewing stone and a fitted diaza. Tools also
provided for participants
without them; limited enrollment. Sunday afternoon bonsai workshop:
enrollment limited.
March
18: IBA
Meeting - Twisted Shimpaku from a whip workshop - For a
nominal cost you
can learn to wire and contort a young Well House shimpaku juniper
into a yamadori (collected
juniper) like shape. Bring tools (and a rabbits foot) if you
have them.
April
15: IBA
Meeting - Detailed Repotting - Learn the finer points on
repotting: how to shape
roots that are misshapen and position them better, the correct
mounting level when repotting,
etc. Feel free to bring a tree with recalcitrant roots, an
appropriate pot and soil and we will
help you train and repot.
April
20-21: Spring
Bonsai Show, The Art of Bonsai, DM Botanical Center
May
17: IBA
Meeting - Working with Pines - Some basics and some finer
points on working
with this tree whose natural style dominates nearly all bonsai
styling.
June
17: IBA
Meeting - Tropical Tree Care - Basics and a few specifics for
our warm climate
loving tropicals.
July
1: Entry
deadline, IOWA STATE FAIR BONSAI SHOW
July
15: IBA
Meeting - Drawing Bonsai - It has been observed that if you
cannot at least
roughly draw a bonsai you will have difficulty creating it in
three-dimensional form. Advance
your styling/refinement skills at this meeting. Bring paper,
pencil and eraser!
August
10: IOWA STATE FAIR BONSAI SHOW, Agriculture Bldg., Iowa State Fairgrounds,
Des Moines, Iowa.
August
19: IBA
Meeting - Making a Plan - Quality bonsai rarely happen over
night or in one
training session. Learn ideas about what to expect and what to
do as time evolves your trees.
September
16: IBA
Meeting - Winterizing your Trees - Get clear on the needs of
your trees at
this crucial time of year. The ice man cometh!!
October
11-12: ANNUAL FALL SHOW, Reiman Gardens, Ames, Iowa.
October
21: IBA
Meeting - Photographing Bonsai - Not at all as easy as it
sounds. Learn the
key elements to shortening the learning curve. Photographing
bonsai can improve your
ability and eye for styling your trees!
November
18: ANNUAL POTLUCK DINNER. Complete with the ever exciting
Dead Tree
Contest, as well as Awards and the election of the Board of Directors.
2007
IBA Calendar
2008
BONSAI WORLD CALENDAR
February
9-16: 82nd
Kokufu-ten Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan
May
23-25: Brussel's Rendezvous, Olive Branch, Mississippi,
Memorial Day Weekend
June
12-15: MABA 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana
August
15-17: Mid-America Bonsai Show, Chicago Botanic Garden,
Glencoe, Illinois
August
29-30: Minnesota State Fair Bonsai Show
August
30-September 1: Bonsai Society of Greater St. Louis Bonsai
Show,
in conjunction with Japanese Festival, Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis,
Missouri, Labor Day Weekend
September
5-8: International Bonsai Deciduous Bonsai Symposium,
Rochester,
New York
October
2-5: 4th Biennial International Suiseki Symposium,
Grantville, Pennsylvania
October
11-12: Bonsai 2008 - 1st National Bonsai Exhibition,
Rochester, New York
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