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Oct. 17, 2006 Update A slideshow of the October 2006 blauwii workshop is available in the "Slideshows" section - once there, check the menu listings under "Meetings". |
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Aug. 27, 2005 Update Several new images have been added to the "Gallery" section in the "Cedar" and "Other" areas. Please check them out. |
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Aug. 20, 2005 Update The program listing for part of 2005/06 is now posted on this site. Next meeting is on Monday, September 12: |
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Apr20, 2005 Update Please note the change in time and location of the next few meetings: Next meeting is on Tuesday, May 107:00 p.m.
At Toronto Botanical Garden (formerly known as "Edwards Gardens" or "The Civic Garden Center") in auditorium. |
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Mar. 24, 2005 Update Please note the change in time and location of the next few meetings: Next meeting is on Tuesday, Apr. 127:00 p.m.
At Toronto Botanical Garden (formerly known as "Edwards Gardens" or "The Civic Garden Center") in auditorium. |
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Jan. 24, 2005 Update Please note the change in time and location of the next few meetings: Next meeting is on Tuesday, Feb. 157:00 p.m.
At Toronto Botanical Garden (formerly known as "Edwards Gardens" or "The Civic Garden Center") in auditorium. |
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Dec. 20, 2004 Update The issues of the Journal for the year 2001-2002 have been removed from the "Journal" section. Interesting articles from those issues have been relocated in the Archives section. |
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Nov. 20, 2004 Update Please note the change in time and location of the next few meetings: NEW LOCATION FOR MEETING. Oriel United Church at 2609 Bayview Avenue, just north of York Mills Rd. on east side, I believe. (Use most northerly entrance.) NEW TIME: 7:15 p.m. (Another group is meeting until 7 p.m.) |
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Nov. 20, 2004 Update Please note the change in time and location of the next few meetings: NEW LOCATION FOR MEETING. Oriel United Church at 2609 Bayview Avenue, just north of York Mills Rd. on east side, I believe. (Use most northerly entrance.) NEW TIME: 7:15 p.m. (Another group is meeting until 7 p.m.) |
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Nov. 4, 2004 Update The Program section on the web site has now been updated to the end of the year, June 2005. Please check out the upcoming events! Your November 2004 Journal is now available online. |
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Sept. 1, 2004 Update The Program section on the web site has now been updated to Nov. 2004. Please check out the upcoming events! Your September 2004 Journal is now available online. |
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Nov. 18, 2003 Update The Program section on the web site has now been updated to March 2004. Please check out the upcoming events! Your January 2004 Journal is now available online. |
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Aug. 25, 2003 Update The Program for the beginning months of this TBS year are now listed in the "Program" section of the "TBS". Please check out the upcoming events! |
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Aug. 11, 2003 Update The September Journal is now online. We regret to announce the passing of our very dear bonsai friend, Pat McDougall, who passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2005. |
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May 12, 2003 Update The program section has been updated to the end of June. |
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May 12, 2003 General meeting April 2003, reported by Jeff Shortt The 7:00 p.m. lecture was conducted by John Walton, and the topic was: the Care of Tools. John took the membership through an informative and entertaining hour of this important subject; from different types of sharpening stones and devices and their maintenance, to sharpening techniques, with some timely and helpful advice on where these items may be obtained. John has considerable expertise in this area, and was quick to offer some of his resourcefulness and tricks for those special problems which arise from time to time. For the latter half of the meeting, several members had brought in trees to work on. This always generates interest, and the designers were in abundance to offer opinions. There was general agreement that the Toronto winter had been quite harsh, and that people were beginning to find the toll this had taken on their collections. This should make for a frenzy of purchases and acquisitions this spring. |
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Feb. 25, 2003 The two index charts of our past, published journals have been updated to reflect the latest additions. There are over 600 entries in the charts. These charts can be viewed by clicking on the "Journal" button. |
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Feb. 23, 2003 The latest edition of the "Bonsai Discovery" quarterly newsletter can now be found in the "Vendors" section of the web site. |
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Jan 22, 2003 The INDEX of articles that have been published in the Journal in the past has been updated to reflect the latest donations of old issues. The list already contains about 600 entries, and is not yet nearly complete, since our archives are missing a significant number of older issues. You might check out the February 2003 issue of the Journal to find out just which issues are still missing, and if possible, respond to the appeal I am making there. Meanwhile, you can view the index in two formats on this web site right now when you click on the "Journal" button above: one listing is alphabetical by author, and the other is chronological (more or less) by year. |
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Jan 2, 2003 HAPPY NEW YEAR! I have created an INDEX of articles that have been published in the Journal in the past. The list already contains about 500 entries, and is not yet nearly complete, since our archives are missing a significant number of older issues. You might check out the February 2003 issue of the Journal to find out just which issues are missing, and if possible, respond to the appeal I am making there. Meanwhile, you can view the index in two formats on this web site right now when you click on the "Journal" button above: one listing is alphabetical by author, and the other is chronological (more or less) by year. |
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Nov. 26, 2002 Please note that there have been some changes and modifications to our schedule of meetings and their contents. Find out what they are by clicking on the "PROGRAM" button. |
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Nov. 26, 2002 Bonsai Discovery has permitted us to publish their quarterly newsletter on our web site. You will find it and more by clicking on the VENDORS link in the above menu bar, and then once again clicking on "VENDORS" followed to get a list of the various businesses who advertise on our site. |
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Nov. 24, 2002 The meeting of November, 2002, by Jeff Shortt Member actively engaged in another exercise involving four trees. It was based on the October activity; numbering different areas of the base to choose as the front, and several branches to select for styling. Members were invited to fill out forms outlining their opinions and choices, to be compared later to the experts¼ final judgement. Each tree was then brought to the front separately and discussed for final styling by different senior members of the club; namely, Reiner Goebel, John Biel, Jerry Vlchek, and Arthur Skolnik. Much heated debate ensued from the varying philosophies of these eminent individuals, to the enjoyment of the crowd. Later, there followed a styling workshop on Grewia, during which there was a very successful raffle of a Blauwwi Juniper, donated by John Biel. |
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Nov. 3, 2002 The meeting of October, 2002, by Jeff Shortt The beginners' meeting was conducted by Reiner Goebel, who gave an informative talk on overwintering trees. This is particularly important, given the climatic conditions in Canada. The announcements included a reminder to members of the pending trip to Bonsai Discovery, a new and unique nursery dedicated solely to bonsai - the first in the Greater Toronto Area. The proprietor is looking forward to meeting the club members and is giving a barbecue and sale of material on October 20. The club executive then offered a different exercise for the membership. Placing a pine tree at the front with various numbers and letters attached to selected branches and possible fronts, members were invited to come and consider possible styling solutions for the tree during the coffee break, writing them down on a handout with multiple choice questions. Reiner and John Biel proceeded then to give a demonstration on their solution, styling the tree and giving commentary explaining their rationale. The membership were allowed to question and compare their solutions to the final result. After the demonstration, members broke out into groups to finish a workshop on blauwwi junipers begun in the September meeting, with general commentary by onlookers. |
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Nov. 2, 2002 Sometime this January all of the Journal issues for the year 2001 will be removed from the web site to make way for the year 2003. Particularly relevant articles written by our members will be moved to the special Archives section. The rest will be abandoned in cyberspace. A word to the wise is sufficient. |
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Nov. 1, 2002 Unfortunately the company which hosts our web site has experienced technical problems this week; these difficulties resulted in the loss of all of our files (there are about 30 megabytes of files in this site). It has taken some time to get at the root of the problem and to replace the missing files. Let's hope that such an occurrence will not happen again. If you discover any problems with the site, please send me an email about the problem - be as specific as you can be. |
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Oct. 1, 2002 A number of changes have been made in your monthly program of events. Please check for the latest updates. |
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Sept. 27, 2002 Check out the "SLIDESHOW" section for the John Biel and Reiner Goebel blauwii styling demo at our September meeting. |
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Sept. 16, 2002 BONSAI MATERIAL SALE Reiner Goebel, Grace and Rudi Wicht and John Biel are joining in a sale of bonsai related items. The sale will be hosted by John Biel on Sunday, October 6, 2002 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm, at 433 Rustic Rd., Toronto, ON - phone 416-248-6493. Phone for directions if necessary. The sale will be rescheduled if it rains to Saturday, October 12, same times. Looking forward to seeing you all. |
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Aug. 19, 2002 Most of the "program" for our meetings is now available by clicking on the PROGRAM button on the left |
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Check out the "Slide Show" section for images of our Semi-Annual Bonsai Show. |
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The September issue of The Journal is now taking shape - it's not too late for you to send me your contributions for this issue! |
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The summer workshops and socials have begun every Wednesday. See your June issue of The Journal for details and telephone numbers. |
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A site map of the site would be useful to have. Right now we have approximately 300 pages in this site. Does anyone have a relatively easy way of creating a "Site Map" which would be another useful navigational tool to have? If you can help, please send me email. Dierk Neugebauer (Editor) |