TAKE THE COURSE!
Learn how to create and care for bonsai in Manitoba.
The Bonsai Society of Winnipeg presents an introductory course on Bonsai. More...
Contact Information for 2011-2012
President:
Paul Collard
president@bonsaiwinnipeg.ca
Vice-president:
Dean Laughren
dlaughren@rrc.mb.ca
Treasurer:
Mike McIntyre
mike.mcintyre@nrc.ca
New Member Rep:
Cliff Samson
cliff.samson@gov.mb.ca
Librarian:
Wayne Morris
wcmorris@shaw.ca
Membership Information:
Joe Grande
joeg@bonsaiwinnipeg.ca
Web Site Editors:
Denis Girardin
idgira@mts.net
Joe Grande
joeg@bonsaiwinnipeg.ca
Jim Derksen
azl55@mts.net
Materials Management:
Stu Innes
stuinnes@mymts.net
Phoning Team:
Linda Gebel
brulinca@mts.net
Course: Introduction to Growing Bonsai
So your friend gave you a bonsai tree and you just don’t know how
to care for it! Perhaps you saw the beautiful display at the Annual Bonsai
Show and wanted to understand the mysteries of Bonsai. Or maybe you always
wanted to try your hand at growing some and wondered where to start.
The Bonsai Society of Winnipeg
offers an Introductory Course on Bonsai each fall. Through lectures and
hands-on
workshops,
Bonsai
Society
of
Winnipeg volunteer teachers cover the basics of how to create and care
for Bonsai. A course manual, wire, membership and
a tropical, field grown ficus tree (retail value$140.00) are included.
Course participants can also harvest additional trees native to Manitoba
on guided field trips each spring and fall or purchase them from a local
nursery.
The course is taught on eight consecutive week-day evenings from 7:00
pm to 9:30 pm from mid-September to mid-November.
The course is 20 hours in total. The course dates are confirmed when
we have a minimum of 8 participants registered. The cost is $200 per
person.
This is a wonderful way to learn about the artistic and horticultural
aspects of the hobby. It is highly recommended for anyone who wants to
begin growing bonsai in Manitoba.
Material covered in the course includes:
- Bonsai history and basics
- bonsai styles and artistic principles
- techniques for pruning and shaping trees
- care of bonsai including watering, fertilizing, repotting, pest control,
and over-wintering
- sources of tools, pots, wire, soil and other supplies
- species and sources of trees appropriate for your location
- various hands-on practice
- in the last two sessions you will style your first bonsai!
You can sign up for the course by emailing info@bonsaiwinnipeg.ca.
The
$200 fee covers:
•
a tropical, field-grown Ficus bonsai, retail value $140.00
•
a course manual which you keep as a handy reference
•
supplies used during course workshops and demos
•
one year full membership to the Bonsai Society of Winnipeg
Individuals taking the course are encouraged to attend as many club meetings
as possible in order to reinforce what they
have learned through the course. Many will also take part
in the club guided digs in order to obtain trees native to Manitoba.
Email us at info@bonsaiwinnipeg.ca to
register or for more information.