Greetings KBS Members and new prospective members welcome – it is Spring in East Tennessee!
Join us this Saturday April 11th from 10am-3pm for KBS Meeting and Spring Tree work. We will go extra hour to see if people need more help. Contact us for location!
You can work on repotting and trimming Juniper, Southern Maple and Beech Trees if buds have not fully opened yet.
Japanese Maples have extended branches, bring trees if you need help shaping them.
There will also be some Club trees and pots for sale!
COMING UP – Beginner Workshop April 18th !
Have you sign up for Shannon’s open house on April 25th? If not, go to KUSA-FARM website and sign up. It will be fun and fantastic day.
Welcome back KBS Members and New Members for 2024!
We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming meetings, please see schedule below and check back often for updates or changes. Be sure to keep your trees protected from the January east Tennessee winter storms in an unheated garage or lean-to!
1 – Jan 13 meeting at Stanley’s Greenhouse – from 10-12 noon.
2 – Pot making workshop with John Cole on Saturday, January 27 – contact us for more details!
3 – Feb 10 meeting at Stanley’s Greenhouse – New time is from 12-4.
4 – Feb 17 – Free Trident maple workshop at my house from 10-4. This is good time to do grafting, re-potting and trimming on trident. If your trees are outside and frozen, bring them inside to an unheated area at least a week before the workshop. Bring your own materials. I have some seedlings you can buy to do your grafts.Workshop is free to paid 2024 members. Will take donation and all donated money will to the club.
5 – Mar 2 workshop – Details TBD.
6 – Between early march to mid march lots of deciduous trees will be budding out. Just before the buds open, (and this is only suggestion) you can spray the trees with copper mixed with water to control fungus. You can buy premixed or mix 1 tablespoon per 1 gallon water.
7 – Mar 16 – Meeting from 10-4. Bring your trees for spring works and re-potting. We will go a little long bc I am sure we have lots to do.
8 – Mar 17 – Atlanta Bonsai is having their show the weekend of Mar 16 and 17.
9 – Mar 23 – Workshop – details TBD.
10 – April 13 – Meeting from 10-2. You still can re-potting conifer, Juniper. Too late on deciduous.
11 – April 13 and 14 – Chattanooga’s show this weekend at Camp Jordan. We are invited. More info later.
12 – May 11 – Deciduous air laying workshop from 10-2. You also can do defoliate on your deciduous trees. By this time the leaves are harden off and can do trimming/defoliate on them.
13 – June Meeting. Date and place to be confirmed. Either June 1 or 8. Tropical workshop with Dan Crossley.
14 – I am looking to planning a trip to NC Arboretum in the fall and see if Arthur Joura (Curator there) will give us a tour/lecture on their facility.
15 – Planning a fall workshop with Bonsai Pro in the fall.
16 – If you have not send in your 2024 membership. Please do so soon. You can wait until next Saturday to pay at the meeting. We can not function without you guys commitments. Thanks to those have already sent in.
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