UPCOMING EVENTS
Bring Your Own Tree Workshop
Bring Your Own Tree Workshop
Instructors: Howard and Sylvia Smith from BonsaiSmiths, Dallas, TX
Bring your own tree (maximum 2) and tools to the workshop and have professional guidance on design and actual hands-on styling of the tree including pruning and wiring. At the proper time of year, repotting and root pruning are the main
emphasis. Listen in on critiques of other members’ trees and expand your knowledge in the horticulture of several varieties suitable for bonsai training.
There are 3 Smith’s workshops a year; Feb., June or July, Nov., and this series has been continuous since 2014. You are encouraged to bring the same trees for several years to patiently develop them into nice bonsai specimens that you can take pride in.
Lecture/Demonstration TBD
Lecture/Demonstration TBD
A lecture/demonstration on a large bonsai tree is planned.
Raffle/Auction
Raffle/Auction
This is the largest fundraiser of the year.
Anyone can attend and participate in the raffle and bid in the auction. Membership in FWBS is not required.
Members bring in trees, pots, tools, books, and other bonsai items to place in the raffle (under $35 value) or the auction ($35 or more value).
The raffle items are donations with all proceeds going to the club. $1 tickets are sold to place on 50 or more items in the raffle. All items are raffled off on this day and all must go!
The Auction is held immediately after the raffle. We usually auction off 50 or more items. The owners receive a large part of the proceeds with the club taking a percentage of sales.
Some Auctions have had entire bonsai collections donated and sold off.
Very good bargains can be found.
Club Juniper Workshop for Fundraiser
Club Juniper Workshop for Fundraiser
The entire membership will work on repotting and then styling 1-gallon nursery pot Green Mound Junipers into 6” bonsai pots. All materials are supplied by the club.
Newer members are offered a short ‘how to’ class and then are given club junipers to practice on. A great learning experience on us. Bring your own tools or use club tools.
Good practice for all members as we produce 60-80 starter bonsai trees for sale to the public at the Japanese Festivals. We always sell out.
The funds we earn are used for programs throughout the year.
Club Christmas Party
Club Christmas Party
Great fun with a pot-luck brunch and a Bonsai Christmas tree decorating contest! Show and Tell on the trees and the members vote for their favorite. The winner gets bragging rights for a year.
We end with a Bonsai-related Chinese Gift Exchange and a promise to continue improving our bonsai trees in the coming year.
FWBS Special Auction
FWBS Special Auction of Steven Hendricks Collection
LIVE AUCTION DETAILS:
Parking is tight in this older neighborhood. Be courteous to the neighbors. It would be wise to bring a chair for yourself. Refreshments served.
No sign-in is necessary. When you win a bid, give us your name and cell #. Pay at the end of the auction. Cash, credit or debit cards only. Remove trees immediately. Delivery service available.
OFF-SITE AUCTION DETAILS:
Because of the short notification, we understand that many people cannot attend. Therefore, we can arrange for absentee bidding through an email process. Sorry, but live telephone bidding is just not practical for us.
Pick out the trees and/or pots that you would like to bid on. By email, Send Mark Bynum your name, telephone #, Tree Item # and description, maximum bid. For pots: full description with reserve as identification, and maximum bid.
Deadline for this service is 8pm, Friday, November 22.
Proxy bidding is acceptable if payment made on day of auction. If a group would like to send a representative to bid for individuals, let Mark know by email.
We will text you of any winning bids on your behalf and later call you for a card number sometime in the afternoon after the auction. Please be patient.
Trees can be held on-site through the Thanksgiving weekend for pick-up. Any trees not picked up by 4pm Sunday, Dec. 1, will be resold.
ALL TREES AND POTS MUST GO! 63 Trees, 23 pots
Mark Bynum, Coordinator/Treasurer
cell phone for TEXT ONLY: 817-437-8936
All proceeds go to the Fort Worth Bonsai Society
The Fort Worth Bonsai Society
Wishes to Thank Steven for his generous donation.
Bring Your Own Tree Workshop
Bring Your Own Tree Workshop
Instructors: Howard and Sylvia Smith from BonsaiSmiths, Dallas, TX
Bring your own tree (maximum 2) and tools to the workshop and have professional guidance on design and actual hands-on styling of the tree including pruning and wiring. At the proper time of year, repotting and root pruning are the main
emphasis. Listen in on critiques of other members’ trees and expand your knowledge in the horticulture of several varieties suitable for bonsai training.
There are 3 Smith’s workshops a year; Feb., June or July, Nov., and this series has been continuous since 2014. You are encouraged to bring the same trees for several years to patiently develop them into nice bonsai specimens that you can take pride in.
Texas Native Species Suitable for Bonsai
Texas Native Species suitable for bonsai.
Speaker: Joey McCoy from Austin
(Unless noted, All meetings are held at the Botanic Garden Center, Fort Worth Botanic Garden)