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Saturday September 21st.
We are proud to support New England Bonsai Garden's Fall Celebration. The Kaikou Bonsai Study Group will be presenting formal displays of member trees available from 9am - ~4pm.
We encourage members to show off their bonsai or other related displays. If you have a tree or display, please contact Mike Corbin or kaikoubonsaistudygroup@gmail.com
Saturday September 19th. We are proud to support New England Bonsai Garden's 19th annual Members Show. The Members Bonsai Exhibition will be presented by the Kaikou Bonsai Study Group and the Cape Cod Bonsai Cub.
We encourage members to show off their bonsai or other related displays. If you have a tree or display, please contact John Romano at bunjingi@mac.com
Trees accepted on the day before the show and early on the morning of the show. Please provide a stand or table on which to display your bonsai. Trees are expected to be prepped for show.
We are also looking for club member volunteers to help set up the show the afternoon prior, Friday September 18th. Please contact John Romano or Michael Woods.
Sgt Jill Simmons, Harbormaster | Mattapoisett, MA
Our very own Jill Simmons (secretary/treasurer) was featured by the American Bonsai Society (ABS) in their December 2014 newsletter. An excerpt from Jill below.
Over wintering trees—A very unique story
We live on a houseboat year round, up here in Massachusetts by Cape Cod (but not on the cape!). It is really expensive to put up the number of trees in a greenhouse and I sure can’t depend upon friends to help water and care for them. I have no where to mulch them or bury them, and of course the winds howl all around the boat all winter. Sounds bad!
My system is to water them, drench them in a fungicide and a pesticide just to make sure, and then in late December or around New Years Day put them down in the barge with absolutely no light. I keep a small fan circulating air but not directly blowing on them. Apparently they love the nap because when I bring them up in March, they are nice and green. Once every couple of weeks I check them for water needs, but they only rarely need water. At the most it might get to 40-45 degrees if we get a warm spell, and never goes below freezing. I’ve been doing this for about 12 years. Oftentimes I am away for a couple of weeks at a time and they don’t mind!
That is my solution for overwintering my northern trees. My tropicals go to Florida to stay at our place in Key Largo.
Jorge, John, Chau (that's me!), and Neil setting up tables and backdrop
The newly formed Kaikou Bonsai Study Group set to re-establish the annual fall exhibition at New England Bonsai Gardens. Displayed trees were pre-approved by John Romano and came from Kaikou students, alumni, and members of the Cape Cod Bonsai Club. The show was opened to the public and refreshments were served throughout the day with several critiques lead by John.
Congrats to Lou Carreiro for winning the People's Choice award for his Brazilian Raintree. Thank you to everyone who came to help and support the show and always a special thank you to New England Bonsai Gardens for hosting the event. The 2015 show will surely be a blast!
Photos can be viewed at our Gallery.
