Louisiana Association of Bonsai Societies Day of Bonsai and Expo

Louisiana Association of Bonsai Societies Day of Bonsai and Expo - Hosted by the Louisiana Bonsai Society

We would to thank everyone for their assistance with making the Louisiana Day of Bonsai Expo a success, and congratulations to Boyd Snellgrove on winning the Vaughn Banting award.  The bonsai displays were excellent. 

Boyd Snellgrove, Vaugh Banting Award Winner

We had about 35 to 40 people attended.  Robert Reed and Kirk Vaughn from the Greater New Orleans Bonsai Society gave a short presentation about the history of the New Orleans club and the importance of belonging to a bonsai club.  They will be hosting Louisiana Day of Bonsai Expo next year and they will have their annual bonsai auction August 15, for more information see http://gnobs.org/   They always have some very good bonsai material at the auction.

Juniper Used for Demo

Lowell Tilley and Robert Reed did a bonsai lecture/demo using a three gallon green mound juniper purchased from a local nursery.  It was styled into a informal upright bonsai and put in an over sized bonsai pot since this is the wrong time of year to re-pot a juniper.  In an over sized bonsai pot, it can be grown larger, or it can be styled into shohin bonsai with outstanding deadwood features.  It was raffled during lunch.  

Bonsai Lecture Demo - photo by Janella Rachel 

Bonsai Demo Winner – George Kennedy-Stone - photo by Jim Scarton

The Louisiana Bonsai Society owns an inventory of bonsai pots purchased from a former member who had licenses to import pots about 30 years ago and Howard Merrill bought a selection of them to sell.  Many people took advantage of the opportunity to buy some bonsai pots that are no longer on the market.  John Caro had a very good selection of bonsai material and supplies that many took advantage of also.

Boyd Snellgrove president of the Bonsai Society of Acadiana did a presentation on how to develop bougainvillea bonsai.  Zach Smith member of the Louisiana Bonsai Society did presentation on collecting water elms and other native bonsai material.  He had a very unusual water elm in the expo display.  Dawn Koetting did a slide presentation of bonsai in the Fourth US National Bonsai Exposition.  Both Dawn and Boyd had bonsai that were accepted for the display.

Boyd Snellgrove Doing Presentation - photo by Janella Rachel 

Then tickets were drawn for door prizes.  Thanks to everyone who donated door prizes, there were some pretty good pre-bonsai material contributed.  It was the close of a good day of bonsai while enjoying good company, good food, and we learned more about bonsai.