Eighth Annual Mid-winter Bonsai Workshop Featuring David De Groot

Louisiana Bonsai Society of Baton Rouge (LBS) is sponsoring another mid-winter workshop to help you improve your bonsai collection.  This year it will be January 9 at the Baton Rouge Garden Center, 7950 Independence Blvd., Baton Rouge.  Registration will start at 8:00, then David DeGroot who served for 25 years as curator of the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection/Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, WA. He is an award-winning designer and author, who has been studying and practicing bonsai since 1972.  He will do a lecture/demo and conduct an advanced “bring your own tree” workshop.  This year there will be one workshop limited to 10 participates, but it will be conducted like a extensive lecture/demo with 10 demo trees.  It will be a full day of learning more about bonsai and will also include raffles, door prizes, food, and more. 

Cost: is $12 registration which covers the cost of lunch and the workshop cost is $30.

Vendors of bonsai, pre-bonsai, bonsai soil, bonsai pots, and more.

·         Black Bayou Bonsai Nursery, Greg Leblanc, https://www.facebook.com/Black-Bayou-Bonsai-260117787341877/

·         Bill’s Bayou Bonsai, Bill Butler, http://www.billsbayou.com/

·         Myrick Bonsai Pottery, Byron Myrick, http://bmyrick.com/Pottery/Welcome.html

Bonsai display

Bonsai Lecture Demo done by David DeGroot, which will be given away as raffle prizes.

Lunch, jambalaya dinner and desert

Bonsai Workshop will be bring your own tree conducted by David DeGroot, an excellent opportunity to improve one your bonsai.

Raffle/door prizes- many bonsai donated by bonsai club members and guest will be given away by a ticket drawing.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Lowell Tilley, at 225 / 241-2396 or lowelltilley@gmail.com  Make checks payable to LBS that will be taken at the door.

David De Groot served for 25 years as curator of the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection/Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, WA. He is an award-winning designer and author, who has been studying and practicing bonsai since 1972.

He has studied bonsai in Japan with Yasuo Mitsuya, satsuki with Tatemori Gondo and Hayata Nakayama, and display with Uhaku Sudo.

His educational journal articles have been published throughout the U.S. and in eight other countries, and he is author of two books published by the American Bonsai Society - Basic Bonsai Design and Principles of Bonsai Design.

David travels widely to lecture, and has presented programs across the U.S. and in Brazil, Canada, China, England, South Africa, and Venezuela. He is active with several bonsai organizations in the Puget Sound area and nationally.