The Japanese Black Pine/juniper and broadleaf
Continuing Bonsai Classes/Seminars are scheduled for December 8 at Waddill
Outdoor Educational Center, 4142 Flannery Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70814. The class/workshops will be divided into two
sections, pines and broadleaf bonsai with morning classes and afternoon classes
to enable everyone to participate in both pines and broadleaf bonsai
workshops. The classes will start at
9:00. Lawrence LeClaire who has many years’
experience and has a very good Japanese black pine and juniper bonsai
collection, will conduct the “bring your own tree” workshop. Lawrence has concentrated his study on exactly
what needs to be done on pines and junipers at each stage and season of
development to bring your bonsai to the next stage.
Joe Day is conducting the broadleaf
bonsai class/seminar who is a bonsai expert that has been teaching
bonsai and art for about 30 years. He
has many years’ experience conducting bonsai workshops and has developed many
innovative bonsai techniques. It would be very hard to find someone who knows
more about developing and caring for bonsai in our climate. He has developed a system of developing
bonsai in stages to develop very fine bonsai.
He also has a very large and very good bonsai collection.
The plan is to bring your pine or juniper and your
broadleaf bonsai you have worked on in previous classes to continue to develop
your bonsai to the next level, however you can start a new bonsai. This makes is possible for new students to
start at any stage and continue until it reaches stage 9. These workshop/seminars are designed for the
observer and participates to learn new bonsai technique regardless of level of
bonsai experience. You may bring more
than one bonsai for each class. You may
not be able to work on more than one bonsai due to time constraints, but you
can get development suggestions on the additional bonsai.
These are continuing bonsai classes where continue to
bring the same bonsai back to do the next step in their development; however,
anyone can start with a new or different bonsai at any class. There is no restriction on attendance, if you
miss one, you come to the next one. All
class are open for new students, the only requirement is that you have a bonsai
or pre-bonsai plant. These classes a
custom made for the bonsai hobbyist (weekend warrior). They designed for hands-on learning to help
you develop your bonsai collection.
