The first Thursday meeting of October will be last minute show preparation.

The first Thursday meeting of October will be last minute show preparation.

The first Thursday meeting of October will be last minute show preparation.

It's show time everyone! Yes, Midori's annual bonsai show is but weeks away! With that in mind, we have many things to organize, along with club members prepping their trees to make sure they are ready for the big show. These will be very busy weeks, planning for all the needed equipment and volunteers so that we all can enjoy ourselves and have fun when the day of the show arrives.

Here we are in August already; the hot days of summer will start to fade, and fall will begin to show its head with cooler days. Here’s what’s ahead for us as we get ready for our October show.

With July now upon us, our Midori yearly bonsai show is just a few months away. Friends, now is the time to sort through your collection of trees and determine what you plan to put in our show this year.

The month of June is an exciting time for us bonsai enthusiasts, as our trees are now putting on all their new green growth, allowing us to cut back and shape them into a more refined form.

We are privileged to once again have Eric Schrader as our guest speaker for this month's program meeting on Shohin—the art of very small bonsai.

April means the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and with that, our annual bonsai show will once again take place at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino.

Over the years, no one has been more reliable than Bob Shimon of Mendocino Coast Bonsai as a vendor of collected bonsai trees and pots at all our shows. Bob will be sharing with us a Mendocino Pygmy Cypress first Thursday evening.