With spring just around the corner, please everyone, pay close attention to the many Bay Area bonsai activities that are listed in our monthly newsletter. Also, our annual Tree Improvement Program that we all look forward to each year. Everyone is invited to participate!

Welcome to a new year, Midori Bonsai Club! We're putting last year behind us and introducing exciting new programs that will hopefully move everyone forward with this bonsai craze we all love.

Our club's bonsai show this year is just a few weeks away, and October is fast approaching. This means we need to prepare our trees for their final touch-ups.

April is truly a wonderful month for bonsai, spring is in the air, our bonsai trees are now putting on their new growth and our annual Cherry Blossom Festival bonsai show is finally here!

With September here, our club's show is now but a few weeks away. Every year it sneaks up on us, and I'm really getting excited since we finally get a chance to show off our bonsai trees we've worked so hard on.

I hope everyone is now prepared for the warmer weather the Bay Area is headed for now that July is showing its true colors with 100 degrees temperatures predicted.

I have always been a fan and I much admire the shohin trees we see at Bay Area shows. They are amazing to see in their beautiful, small pots.

Juan Cruz will be doing a Shohin Development demo for all of us. Also, a disaster north of the bridge!

March is the month when a bonsai hobbyist starts to see their bonsai trees become more active with swelling buds and new leaves starting to appear.