Year Programme
April 20 |
Tree of the month |
Indigenous/unusual |
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Shohin Display |
Viky Petermann |
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Tip of the Month |
Howard Kerr |
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Short Talk. Pines, bud selection/needle plucking |
Terry Erasmus |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Gail Theron |
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Unusual Indigenous species |
Freddie Bisschoff |
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May 18 |
Tree of the Month |
Azaleas/Flowering |
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Shohin Display |
Phil Levitt |
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Tip of the month |
Clive Samuels |
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Short talk: Pot selection for difficult/unique trees |
Viky Peterman |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Hennie Nel |
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Pruning and feeding flowering trees(specific) |
Carl Morrow |
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June 15 |
Tree of the Month |
Winter silhouette |
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Shohin Display |
Cindy Rodkin |
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Tip of the month |
Spencer Williams |
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Short Talk. Accent plants(Kusamono) |
Brett Simon |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Carl Morrow |
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Celtis/Elms Winter pruning |
Gail Theron |
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July 20 |
Tree of the Month |
Maples |
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Shohin Display |
Dorothy Franz |
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Tip of the month |
Timothy Hayes |
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Short Talk. When is Bonsai an Art |
Willem Pretorius |
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Where is the bonsai in the tree |
Viky Petermann |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Terry Erasmus |
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Grafting Japanese Maples |
Adam Harrower |
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August 17 |
Tree of the Month |
Junipers |
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Shohin Display |
Gail Theron |
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Tip of the month |
Milly Abrahams |
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Short talk: looking for live veins |
Carl Morrow |
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December Show 100 Days |
Dorothy Franz |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Jan-Jurie |
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Junipers/ cedar grafting |
Emile de Bruin |
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Short Talk. Thread grafting on maples |
Terry Erasmus | |
September 21 |
Tree of the Month |
Bougainvillea |
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Shohin Display |
Milly Abrahams |
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Tip of the month |
Cedric Hartzenberg |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Hennie Nel |
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Work on Bougainvillea |
TBA |
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October 19 |
Trees of the Month |
Broom Style |
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Shohin Display |
Francois Voges |
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Tip of the month |
Colleen Burrows |
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Short Talk: ground layering for broom style |
Terry Erasmus |
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Preparing for the show |
Trevor Venables |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Francois Voges |
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Developing a broom |
Freddie Bisschoff |
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November 16 |
Tree of the Month |
Penjing/Saikei |
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Shohin Display |
Hennie Nel |
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Tip of the month |
Johan Lotz |
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Short talk. Materials for saikei/penjing |
Peter Bruyns |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Carl Morrow |
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Penjing/Saikai: Design and planting |
Viky Peterman |
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December 15 |
Show set-up |
Entire membership |
December 16 - 17 |
ANNUAL SHOW |
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January 18, 2018 |
Tree of the Month |
Root over Rock/Exposed root (Neagari) |
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Shohin Display |
Peter Bruyns |
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Tip of the month |
Anton Hoffman |
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Short Talk. Photographing Bonsai |
Bill Rayner (ORMS) assisted by Terry Erasmus |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Francois Voges |
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Root over Rock; Exposed root (Neagari) |
Hennie Nel and Freddie Bisschoff |
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February 22, 2018 |
Tree of the Month |
Olives |
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Shohin Display |
Carl Morrow |
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Tip of the month |
Sean van Laun |
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Short Talk. Olives: Manual carving |
Viky Petermann |
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Judge's comment & discussion |
Freddie Bisschoff |
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Main Talk: Styling Olives in SA vs International (analytical) |
Phil Levitt |
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March 16, 2018 |
Annual General Meeting |
Display - award winning trees |
THIS PROGRAMME IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE |
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