Minutes of the February 4,
2018 meeting of the Michiana Bonsai Study
Present: Larry Benjamin, John DeMaegd, Betty Foltz, Jack Foltz, Valerie Golden, Mary Hesser,
Location: Linton's Enchanted Gardens
Program:
Displayed on the tables in the meeting area were four Juniper bonsai trees. Larry described the conditions
of the 2018 club giveaway program through which those trees will be awarded to club members. Basically,
the trees will be awarded to previous members who attend club meetings via random drawings.
The first part of the educational portion of the meeting consisted of a discussion of bonsai soil. Samples
of six common components of bonsai soil were available for examination and the contribution of each was
discussed. Attention was focused upon the relative values of Turface and akadama.
After a break for refreshments and an opportunity for attendees to become members (which, all did !),
John DeMaegd demonstrated the improvement of his Korean spruce through the selective pruning of its
branches. (See photo below.)