Minutes of the September 9, 2012 meeting of the Michiana Bonsai Study
Present: Dave Bechtold
Larry Benjamin
John DeMaegd
Bruce Kennedy
Cat Nelson
Cheryl Owens
Sue Salach
Ruth Yeomans
Location: Home of John DeMaegd, South Bend
Refreshments: John DeMaegd's brownies, coffee & iced tea
Program:
We started off with a discussion of various bonsai concerns and then
turned our attention to crafting bonsai specimens from (mostly) "raw"
stock. We began with a small-leaved crepe myrtle that Larry had purchased
at the Chicago show last month. We then tackled a juniper that John had
done some work on but which needed (& got) a "master plan" for future
development. We finished by giving Bruce some ideas for a crepe myrtle
and a juniper that he had brought.