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[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
I'm back from Ft. Myers.
Great time, bonsai, weather, food, bonsai, vendor area, display, workshops, bonsai, and demos and raffles and auction and bonsai friends. If you live in Florida....and say you do bonsai....but didn't go.... Well, to bad, you missed it !! If you weren't there....you were square! Dale Cochoy, Wild Things Bonsai Studio, Hartville, Ohio http://www.WildThingsBonsai.Com Specializing in power wood carving tools. Yakimono no Kokoro bonsai pottery of hand-built stoneware ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
I'm back from Ft. Myers.
Great time, bonsai, weather, food, bonsai, vendor area, display, workshops, bonsai, and demos and raffles and auction and bonsai friends. If you live in Florida....and say you do bonsai....but didn't go.... Well, to bad, you missed it !! If you weren't there....you were square! ============= Well, Dale, if the Florida Society would ever do anything but tropicals, tropicals, tropicals, I'd be there. The last one they did that had anything that was really UN-tropical was in Ft. Walton Beach. And I was there. We'll see what they have in Brevard next year. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
On Wed, 28 May 2003 17:22:14 -0400, Jim Lewis
wrote: I'm back from Ft. Myers. Great time, b.......... If you live in Florida....and say you do bonsai....but didn't go.... Well, to bad, you missed it !! ============ Well, Dale, if the Florida Society would ever do anything but tropicals, tropicals, tropicals, I'd be there. The last one they did that had anything that was really UN-tropical was in Ft. Walton Beach. And I was there. We'll see what they have in Brevard next year. Jim, Send in your registration money now because after you hear what we are planning you'll be coming. :) First off, the work shop material for next year includes a great mix of species including at least 4 that will live in your area outside through the winter. These are collected Bald Cypress (great taper and trunks, monster Black Titi (Clifonia microphylla)(a rare but very suitable bonsai species)(some of these have 14 to 17 inch trunks), chunky collected Hornbeam and some really good size Japanese Black Pine (really good deal on these, even if they are a longer term project.). Throw in a buttonwood work shop, and some big ficus retusa, and a new Ficus hetrafolia workshop into the mix. We will also have some very reasonable shohin workshops with some very well established Ilex schillings and Ficus salicifolia - well under $100 to participate. The collected trees will have been collected for more than 2 years by the time the convention rolls around. The other material has been groomed for over 3 years. The Brevard club understands the importance of good collected material so we have been working hard to get some good stuff - stuff we would like to work on ourselves. The visting artists include Ben Oki (Florida has adopted him), David Degroot , Gary Marchal, Jim Smith, Ed Trout, Mary Madison, Jim VanLandingham, Mike Cartrett and me (my premier). Their demos will feature outstanding tees. We have gathered many to choose from but they incldue a great Bald Cypress, a really large Black TiTi, an impressive bougainvillea, a driftwood laden buttonwood, a shapley hornbeam, ficus galore, probably a gnarly Podocarpus, possibly a large azalea and others. We have also been hoarding great material for the raffle table - this will definitely be a convention to improve the quality of the participants collection. I've heard that some of the guest artists plan to take some of the workshops to get at the material for themselves.! The hotel will be great and is in Cape Canaveral. It featrues a really cool swimming pool and it's near the beach and space center and cruise lines. I'm running the display and it will be special and a bit different. (here's a tidbit - it will include a koi pond!!) We have gotten nearly 70 % of the vendor tables sold already so things are moving . May weather in Florida is superb and Orlando and its attractions is less than an hour car drive away. Hope to see you and everyone else on the list next year for "Bonsai for Tomorrow - on the Space Coast 2004." Regards, Rob Kempinski ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
Rob:
Sounds like my kind of party! Well worth a drive down from New Jersey. I nearly came to this year's show. Regards, Bart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Kempinski" To: Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:26 PM Subject: [IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers On Wed, 28 May 2003 17:22:14 -0400, Jim Lewis wrote: I'm back from Ft. Myers. Great time, b.......... If you live in Florida....and say you do bonsai....but didn't go.... Well, to bad, you missed it !! ============ Well, Dale, if the Florida Society would ever do anything but tropicals, tropicals, tropicals, I'd be there. The last one they did that had anything that was really UN-tropical was in Ft. Walton Beach. And I was there. We'll see what they have in Brevard next year. Jim, Send in your registration money now because after you hear what we are planning you'll be coming. :) First off, the work shop material for next year includes a great mix of species including at least 4 that will live in your area outside through the winter. These are collected Bald Cypress (great taper and trunks, monster Black Titi (Clifonia microphylla)(a rare but very suitable bonsai species)(some of these have 14 to 17 inch trunks), chunky collected Hornbeam and some really good size Japanese Black Pine (really good deal on these, even if they are a longer term project.). Throw in a buttonwood work shop, and some big ficus retusa, and a new Ficus hetrafolia workshop into the mix. We will also have some very reasonable shohin workshops with some very well established Ilex schillings and Ficus salicifolia - well under $100 to participate. The collected trees will have been collected for more than 2 years by the time the convention rolls around. The other material has been groomed for over 3 years. The Brevard club understands the importance of good collected material so we have been working hard to get some good stuff - stuff we would like to work on ourselves. The visting artists include Ben Oki (Florida has adopted him), David Degroot , Gary Marchal, Jim Smith, Ed Trout, Mary Madison, Jim VanLandingham, Mike Cartrett and me (my premier). Their demos will feature outstanding tees. We have gathered many to choose from but they incldue a great Bald Cypress, a really large Black TiTi, an impressive bougainvillea, a driftwood laden buttonwood, a shapley hornbeam, ficus galore, probably a gnarly Podocarpus, possibly a large azalea and others. We have also been hoarding great material for the raffle table - this will definitely be a convention to improve the quality of the participants collection. I've heard that some of the guest artists plan to take some of the workshops to get at the material for themselves.! The hotel will be great and is in Cape Canaveral. It featrues a really cool swimming pool and it's near the beach and space center and cruise lines. I'm running the display and it will be special and a bit different. (here's a tidbit - it will include a koi pond!!) We have gotten nearly 70 % of the vendor tables sold already so things are moving . May weather in Florida is superb and Orlando and its attractions is less than an hour car drive away. Hope to see you and everyone else on the list next year for "Bonsai for Tomorrow - on the Space Coast 2004." Regards, Rob Kempinski ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
On Wed, 28 May 2003 17:22:14 -0400, Jim Lewis
wrote: I'm back from Ft. Myers. Great time, b.......... If you live in Florida....and say you do bonsai....but didn't go.... Well, to bad, you missed it !! ============ Well, Dale, if the Florida Society would ever do anything but tropicals, tropicals, tropicals, I'd be there. The last one they did that had anything that was really UN-tropical was in Ft. Walton Beach. And I was there. We'll see what they have in Brevard next year. Jim, Send in your registration money now because after you hear what we are planning you'll be coming. :) Sounds great, Rob! Expect to see me there. I've often thought that titi would make a neat bonsai, so you may expect to see me in that workshop. ;-) Thanks for the heads up. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Just back from St. Pete where Mick Sgroi and I dug five or six nifty 50-year-old natal plums. _I_ even brought one home. Total number of true tropicals now in my collection: 2 ;-) ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
In a message dated 6/1/2003 9:24:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes: Just back from St. Pete where Mick Sgroi and I dug five or six nifty 50-year-old natal plums. _I_ even brought one home. Total number of true tropicals now in my collection: 2 ;-) Jim Are you calling the Natal Plum (Carissa grandiflora) a true tropical? They may not be reliably cold hardy in Tallahassee but they are more hardy than Ficus. Billy on the Florida Space Coast Well, now that I actually look it up, my true tropical list is back down to 1! Still Zone 9 is less than "not reliably cold hardy" and I'll have to bring the danged thing in this winter! Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - This economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment. - Gaylord Nelson, 1995 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Florida BSF convention Ft. Myers
Thank you very much for all the information. However I would like to be
removed from the list until further notice. On the road to much and not enough time to read all the mail. See you again. Richard Zieminski ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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