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An event of great magnitude is set to come to the Baltimore-Washington area in June 2015.
Turf Valley Country Club, June 11 thru 14, 2015. http://www.absbonsai.org/2015-abs-learning-symposium
Below is a brief synopsis of events. This will be a once in a decade event. My club has even offered a subsidy to existing members to register. And it even starts on my birthday . I gave myself a present already and registered.
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Capitol Collections: Collecting in the 21st Century 2015 ABS Symposium
Schedule of Events
Thursday June 11
8-5 ABS/Joshua Roth New Talent Competition
9-3 ABS Board of Directors Meeting
9-3 NBF Board of Directors Meeting
8-8 Registration
10-3 Rocky Mountain Juniper Workshop with Ryan Neil $1900 limit 8
6-7:30 Welcome Reception
8-10 Demonstration Ryan Neil
Friday June 12
Morning Session 8-11
Lectures
Colorado Spruce: Design and Care - Larry Jackel
Traditional Bonsai Display - Jack Sustic
Designing - "Native" Tray Landscapes - Arthur Joura
Japanese Black Pine: Balancing Energy through Needle Management - John Kirby
Shohin Conifer Care - Pauline Muth
Workshops
Bald Cypress - Guy Guidry - $575 limit 10
Rocky Mountain Juniper - Andy Smith $XX limit 8
Yew - Martin Schmalenberg - $100 limit 12
Carving Deadwood - David Knittle - $45 limit 10
Wiring - David Easterbrook - $25 - limit 12
Colorado Spruce - Ryan Neil - $1000 - limit 10
Afternoon Session 1-4
Lectures
Bald Cypress Design and Care Guy Guidry
Rocky Mountain Juniper Design and Care Andy Smith
Literati Style Martin Schmalenberg
Nontraditional Bonsai Display Jack Sustic
Workshops
Colorado Spruce - Larry Jackel - $YY - limit 10
Satsuki Azaleas - David Knittle - $180 - limit 8
American Hornbeam - Arthur Joura - $75 - limit 8
Japanese Black Pine Needle Management - $50 - limit - 10
Wiring - David Easterbrook - $25 - limit 12
Chuhin Yew - Pauline Muth - $75 - limit 8
(Ongoing RMJ Ryan Neil)
5-10 - Reception at the National Arboretum
Saturday June 13
Morning Session 9-12
Lectures
Black Hills Spruce Design and Care - Andy Smith
Pitch and Virginia Pine Design and Care - Martin Schmalenberg
Tool Care and Sharpening - David Knittle
Alternative Pot Design - Ron Lang
Repotting and Soil Dynamics - John Kirby
Shohin Tropicals - Pauline Muth
Workshops
Dawn Redwood - Guy Guidry - $200 - limit 8
Douglasfir - Larry Jackel - $YY - limit 8
Deciduous Shohin - Jack Sustic - $YY limit 10
Tray Landscape - Arthur Joura - $135 - limit 12
Eastern White Cedar - David Easterbrook - $200 - limit 10
(Ongoing RMJ Ryan Neil)
Afternoon Session 2-5
Lectures
Douglasfir Design and Care - Larry Jackel
North American Bonsai Pottery 2015 Panel Discussion - Ron Lang, Sharon Edwards-Russell, Jim Gremel, Ryan Neil
American Hornbeam Design and Care - Arthur Joura
Eastern White Cedar Design and Care - David Easterbrook
Kusamona - Young Choe
Workshops
San Jose Juniper - Guy Guidry - $225 - limit 8
Black Hills Spruce - Andy Smith $XX - limit 10
Literati with Eastern White Cedar - Martin Schmalenberg $YY - limit 12
Shohin Juniper - Jack Sustic - $YY - limit 10
Exposed Root Japanese Black Pine - John Kirby - $350 - limit 8
Tropical Shohin - Pauline Muth - $YY - limit 10
Carving Deadwood - David Knittle - $45 - limit 10
6-7 - Social Hour
7-10 - Banquet/Auction
Sunday June 14
Morning Session 9-12
Lecture
Collecting in the Modern World Panel - Guy Guidry, David Easterbrook, Andy Smith, Larry Jackel, Clinton Scott
Workshops
BYOT - Ryan Neil - $100 - limit 8
Kusamona - Young Choe - $100 - limit 15
$XX: Participants will choose and pay for their trees on Andy Smith's website,www.goldenarrowbonsai.com
$YY: Participants will choose and pay for their trees at the workshop
Turf Valley Country Club, June 11 thru 14, 2015. http://www.absbonsai.org/2015-abs-learning-symposium
Below is a brief synopsis of events. This will be a once in a decade event. My club has even offered a subsidy to existing members to register. And it even starts on my birthday . I gave myself a present already and registered.
**************************************************************************************
Capitol Collections: Collecting in the 21st Century 2015 ABS Symposium
Schedule of Events
Thursday June 11
8-5 ABS/Joshua Roth New Talent Competition
9-3 ABS Board of Directors Meeting
9-3 NBF Board of Directors Meeting
8-8 Registration
10-3 Rocky Mountain Juniper Workshop with Ryan Neil $1900 limit 8
6-7:30 Welcome Reception
8-10 Demonstration Ryan Neil
Friday June 12
Morning Session 8-11
Lectures
Colorado Spruce: Design and Care - Larry Jackel
Traditional Bonsai Display - Jack Sustic
Designing - "Native" Tray Landscapes - Arthur Joura
Japanese Black Pine: Balancing Energy through Needle Management - John Kirby
Shohin Conifer Care - Pauline Muth
Workshops
Bald Cypress - Guy Guidry - $575 limit 10
Rocky Mountain Juniper - Andy Smith $XX limit 8
Yew - Martin Schmalenberg - $100 limit 12
Carving Deadwood - David Knittle - $45 limit 10
Wiring - David Easterbrook - $25 - limit 12
Colorado Spruce - Ryan Neil - $1000 - limit 10
Afternoon Session 1-4
Lectures
Bald Cypress Design and Care Guy Guidry
Rocky Mountain Juniper Design and Care Andy Smith
Literati Style Martin Schmalenberg
Nontraditional Bonsai Display Jack Sustic
Workshops
Colorado Spruce - Larry Jackel - $YY - limit 10
Satsuki Azaleas - David Knittle - $180 - limit 8
American Hornbeam - Arthur Joura - $75 - limit 8
Japanese Black Pine Needle Management - $50 - limit - 10
Wiring - David Easterbrook - $25 - limit 12
Chuhin Yew - Pauline Muth - $75 - limit 8
(Ongoing RMJ Ryan Neil)
5-10 - Reception at the National Arboretum
Saturday June 13
Morning Session 9-12
Lectures
Black Hills Spruce Design and Care - Andy Smith
Pitch and Virginia Pine Design and Care - Martin Schmalenberg
Tool Care and Sharpening - David Knittle
Alternative Pot Design - Ron Lang
Repotting and Soil Dynamics - John Kirby
Shohin Tropicals - Pauline Muth
Workshops
Dawn Redwood - Guy Guidry - $200 - limit 8
Douglasfir - Larry Jackel - $YY - limit 8
Deciduous Shohin - Jack Sustic - $YY limit 10
Tray Landscape - Arthur Joura - $135 - limit 12
Eastern White Cedar - David Easterbrook - $200 - limit 10
(Ongoing RMJ Ryan Neil)
Afternoon Session 2-5
Lectures
Douglasfir Design and Care - Larry Jackel
North American Bonsai Pottery 2015 Panel Discussion - Ron Lang, Sharon Edwards-Russell, Jim Gremel, Ryan Neil
American Hornbeam Design and Care - Arthur Joura
Eastern White Cedar Design and Care - David Easterbrook
Kusamona - Young Choe
Workshops
San Jose Juniper - Guy Guidry - $225 - limit 8
Black Hills Spruce - Andy Smith $XX - limit 10
Literati with Eastern White Cedar - Martin Schmalenberg $YY - limit 12
Shohin Juniper - Jack Sustic - $YY - limit 10
Exposed Root Japanese Black Pine - John Kirby - $350 - limit 8
Tropical Shohin - Pauline Muth - $YY - limit 10
Carving Deadwood - David Knittle - $45 - limit 10
6-7 - Social Hour
7-10 - Banquet/Auction
Sunday June 14
Morning Session 9-12
Lecture
Collecting in the Modern World Panel - Guy Guidry, David Easterbrook, Andy Smith, Larry Jackel, Clinton Scott
Workshops
BYOT - Ryan Neil - $100 - limit 8
Kusamona - Young Choe - $100 - limit 15
$XX: Participants will choose and pay for their trees on Andy Smith's website,www.goldenarrowbonsai.com
$YY: Participants will choose and pay for their trees at the workshop