Nashville Bonsai Society
2008 Schedule of Events and Meetings
All meetings are on Tuesday nights at 7:00 unless otherwise noted.

Dates	Event	Person in charge	Place	Master
February
Tues. Feb. 5th	Meeting -	Owen Reich	Cheekwood
Thurs-Sun Feb. 28th- Mar.2nd	Nashville Lawn and Garden Show	Malcolm Lewis	Fairgrounds
Set-up Wed. night - Malcolm Lewis and Mike Blanton
Thurs. 10:00 Barbara, 12:00 John Wall & Mike Blanton
Fri.  ???
Sat. ???	Malcolm will let me know who will be covering for the other days.
Sun ???	We have already paid the fee for two tables and chairs. Mike has the banner to put up.
	Members will need to take trees for the display. Barbara will get flyers printed to distribute.
March
Tues. Mar. 4th	Meeting - Collecting	John Wall	Cheekwood
Fri.-Sat. Mar. 7th & 8th	Brussel's Preview Sale		Brussels
Sat. Mar. 8th	Bogan's Bonsai - Open House	Dave Bogan	Lynnville, IN
Sun. Mar. 16th	Collecting Trip & Bring a Dish lunch	John Wall & Owen Reich	John Wall's house
April
Tues. April 1st	Meeting - Repotting Bonsai	Mike Blanton	Cheekwood
Sat. April 12th  9:00-2:00	Beginner's Workshop	Officers	Cheekwood
All officers will have a part to discuss. Speakers will use overheads and/or powerpoint presentation. Barbara will prepare overheads.
Bald cypress forest will be made, trees coming from Joe Turk and Scott Thomas. Plastic trays (12x9x2) are being ordered from Nature's Way (7.75 each)
Soil and wire will be provided. Workshop will be about $35.00
Sat.-Sun. April 26th-27th	NBA Spring Show		Cheekwood-Potter Room	Randy Davis
Randy Davis will do a Landscape Workshop, he will be able to supply the trees (probably trident maples). Plastics trays will be provided unless the person
has their own trays. Workshop will be $35.00 which will include plastic tray, soil, rocks, a nd wire. Trees will be extra and purchased from Randy.
Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced categories for awards. Ribbons also given for accent plants. Only one tree/member
May
Tues. May 6th	Meeting	Norm Crocker
Sat. - Sun. May 10th-11th	Knoxville Spring Show		UT Campus	Dave Bogan
Sat.-Sun. May 23rd -25th	Rendezous - Brussels		Brussels
June
Tues. June 3rd	Meeting	Shannon Salyer	Cheekwood
Thurs.-Sun. June 12th-15th	MABA Convention		Indianapolis
	Workshop ??
July
Tues. July 1st	Meeting - POTS (Barbara)	Frank and Paula Fox	Cheekwood
Sat. -Sun. July 26th-27th	NBS Regional Bonsai and Viewing Stone Show		Cheekwood - Massey Room	Warren Hill
Owen will supply Kingsville boxwood for the workshop, price of trees will be from $10-100. Participants will tell what price range they want.
Pots will not be furnished. Warren Hill can design a very large boxwood and it will be auctioned off. We will also have several categories for
Novice, Intermediate and advanced levels. There will also be ribbons for best viewing stones/ and or accent plants. The same vendors as last year will be there.
Workshop will be about $20.00 plus the cost of the tree. We will try to recoop our expenses from a silent auction and sale of demo tree.
August
Tues. Aug. 5th	Meeting	David Morrow	Cheekwood
Sat. Aug. 16th	Workshop - Tropicals		Cheekwood	Dave Bogan
September
Tues. Sept. 2nd	Meeting - Displaying Your Trees	Shannon Salyer	Cheekwood
Sat.-Sun. Sept. 6th-7th	Appalacian Bonsai Show		Johnson City
Sat-Sun. Sept. 20th - 21st	NBS Fall Show		Cheekwood-Potter Room	Dave Bogan
Dave will talk about some more advanced topics for those who have been working on bonsai for awhile. Bring your own tree workshop.
Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced categories for awards. Ribbons also given for accent plants. Only one tree/member
October
Tues. Oct. 7th	Meeting	Tim Thomas	Cheekwood
Fri-Sun. Oct. 10th-12th	International Bonsai Show	Bill Valvanis	Rochester, NY
November
Tues. Nov. 4th	Meeting - Trip to the National Arboretum	Anton Etheridge	Cheekwood
December
Sat. Dec. 6th	Annual Christmas Party	Malcolm Lewis	Malcolm Lewis' home