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Hi all,

The School Of Bonsai meet at The Don Moore Community Centre, North Rocks Road (corner of Farnell St) North Rocks on the following days:

Beginner Thursday Day Class or Thursday Night Class
Intermediate Monday Night Class
Advanced Monday Night Class
Advanced Tuesday Day Class or Tuesday Night Class
Advanced Wednesday Night Class
Advanced Thursday Day Class or Thursday Night Class

The 2016 term dates are as follows:

Term 1 – w/c 1st February - w/c 28th March - last day of term 31st March
Term 2 – w/c 25th April - w/c 20th June - last day of term 23rd June
Term 3 – w/c 18th July - w/c 12th September - last day of term 15th September
Term 4 – w/c 10th October - w/c 5th December - last day of term 8th December

Visitors are welcome to come along and have a look at what goes on. KCPoole and I are regularly there on Tuesday nights for the advanced class which is more like a mass workshop night. Come along and say Hi!

Regards,
Steven

Hi Steven, i'm entertaining the thought of joining for what would likely be the beginner classes. However i'm a little unsure of how well i'd be able to participate. I myself have about 8 trees, most of which are in the ground developing still, with only one mobile potted tree. How often and to what extent do students bring in their trees to work on and learn practical skills from?

G'day Truth,

It's been about 30 years since I did the beginners classes at the SOB so I'm not up to date on how they are run but there used to be theory at the beginning and practical at the end. You could always increase your amount of tree's so you had more to play with

You can read the Class Programs on the school website http://sob.ausbonsai.com/NuProgramme.htm

Regards,
Steven

To elaborate on Stevens post, for Beginners and intermediat, each night is a separate topic that is discussed and a demo set in a classroom format for the ist hour or so then support to restup for workshops.
The teachers then visit everyone to discuss your own trees and projects and help you out do what needs to be done....
Many do so under instruction or the teachers do and you learn as a one on one, Whichever suits the students' own preference. IMHO the more hands on the better.

You can quickly obtain new stock to work on from Cuttings and starters and the odd good purchase.

Ken

Thanks guys, i'll work out when i'll be available this year and see what I can do about my stock. Cheers

Hey Truth,that is not a problem,you have more than enough trees,I started with none,does not take long to acquire more as you go along,even from cuttings from other members,They are a very friendly group of people,most people are that grow Bonsai and a great sense of humour, go along the first night even without a tree as it is a very interesting topic every night, and Clinton knows his stuff.

Hey Ken or Steven
Is there a list of the particular teachers allocated to each night.

Paul W wrote:Hey Truth,that is not a problem,you have more than enough trees,I started with none,does not take long to acquire more as you go along,even from cuttings from other members,They are a very friendly group of people,most people are that grow Bonsai and a great sense of humour, go along the first night even without a tree as it is a very interesting topic every night, and Clinton knows his stuff.

Hey Ken or Steven
Is there a list of the particular teachers allocated to each night.

Not sure of the teaching roster sorry

Ken

G'day All,

The School of Bonsai starts back for Term 3 next Monday 18th July. The schedule of classes follows:

Beginner Thursday Day Class or Thursday Night Class
Intermediate Monday Night Class
Advanced Monday Night Class
Advanced Tuesday Day Class or Tuesday Night Class
Advanced Wednesday Night Class
Advanced Thursday Day Class or Thursday Night Class

Classes are held at The Don Moore Community Centre, North Rocks Road (corner of Farnell St) North Rocks.

The Tuesday night Advanced class is workshop night with several AusBonsai regulars in attendance. Why not grab a tree or 3 and come along?

Regards,
Steven

Also note that our school show is on the 15th and 16th October at Ray Nesci bonsai nursery, Dural

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