Next Meeting
Tuesday January 10, 2012, 7:30pm
Annual Silhouette Meeting
More about the meeting itself after this important announcement:
NOTE: The Meeting Location Has Changed!
Beginning January 2012, GNOBS montly meetings will be held at the Marine Corps League hall at:
2708 Delaware, in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner.
This is the same location we used for our 2011 Auction.
The map below will give you an idea of where.
Directions to the GNOBS meeting location are below the map.
Directions, Coming from EAST or WEST on I-10:
- Exit I-10 at exit 223-A, Williams Blvd SOUTH
- The first intersection is Veterans Blvd
- Travel through the intersection and turn RIGHT on 27th street
- Travel WEST for 2 blocks to Delaware Street
- The meeting hall is on your RIGHT
The map above is interactive. Zooming and panning can help. Photos of the hall as well as views from the neighborhood can be FOUND HERE
Back to the January meeting topic.
Tuesday January 10, 2012, 7:30pm
Annual Silhouette Meeting
The Winter months are the best time to view the structure of your deciduous trees. Nature affords us the privilege of viewing what's going right and what's going wrong.
Members are encouraged to bring in any deciduous tree for discussion.
This is a great time for novice bonsai enthusiasts to develop their understanding of basic bonsai structure.
Bonsai Basics: 7pm, Bill Butler will discuss field harvesting trees.
Latest News:
- Fresh Photos! Five galleries have been added from November 2010 through May 2011. Check them out at our Photo Gallery Page
- LABS is set for October 29th, 2011. See more at the sidebar on the right >>>
- There is a new Photo Gallery! Features include user submitted comments and easier uploads by the web site admins. Check it out HERE
- The proposed By Laws were accepted at the November 2009 meeting. The official By Laws can be seen HERE
- FORUMS ARE HERE!
The long-awaited GNOBS discussion forums are now on-line. Best news of all is that participation is free and open to the public.
Latest Picture Additions:
With the change in format, old photo galleries are not all currently available. You can keep track of each addtion at our GNOBS Photos page.
MORE CLUB INFO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!
This page does not end here. Keep scrolling down for more info about the club and directions to our meetings!
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Photos Last Meeting in May:
Deuling Junipers was the theme at the May-hem meeting. View the photos in our Photo Gallery.
Photos from the Guy Guidry presentation:
Our very own, Guy Guidry led a fantastic meeting of analyzing trees. He is always entertaining. Photos can be seen HERE.
Photos from The Annual Auction in August 2010:
The Annual Auction was a success for bidders and the club alike. Photos of the Auction can be seen HERE.
From The President
After months of brainstorming, delegating, and planning, it all came down to Saturday, October 29th, “The Louisiana Day Of Bonsai”. It turned out to be a very successful and educational event for all bonsai enthusiasts of any level of experience. If you did not get a chance to attend, you missed out on a fantastic day of everything bonsai - exciting demonstrations and raffles of some very nice trees, to the amount of pots, supplies and tree material not normally available to most of us. A once-in-a-five-year event for GNOBS, all the hard work and diligence were well worth it. This was an event that will be remembered for a long time to come. To all the volunteers that made this event such a huge success, a big THANK YOU!
GNOBS is participating in the donation of gifts through the “Second Harvest” and “Toys for Tots” programs. Bring your gifts to the November and December meetings. Food must be non-perishable canned or dry goods. Toys must be new and unwrapped.
Rick Hamilton, President
The GNOBS Forums Are Hopping!
Have you signed up for an account with the GNOBS forums? There is plenty of help to be found there. Experts will tell you that the best help with your bonsai is LOCAL help. So register for your account today!
All accounts must be approved by the forum moderators. For some reason, we're getting a dozen requests every day for new accounts in Russia. So give us a few days to sift through these SPAM requests to get you up and running.
New Article: "My Thoughts on Bunjin"
Jim Osborne has written an article on his thoughts on the bunjin style. You can read it HERE.
Article: "Of Angle Grinders and Buttermilk"
Bill Butler has written a rather lengthy article creating a stone slab for a stump forest. The full text can be found HERE.
2010 Garden Show Pictures
2010 New Orleans City Park Spring Garden Show pictures are now online HERE
GNOBS Banting's Nursery Styling Event
Each year, GNOBS goes to Banting's Nursery to style trees and promote bonsai to the public. You can see photos taken at the event (and some of the trees to appear at this year's auction) HERE.
Where We Meet:
Audubon Zoo, Nims Community Center , 6500 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA. (click for a map from mapquest.com)
Meetings are usually on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m., but check the Club Activities page to see if there have been any changes. Pre-meeting activities begin at 7pm.
We invite you to attend our meetings.
Lagniappe*
In addition to our regular monthly meetings we offer:
- Hands-on workshops
- Master class demonstrations
- Bonsai Basics classes
- Lectures by experienced bonsai artists
- Lending library of books and videos
- Real New Orleans hospitality
*that little something extra
Our club was founded by noted bonsai authority Vaughn Banting in 1972. Over the years, we've developed into one of the most active bonsai clubs in the U.S. GNOBS is proud to have members who have their trees displayed in the National Arboretum and the Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai collection as well as other prestigious sites. Several of our members have received national and international awards, and many have been invited as guest lecturers to other organizations and conventions.