IBA Calendar

Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month except for December. All meetings
begin at 7:00 PM at the Des Moines Botanical Center (909 Robert Ray Drive) unless
notified otherwise, with the exception that the November meeting always begins at 6:30 PM.
Members are encouraged to bring trees to work on or to get help with after the scheduled
program.

January 19: IBA Meeting. Topic: Bonsai on the Internet. Presenter: Mike Adams.
Tree style of the month: Broom style. Presenter: Max Miller.

February 16: IBA Meeting. Topic: Collecting Trees. Presenter: Larry Totton.
Tree of the month: Iowa yamadori. Presenters: Larry, Darrell, and Darrell.

March 17: IBA Meeting.

April 4-5: SPRING BONSAI SHOW. Des Moines Botanical Center

April 17-18: ANNUAL SPRING BONSAI SHOW. Des Moines Botanical Center

April 20: IBA Meeting.

May 18: IBA Meeting.

June 15: IBA Meeting.

July 1: Entry deadline, IOWA STATE FAIR BONSAI SHOW

July 20: IBA Meeting.

August 15: IOWA STATE FAIR BONSAI SHOW. Agriculture Bldg., Iowa State Fairgrounds,
Des Moines, Iowa.

August 17: IBA Meeting.

September 21: IBA Meeting.

October 16: (Tentative Date) ANNUAL FALL SHOW. Reiman Gardens, Ames, Iowa.

October 19: IBA Meeting.

November 16: IBA Potluck Dinner Meeting.

December (no meeting)

Note: David Lowman, our club vendor, has requested that you email or call him prior to the
meeting if you have special bonsai material requests. Email: lowman@netins.net;
Phone 1-800-528-2827.

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2010 BONSAI WORLD CALENDAR

January 3-6: 35th Gafu-Ten, Kyoto, Japan. "Biggest highest level of Shohin-Bonsai Exhibition
in Japan."

February 9-17: 84th Kokufu-ten Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan. "Greatest bonsai exhibition in Japan."

May 15-16: Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Show, held at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL.
Go to: www.midwestbonsai.org/show.htm for more information.

May 15-16: All-Michigan Bonsai Show, held at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI.
Go to: www.wmbonsai.org for more information.

May 22: Fort Wayne Bonsai Club Spring Show, held at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical
Conservatory in Fort Wayne, IN.

May 22-24: Brussel's Rendezvous, Olive Branch, Mississippi, Memorial Day Weekend
Rendezvous is the annual convention held at Brussel's Bonsai, right outside of Memphis, TN.
Go to www.brusselsbonsai.com for more information.

June 12-13: 2nd U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition at Rochester, NY, sponsored by the International
Bonsai Arboretum. (See www.internationalbonsai.com, then click front and centered button labeled
Bonsai National Exhibition.)

June 12-13: 30th Anniversary Dawes Arboretum's Ohio Regional Bonsai Show, Newark, OH.
For more information, email: kmstevens@dawesarb.org

June 25-27: MABA, Grand Rapids, MI. The Mid-America Bonsai Alliance will hold its biennial show
in Grand Rapids, MI this year at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI. The headliner will be
Kathy Shaner. For more information, contact Mollie Hollar at 616-754-2351 or
info@basicallybonsai.com.

August 20-22: Midwest Bonsai Society presents the Mid-America Bonsai Show. The 33rd
Mid-America Bonsai Exhibit will be held at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL.
Go to: www.midwestbonsai.org/show.htm for more information.

September 3-4: Minnesota State Fair Bonsai Show

September 4-6: Bonsai Society of Greater St. Louis Bonsai Show, in conjunction with
Japanese Festival, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, Labor Day Weekend

September 9-12: 2010 International Bonsai Symposium, Rochester, NY. 28th annual symposium,
focused this year on maples. For more information go to: The International Bonsai Homepage

October 28-31: 33rd Golden States Bonsai Federation Convention, Santa Clara, CA

November 20-24: 29th Taikan-Ten, Kyoto, Japan

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