Meetings of the Midwest Bonsai Society are held at the new Regenstein Center of the Chicago Botanic Garden - 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022. Meetings will be held in either the Burnstein Hall or in the Fairchild Room. The guard in the Regenstein Center will direct you to the correct room.
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Meetings will take place on the following dates:


February 6, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - Our Annual Business meeting followed by a presentation on the basics of bonsai tool maintenance / repair / care by Rich Helminiak and Dick Besetzny. Bring your own tools and get help and advice on their specific needs.
March 5, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - A presentation on the basics of bonsai soil by Ivan Watters.
April 2, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - Repotting
Our annual spring repotting meeting. Please bring a tree to repot and get help from members in the how-to of repotting your bonsai.
May 7, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - General Meeting
June 4, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101 -
7:30pm - Topic TBA
July 2, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - General Meeting
August 6, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - General Meeting
September 10, 2012 *Note later date due to Labor Day Holiday*
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - Basics of botany & plant physiology as it relates to bonsai by Cat Nelson.
October 1, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - General Meeting
November 5, 2012
7:00pm - Bonsai 101
7:30pm - Jin and Shari carving with Ron Eriksen.
December 4 , 2012
Annual Holiday Party - Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 6:30pm

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Please note that there is no general meeting in the month of Dec.