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SPECIAL NOTE! Sale Day coming up on Saturday 30th May - great selection of bonsai, starters, tools, pots and materials! 10am to 1pm at the Chirnside Park Hub.
The March Monthly Meeting featured a demonstration on Styling with special guest Tony Bebb from Brisbane. Another great night with Tony who never fails to educate and entertain us. Tony also ran tutored workshops for 9 members and made a number of private home visits to work with individual members on their collections.
Our April Monthly Meeting at 7:30pm on Tuesday 14th April will feature a presentation on "Shohin and Mame", small size bonsai, by Nick McCarrey from Kumo Bonsai. Nick has been working with bonsai for 14 years starting his Journey learning online then decided to work at Collector’s Corner for a couple of years before studying horticulture. He has spent time as an apprentice under Matt Ball who studied at  Taisho-en in Japan, learning  techniques like refinement and detailed wiring. Nick now has his own business, Kumo Bonsai and offers his services in bonsai. This will be an excellent opportunity for anyone into the smaller bonsai sizes to come and learn from someone who is very passionate about his art. The theme for the Display Table will be "Shohin and Mame", or Member's Choice.

The Introduction to Bonsai Training Course for beginners is coming up in May, and will run over the course of two Saturday mornings, on 2nd and 23rd May. Sign up sheets are available at each meeting and workshop.

The April Last Saturday of the Month Workshop will be held on Saturday 25th April from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

Visitors are always welcome at any of our meetings or workshops, so feel free to drop in to check out our activities. Our Club is ideally suited to help you enjoy this wonderful hobby and pastime. We are a relatively new Club, just seventeen years old, but we boast a bunch of friendly members with a wide variety of experience and ages, some brand new to bonsai, right through to those that have been enjoying it for over forty years, and many degrees in between. It is a great place to learn in a friendly and welcoming environment.
We look forward to catching up with you somewhere in the "world of bonsai" in 2026.
The venue for all of our Meetings and Workshops is the Chirnside Park Community Hub, 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park. Contact yarravalleybonsai@gmail.com for additional information.

YVBS Value Statement - WE ENHANCE YOUR BONSAI JOURNEY BY INSPIRING YOU TO BECOME A BETTER BONSAI ARTIST THROUGH A HARMONIOUS ENVIRONMENT OF FRIENDSHIP, LEARNING, AND CELEBRATION OF THIS ANCIENT ART.