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SPECIAL NOTE! YVBS Bonsai Exhibition is on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October at Chirnside Park Community Hub, 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park. Put it in your diary now! Note also the Club Nursery Crawl is on Saturday 19th September - registration is essential for those wishing to attend.
The August Monthly Meeting featured a critique session on some member's trees, following a late forced cancellation of the scheduled presentation by Jason B due to a family emergency. Capably led by experienced members Steve M, Nick M, and Shawn G, many valid points were raised, suggestions made, and hearty discussion ensued.
Our September Monthly Meeting at 7:30pm on Tuesday 8th September will be a Workshop Night geared towards Exhibition preparation and selection of trees - bring along your trees and tools, or just come along to check out what others are working on, irrespectve of whether you have a show-ready tree or not. Guidance and assistance from experienced members will be available if required. The theme for the Display Table will be "Air Layers", or Member's Choice.

Our YVBS Exhibition this year will be on Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th October.  Select your trees that you would like to show and start preparation now!  In order to assist with planning of the show layout, this year we are requesting that members bring in their show trees during the meeting in September, or alternatively the Saturday workshop in September.  Advice can be offered on any last minute tweaks to presentation that may improve the appearance of the trees.  We will be reducing the total number of trees on display this year in order to improve the overall appearance of the exhibition, so it will be important to reserve your slot early by making your trees known to the team.

The September Last Saturday of the Month Workshop will be held on Saturday 26th September 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.