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Bonsai Society of Southern Tasmania Membership Application Form Full name Postal address Telephone: E-mail address The membership year is from 1 July to the end of the next June. The current membership fee is $35 or $45 for couples with the same address. New members joining from 1 April get membership through until the end of June of the next year. Please send your application form to Treasurer, BSST c/- 3/54 Quayle Street, Sandy Bay TAS 7005 or bring it to a monthly meeting. Bonsai Society of Southern Tasmania Inc [email protected] www.bonsai-southern-tasmania.org.au www.facebook.com/BonsaiSocietySouthernTasmania Bonsai Society of Southern Tasmania

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Bonsai Society of Southern Tasmania MembershipApplicationFormFullnamePostaladdressTelephone:E-mailaddress

Themembershipyearisfrom1JulytotheendofthenextJune.Thecurrentmembershipfeeis$35or$45forcoupleswiththesameaddress.Newmembers

joiningfrom1AprilgetmembershipthroughuntiltheendofJuneofthenextyear.PleasesendyourapplicationformtoTreasurer,BSST

c/-3/54QuayleStreet,SandyBayTAS7005orbringittoamonthlymeeting.

Bonsai Society of

Southern Tasmania Inc

[email protected]

www.bonsai-southern-tasmania.org.au

www.facebook.com/BonsaiSocietySouthernTasmania

Bonsai Societyof

Southern Tasmania

WelcometotheBonsaiSocietyofSouthernTasmania,thesouthernmostbonsaisocietyinAustralia.Bonsaiisafour-dimensionalartform,havingheight,width,depthandtime.Itallowstheenthusiasttocloselystudytheon-goingdevelopmentofatreethat,inNature,couldachieveaheightof20–30m,butinbonsaimaybeonly30–40cmtall.ThechallengeistoreflecttherealityofNatureonamuchsmallerscale.AlthoughoriginatinginChinaanddevelopedinJapan,interestinbonsaiisnowaglobalphenomenonandsomeoftheverybesttreesandcollectionscanbefoundinotherareasoftheWorld.

MembersoftheSocietyarebonsaienthusiastsinHobartandsurrounds.Theyareabsolutenovicesthroughtotheexperiencedandverytalentedexpert.

Members’treesincludetheclassicbonsai,suchasmaplesandpines,throughtorareexoticsandAustralianand,especially,Tasmaniannativespecies.

MembershipoftheSocietyisopentoallthoseinterestedinbonsai,fromtheenthusiasticbeginnertotheseasonedexpert.Memberscanattendmonthlymeetings,participateinthemanyworkshops,jointree-collectingexcursions,andshowtreesinourexhibitions.Theyreceive11copiesoftheSociety’sNewslettereachyearandhaveaccesstoalargelendinglibraryofbonsaibooksandmagazines.

ThemonthlymeetingsareheldonthethirdTuesdayofthemonth,fromFebruarythroughtoNovemberattheBelleriveCommunityArtsCentre(17CambridgeRoad,Bellerive,7018)startingat7.30pm.PotentialmembersarewelcometoattendasaguestbeforejoiningtheSociety.TheSocietyarrangesvisitstoHobartbyexpertbonsaipractitionersfrominterstateandoverseastorunspecialprogramsformembers.TheSocietyisaffiliatedtotheAssociationofAustralianBonsaiClubs(AABC).OnememberisaDemonstratorundertheAABC’sVisitingTutorProgram.TheBonsaiSocietyofSouthernTasmaniawasdelightedtobeselectedtohostthe29thAustralianNationalBonsaiConventioninHobartinMay2016.