Text Box: Three things you always know about a Leo Fortner program, it will be enjoyable, it will be very visual and you will learn a lot about the subject. This is a subject you need to know a lot about. How long it takes to create a great bonsai, and how great it will look has a lot to do with how well you understand how to prune the species. When the rain comes and it will come all your bonsai will grow out very quickly. You will need to spend lots of time pruning. If you prune correctly you will be developing your bonsai. If you prune badly you will just be cutting off growth and gaining nothing but possibly loosing both time and effort. As we wait for the next good rain and the start of the Summer growing season sharpen you scissors and your knowledge with the May ACGS program by Leo Fortner. Joe Day Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: Volume 25Issue 5 Text Box: Pruning for shape by Leo Fortner Text Box: May 2006 Text Box: Special points of interest: Briefly highlight your point of interest here. Briefly highlight your point of interest here. Briefly highlight your point of interest here. Briefly highlight your point of interest here.

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Text Box: ACBS Spring Show May 20th Text Box: ACBS will hold a members bonsai show at Bel-Air Mall on May 20th. The show will be open to the public 9 A.M. until 6 P.M. Set up will be Friday night May 19th. Joe Kuhn will need to know who will have a bonsai at the show, the species name ( name cards will need to Text Box: be printed ahead of the show.) This is our premier meet the public show. We would like every ACBS member to have a bonsai in the show and spend time at the show to meet the public. Please let Joe Kuhn know if you can help Friday night set up and if and when Text Box: you will be at the show to help watch after the bonsai and meet the public. This will be our last bonsai show for 2006. Please help make it our best show. Joe Day Text Box: Text Box: A PUBLICATION OF THE AZALEA CITY BONSAI SOCIETY, MOBILE, ALABAMA Text Box: ACBS June 6th Program Members Covered Dish Dinner At Mobile Botanical Gardens 7:30 P.M. Eat, Elect new offices and Select the 2007 ACBS events Text Box: No ACBS Regular Meeting for July 2006 We are working on a weekend back yard teaching event later in July. Detail will be announced at the June Text Box: ACBS May 2nd Regular Meeting Mobile Botanical Gardens 7:30 P.M. Host: John Lee Tokanoma: Art Kersten