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Kofu Kai Events and Club Meetings:

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August 15, 2026

Kofu Bonsai Kai's Annual Benefit Auction.  This will be a particularly special auction as there will be several fine trees from past demonstrators available and at least one California Juniper.  There will of course be many other goodies to acquire.  This is always a good time to purchase some new material. It is also a great time to donate material to the club as the proceeds support our club.  This is how we pay for demonstrators, room rental, insurance, etc.! Donated material may be dropped off at the church starting at 5:00pm.  The auction will begin at 6:30pm.  Payment can be made by cash, check, or credit card.  We will also need several people to volunteer during the auction (to setup prior to the auction, to help bring items to the auction table, and to clean up after the auction).  Please volunteer.  

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July 18, 2026 - At 6:00pm, CBS Visiting Artist Mike Lane will be critiquing tropical and semi-tropical bonsai trees.  If you would like to have your tree critiqued, please let David Melitz know in advance so we know how many trees to expect.  Please see the newsletter for details.

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June 20, 2026 - At 1:00pm

Tak Nakamura will be our guest artist this month.  He will be sharing his tanuki secrets!

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May 16, 2026

California Bonsai Society guest artist Philippe Baron.  Regular meeting time and location

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April 18, 2026

June and David's Bonsai Jidai Nursery visit in Chino.

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March 21, 2026

Visit Bill Ward's at 10:00am with pot luck around 11:00am and a nursery crawl afterwards. RSVP REQUIRED if you want to attend.  See our newsletter for details.  There will not be a meeting in the evening.

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February 21, 2026

California Bonsai Society guest artist Milan Karpisek, regular meeting time and place

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January 17, 2026

No Kofu Kai Meeting.  We encourage our members to attend the Baikoen Winter Silhouettes Exhibition at the Los Angeles Arboretum

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Dec. 2025

Please remember there will not be a Kofu Kai meeting in December and we won't meet in January either.

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October 3-4, 2026

Chino Bonsai Club 6th Annual Bonsai Exhibition at Chua Quan The Am (Vietnamese Temple), 12292 Magnolia St., Garden Grove, CA 92841.  Exhibition, demos, raffle, auction and sales.  Please contact David Nguy at chinobonsaiclub@yahoo.com for more information.

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September 26-27, 2026

San Diego Bonsai Club Show and Sale, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego

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September 13, 2026

Sansui-Kai Bonsai show and exhibit at the Japanese Garden, 6100 Woodley Ave. Van Nuys, CA  9:30am to 3:30pm.

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August 22-23, 2026

Naka Memorial Bonsai Exhibition, 244 San Pedro St. #505, Los Angeles, CA.  Southern California's premier juried bonsai exhibition, demos, raffle, auction, and sales.  nakamemorialexhibit.com

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August 1-2, 2026

Orange County Bonsai Society Annual Bonsai Show, 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm at 4 Sons Brewery on Gothard, Huntington Beach, CA

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May 30-31 Coastal Bonsai Club Annual show at Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar.  Contact Debra Melitz for details at coastal.bonsai.23@gmail.com

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May 23-25, Santa Anita Bonsai Society annual show and members' sale.  L. A. Arboretum in Ayers Hall.  See sabonsai.org for more details.

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May 9-10, Dai Ichi Bonsai Kai annual show, "Serenity Through Bonsai."  See daiichibonsaikai.com for details.

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February 28th to March 1st, 2026

Bonsai-A-thon at the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108

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January 17 & 18, 2026 Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai's 61st Annual Winter Silhouettes Exhibition honoring Jim Barrett at the Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanical Garden, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007

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December 26-30, 2025 The California Aiseki Kai presents its 36th annual show of suiseki and other viewing stones at the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108

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