Welcome to the Homepage of the De Anza Chapter
of the American Rhododendron Society!
Who We Are:
The American Rhododendron Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage interest in and to disseminate information about the genus Rhododendron. Members' experience ranges from novice to expert. Society activities include public education, flower shows, seed exchanges, scientific studies, and communication through publications and local and national meetings. ARS chapters are located throughout the United States and Canada and in Denmark, Holland, Scotland, Sweden and Sikkim.
The De Anza Chapter is composed of American Rhododendron Society members who hold meetings and sponsor events in the "Silicon-Valley" region of Northern California. Non-members and guests are always welcome to attend Chapter meetings and events.
President: Bee Brown .......... beebrown01@gmail.com
Secretary: Erika Enos .......... dble11@yahoo.com
Next Meeting:
November 16, 2011 (7:30 p.m.)
Hillview Community Center, Room 12
97 Hillview Av., Los Altos
MEETING TOPIC:
Creating & Maintaining Azaleas as Bonsai Specimens
SPEAKER:
Gordon Deeg, Director of the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt
Gordon will be giving a talk about how bonsai enthusiasts maintain and design azaleas (mostly ones called satsuki in Japan) as bonsai. He will cover most aspects of their care, including soil, watering, fertilizing, and design. The talk will include a time table of when to so the work, starting with fall clean-up. A mini display of several of Gordon's Satsuki bonsai will be included. Gordon Deeg has been a bonsai enthusiast for over 40 years, starting in the mid 1960's after seeing a bonsai display at the California State Fair in Sacramento. He is a graduate of the El Dorato Bonsai Satsuki School, given by Tatemori Gondo, an award winning satsuki master from Japan, is a certified bonsai instructor given by the Golden State Bonsai Federation of California, and has studied bonsai culture in Japan.
