Bodhi Meet at Children's Park

By Latha  Rao 

The long awaited day dawned on 15th April 2023. We were all excited to meet once again,  at The Childrens'Park, Spurtank Rd, Chennai for yet another Meeting of our Bodhi Bonsai Association.

There was an interesting Agenda set up for the Meeting.

    Dr.Yogesh  gave us an account of his experience at the Hyderabad Bonsai Convention.The SABF is to host the Convention in Chennai , in the year 2024 July19th to 21st, along with the other Bonsai clubs in Chennai.We discussed  about the important requirements for the same like, choosing a  suitable venue,  expenses involved, preparation of atleast 2 bonsais each from our members etc.

    Dr. Yogesh,Mr. George, Maria and Harini started chopping off branches from a Casuarina plant belonging to Doctor and  a Diospyros ebenum  belonging to Maria. Maria's brought one plant and happily went home with two. The Casuarina  underwent a drastic change under Doctor's hands and was giving us a clearer picture of what he wanted it to look like.

    With all the chopping coming to an end , it was time for Mr. George to speak about "Summer care of bonsai". He gave us an interesting account of what he was doing for his plant babies during Summer. His love for his plants was obvious in his enthralling talk while we made mental notes of all the points.

   Last in our Agenda was Mr.Ramkumar narrating the story of how he developed his bonsais. One was a Casuarina in a raft style , the other a wood apple  tree and the third was  a Premna in a multi level pot of his own creation. Each one of his creations were  masterpieces but he chose to call them "Misadventures"

Anyway , all of us were in awe of his "Misadventures".

    Adding to our excitement was a surprise visitor. Mrs.Suchitra Satish who had moved  to Coimbatore, happened to be in Chennai  and decided to drop in to see her Bodhi Bonsai friends. 

   We wound up the meeting by deciding on our next meeting and it's Agenda and parted ways, promising to meet in the month of June, as most of us are unavailable and traveling in May. 

   A pleasant evening spent with all the members  came to an end at 4-30 PM.We returned home , our minds full of  thoughts on summer care of our bonsai  babies, to see them safe  through  these hot summer months.