The one day workshop, which was conducted by the members of Bodhi Bonsai association at Sisya School on OMR, was a great success. The students were from the Eight Grade and a few of the teachers were also part of the enthusiastic audience...
The programme started with a brief talk on the basics of Bonsai by Jayanthi Praksh . This was followed by a power point presentation on the various styles of Bonsai.
A simple demo to create a basic bonsai was done by Suseela Vergis.
The entire procedures were done in a very simple and easy way to suit the young minds.
Afterwards, the group was divided into two groups and each group was given a pre bonsai material to work on. They were showed wiring, pruning, and root management. The students did the repotting too.
They were instructed, how to look after the trees,, one a Jade and other a Ficus Benjamina.
The members will have to do a periodic check up on the progress of the trees.