Landowners near Columbus, OH with significantly wooded properties who are interested in offering your land to CBS members for short-term or long-term access to dig small trees (invasive and native) in exchange to help clearing some invasive plants can also email invivobonsai@gmail.com to learn more.
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Those who attend can expect some brief instruction on how to identify invasive shrubs in Ohio, how to identify good candidate wild bonsai to dig, how to dig wild bonsai safely, aftercare for any dug plants, and tips for long-term transformation of wild specimen into bonsai trees. Education will occur some on site and some through online articles, videos, and group discussions through present and past CBS and In Vivo Bonsai resources.
Club 2024 INVASIVE Alliance / Yamadori Study Group Itinerary:
Saturday April 6, 2024. Newark, OH 9am-1pm. Native dig on a wooded farm property.
Saturday April 13, 2024. Powell, OH 12pm-3pm. Native restoration, Invasive removal, Long-term project in a suburban woods. We will cut back and/or dig invasives here to allow our native plants better chance to flourish. Some natives can also be dug this year from perscribed areas of the property. In the long term we hope that our volunteering here will improve the native ratio and that the club may reap benefits in future years of digging!
Sunday, April 14, 2024. Blacklick, OH 12-4pm. Abundant natives to dig and some areas also have invasives we can assist in pruning back as a token of appreciation to the landowner and to improve native regeneration.
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Requirements:
Participants must be able to dig your own tree & bring your own tools to each workshop.
Participants must secure their own ride to/from the dig site (~1 hour away)/workshops. Carpools can be arranged in the facebook group or the discord chat.
Participants must respect the private property we are allowed to dig on. Backfill any holes. Cut down some invasive plants while you are there. Pile up any scraps.