Posts Tagged: bonsai

Accent nights with Parnham plants

This was a fun evening dedicated to accent plants and all things alpine and accent like. It was great to have Parnham Bungalow Plants visiting so we could all buy some great alpines to expand our accent collections.

Wessex show 2018

It was another good bonsai show at Wessex Bonsai Club this year with lots of club displays, a good amount of entires into the show and below are a few images from the day. Congratulations to all those who entered the open classes and also those who were fortunate to be winners of their class.

John Armitage workshop 2018

A fun day was had by all at the workshop with John Armitage. We all bought in lots of trees to work on and get help and advice from John on styling, development, pruning and much more. Below are a few images from the day. Well worth attending the full day workshops as you can… Read more »

Lotus Bonsai Studio

One trader who caught my eye and interest this weekend at the Lodder Bonsai open weekend was Lotus Bonsai Studio. Wow was my first impression to his stunning pots with such artistic flare and detail, they were wonderful. In addition he had some exquisite mame bonsai over rocks which has inspired me to have a… Read more »

Swindon Winter Image Show 2018

Year on year it is a pleasure to write up the Swindon Winter Image Show report, as it is always such a fun day and a positive experience at the show and everything about the show.

Club members trees @ our show 2018

Swindon Club Members put on a great display of their bonsai trees at this years show with a good range of species and styles to be seen. Many of the club members have been growing and developing their bonsai trees over many years and some date back to the late 1960’s. Here are the photos… Read more »

Individual exhibitors @ our show 2018

Thank you to all the individual exhibitors at our Swindon Winter Image show this year, again stunning trees, beautifully presented and great to admire all day. We had exhibitors from all over the UK including Michel Brohet who travelled all the way from Belgium to exhibit his Pinus sylvestris in a Bryan Albright pot. Below… Read more »

Erin pots raffle prizes

Thank you once again Vic Harris for donating these fabulous bonsai pots for our raffle as prizes for our Swindon Winter Image show on the Sunday 25th February 2018. Vic and Glyn Harris are Erin Bonsai Pottery and they create hand made bonsai and accent pots of exquisite detail and design and are a must have… Read more »

Judges @ Swindon Winter Image Show 2018

We are fortunate this year again to have a great line up of bonsai judges at our Swindon Winter Image show on Sunday 25th February 2018. Here are our judges 1. Steve McKee and Chief Judge 2. Andy Hardman 3. Ian Warhurst 4. Andy Jordan 5. Bill Baker 6. Warren Radford