The Wessex Bonsai Society hosted yet another excellent show for 2012 and there were some great trees on display within their own members sections as well as within the open competition and also from visiting clubs, societies and traders. Wessex have a very active read more
Best Mame in Show (Japanese Black Pine height 10 cm)
The 6th Annual British Shohin Association Show was held at Willowbog Bonsai, Northumberland. You will find the full Show Report here
Best Shohin Display: Mark and Ritta Cooper
Best Mame Composition
Walsall Ceramics suiban, Henk Frensen bronze
This year our Winter Image Show was sponsored by John Pitt and he also put on a stunning display at the show too of three of his amazing Blackthorns (Prunus spinosa). They are all crafted from collected material (Yamadori) from various mountainous regions of Wales and he collected them around 18 years ago and the ramification he has achieved on them is exquisite. read more
Winning accent by Ian Warhurst of Wirral Bonsai Society
There were a range of fabulous accents on display at our show and here is a brief gallery showing some of them that I captured on the day… read more
The following collection of images were all taken at our Winter Image Show and are the individual elements of the superb Shohin and Mame displays. I have tried to include at least one tree or more from each display so you can see the trees up close and personal and they are in no particular order. read more
Here are details of the visiting clubs and societies that attend our winter image show…
This year there was a new exhibit at our show and it was the Shohin and Mame displays in association with the British Shohin Association. There were some great trees on display and the winner for the Best Mame display went to Bob Bailey of Swindon & District Bonsai Society, while the Best Shohin display went to Mark and Ritta Cooper. read more
What a busy show, we had over 400 visitors to our show and it was a fun packed day with much to see and discuss. Following an early start finishing off all the preparations for the show with the rest of the other visiting societies and traders, the show was officially opened by the Mayor. The show then was open to the public and within the first half an hour over 200 visitors had come through the doors.
This was the view of some of Swindon’s Club Members trees on display at our winter show. read more
Here are the award winning trees and displays from the show…
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