Monthly Archives: October 2015

Figs in Memorial Park, Guangzhou, China

Within the grounds of the Yat-Sen’s Memorial Hall Park in Guangzhou were the most majestic mature figs and these are the ancient and celebrated trees of Guangzhou City. They are none other than Ficus microcarpa from the Moraceae family and are in excess of 150 years of age. They are protected trees within the city… Read more »

Acer buergerianum

Acer buergerianum (Trident Maple or three pronged maple) was present on display at the Bonsai Clubs International exhibition, Guangzhou, China in September 2015 and here are three of the trees of this species that were present featured.

October tree of the month

So this month we decided to use the new voting system, advocated by Mark & Ritta to our tree of the month competition. Partly for a practice run ahead of our show and the rest for a giggle.

Guangzhou Haizhu district Peihong Primary School

As part of the Bonsai Clubs International (BCI) Convention we got to visit Guangzhou Haizhu district Peihong Primary School (广州市海珠区培红小学), South China Bonsai heritage base. It was a fantastic field trip and we were met to an audience of the children who sang a greeting and provided us all with a range of gifts and… Read more »

Bonsai Shohin Passion

This book has gained a lot of attention since it began production, and deservedly so. One of very few books available targeting specifically smaller shohin sized trees, and an intermediate to advanced audience – it covers a series of case studies of Roland’s own trees through many years of development. His writing style is both… Read more »

Shohin displays at BCI convention

Wow, what an amazing collection of Shohin and Mame trees on display at the recent open air Bonsai Clubs International Convention in Guangzhou, China. This was a stunning outdoor series of displays set off with a good backdrop and a very visually clean image being presented. It was great to see so many styles of… Read more »

Demonstrators at BCI Convention

At this years Bonsai Clubs International Convention (BCI) in Guangzhou in China there were a good range of demonstrators and speakers from around the world. They were demonstrating styling, bending branches, wiring, jin and shari creation and pot making.