Yearly Archives: 2015

Swindon Winter Image Show Raffle prizes

This year we have a great set of prizes including a Juniper, White Pine, Pepper tree and Davaillia, so for your chance to win, come along to the Swindon Winter Image Show on Sunday 22nd February 2015 from 10.30 till 4.00pm for your chance to win one of these fabulous trees plus lots more. 

Noelanders Trophy success

Congratulations to Mark and Ritta Cooper for their award winning displays at Noelanders Trophy XVI. In case you missed the opportunity to see their displays, you will have a second chance as they have kindly agreed to display both their Pinus parviflora ‘Kokonoe’ and Shohin display at our Winter Image Show this Sunday, so come… Read more »

Stone Monkey raffle prize

Thank you to Andrew Pearson of Stone Monkey Ceramics for his donation of a wonderful raffle prize for this years raffle at the Swindon Winter Image Show on Sunday 22nd February 2015.

John Armitage demonstration @ Our Winter Show

This year we are delighted to have John Armitage displaying at our Swindon Winter Image Show on Sunday 22nd February 2015 in addition to providing expertise and advice and carrying out a demonstration during the day. So for your chance to learn more about bonsai and particularly Shohin, then come along to the show and… Read more »

NEW Range of Pots at the 2015 Show

I have only just found out today that John Pitt Ceramics has been working on a NEW Range of shohin pots and they will be on show for the first time at the 2015 Swindon ‘Winter Image’ show on Sunday the 22nd Feb. It is explained in an earlier post that John is the main Award… Read more »

Niwaki raffle prize

A big thank you to Jake Hobson of Niwaki who is not only going to be a judge at our show and also a trader but also has kindly donated a Kanekoma Higonokami Japanese folding knife as a prize for our raffle at the Swindon Bonsai Winter Image Show. This knife is a traditional design from Kanekoma… Read more »

Lodder Bonsai and Hoka-en Bonsai studio shopping trip

It is always fun to go on a bonsai shopping trip and we were not disappointed on arrival at Lodder Bonsai near Harmelen in the Netherlands to find a new shipment of trees had just arrived plus the nursery as always was full of stunning bonsai trees of all species, shapes, styles and price ranges.

Bonsai nibblers raffle prize

Thank you Chris Guise of Bonsai Nibblers for your great raffle prize donation to the Swindon Winter Image Show for Sunday 22nd February 2015.  So for your chance to win, come along and enter the raffle which will be drawn at 1pm on the day.

Raffle prizes from Lodder Bonsai bv

Thank you again to Gerrit Lodder of Lodder Bonsai bv and Hoka-en Bonsai Studio for their fabulous raffle prize donation for our Swindon Winter Image Show 2015 on Sunday February 22nd from 10.30am to 4.00pm at The Stratton Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4JY For your chance to win these great prizes and many… Read more »