Heathrow Bonsai IX

Swindon display

Fun, friendly, full on and fantastic describe this years 9th Heathrow Show, it was excellent again and great to be a part of. There were so many different species of trees, shapes, sizes and styles to suit everyones tastes and provide a whole day of bonsai tree gazing. Having such diversity also meant lots of great bonsai discussions to be had. As usual this was the place to be to not only see bonsai but also to buy bonsai as well given the array of bonsai accessories, everything you could ever need or want under one roof.

Winners of the Public vote

The winning tree in the public vote was a stunning Red maple (117) owned by Brian MacKichan. Followed by a Trident Maple group (229) owned by Russ Wheeler and in third was a superb Pine (165) owned by Dean Morgan.

Winners of the Exhibitors vote

The winning trees voted by the exhibitors were a joint 1st with Dean Morgans Pine (165) and Alex Rudd’s Olive (175). In third was John Turners Scots Pine (5).

Congratulations to Mark and MingChen Moreland plus everyone who organised the show, attended the show, exhibited at the show, traded at the show or was in any way connected, it was a great event once again.

Demonstrations

This year there were 6 very knowledgeable club speakers working on their materials on the day close to the audience so that everybody could engage with the demonstrators. The demonstrations started off with Geoff Conybeare (Mid-Herts Bonsai Club) Bending the pine followed by Malcolm Driffield (Wessex Bonsai Club) Bonsai Techniques. Mark Kerry (Newbury Bonsai Society) was on hand for Juniper Refining followed by Paul Eslinger (Eastleigh Bonsai Society) creating Saikei (a landscaped scene) or a landscape in a tray/container formed by a grouping of trees together with a selection of plants, rocks, moss and sand. Also Peter Shields (Mid-Herts Bonsai Club) covered wiring techniques and Robert Stewart (Solent Bonsai Society) spoke on Shohin & Mame as bonsai.

Raffle

Congratulations to Mandy Bray of Swindon Bonsai club for winning the superb remembrance pot made by Simon Hadden of Suteki.

Images from the show of club displays and the individual trees per display

 

There were 36 Bonsai Clubs displaying today including

  • Bedfordshire Bonsai Society
  • Berkshire Bonsai Society
  • Blackmore Vale Bonsai Group
  • Bonsai Boys Group
  • Bonsai Kai
  • Bury St Edmunds Bonsai Group
  • Cardiff Bonsai Club
  • Celtic Knot Bonsai
  • Chichester Bonsai Society
  • Chiltern Bonsai Society
  • Dragon Bonsai Society
  • Eastleigh Bonsai Society
  • Exeter Bonsai Society
  • Glynderi Bonsai Society
  • Leicester Bonsai Club
  • Maidstone Bonsai Society
  • Middlesex Bonsai Society
  • Mid-Herts Bonsai Club
  • Milton Keynes Bonsai Society
  • Newbury Bonsai Society
  • North London Bonsai Group
  • Northamptonshire Bonsai Society
  • Pheonix Bonsai Group
  • Salisbury Bonsai Society
  • Shiten Bonsai Society
  • Solent Bonsai Society
  • South Devon Bonsai Society
  • Splinter Bonsai Group
  • Staverton Bonsai Group
  • Surrey Heath Bonsai Club
  • Sussex Bonsai Club
  • Sutton Bonsai Club
  • Swindon Bonsai Club
  • Warminster Bonsai Society
  • Wessex Bonsai Club
  • Suiseki Display

The list of the 35 Traders present at the 9th Heathrow Show

  • Andrew Moore
  • Bespoke Bonsai Stands
  • Bonsai Centre
  • Bonsai4me
  • Bonsai Name Plates
  • Bon-Tag
  • Bonsai Brushstrokes
  • China Mist
  • Chris Jeffreys
  • Chris Thomas Bonsai
  • Christines Ceramics
  • Daryl Cogavin Scroll Paintings
  • Dave Cheshire Bonsai
  • Dean Kelly
  • David Sampson
  • EBPC
  • Garden Of Japan
  • Glynderi
  • Gordon Duffett
  • Graham Jenkins
  • Green Dragon Bonsai
  • Greenwood Bonsai
  • Kaizen Bonsai
  • Lee Verhorevoort
  • Ma-Ke Bonsai
  • Pine Cone Ceramics
  • Suteki pots
  • Southampton Bonsai
  • Spring Wood Ceramcis
  • Tony Oswin
  • UK Bonsai Tables
  • Walsall Studio Ceramics
  • Windybank
  • Woodandclay
  • Zacs Bonsai