3rd UK Bonsai Association Auction

A date for your diary is the 22nd of January for the UKBA Bonsai Auction at Sandhurst School, Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 0SD.

Come along for the auction as well as a Suisek, Saikei and Mame Show. Admission is £3 cash and children under 16 accompanied are free.

The show and doors open at 10 am and the auction starts at 11 am and closes at 4 pm.

The auction is strictly cash only and there are no bonsai traders at this event. The parking is free and tea and coffee will be available.

For any queries contact Mark Moreland at ukbaauction@gmail.com or on 07850 771201.

If you still want to submit items for the auction then visit the UKBA Auction website for more details, the closing date is the 15th of January.

Wiring tonight

Tonight was all about wiring and Mark Kerry did a talk on the principles of wiring followed by one-to-one guidance on wiring specific club members’ trees to aid with their own wiring.

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October Club Night

Tonight was another excellent lively discuss filled club night with lots of new members and new trees to talk about. Everyone was working on or discussing their bonsai trees and a lot of shared knowledge and information was being passed on.

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Chris Thomas Workshop

The Saturday workshop was excellent with Chris Thomas and the day flew by with bonsai trees of all species and sizes being worked upon. Here is a selection of the bonsai trees being developed.

Acer palmatum development

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September Club night – Problem trees

Tonight the session was focused on discussing those trees that club members have no idea how to style or were in need of advice on, as everyone has had one of those bonsai trees at some stage in their bonsai hobby. It was a good evening with lots of discussion on a wide variety of species with ideas coming from many club members. The evening started off with a chat from our Chairman Paul who then introduced the topic and the discussion commenced.

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UK Bonsai Association 11th UKBA Heathrow Bonsai Show 2022

What a fantastic bonsai show, bringing together so many amazing people in one location to talk about bonsai, display their own bonsai trees and have the opportunity to buy bonsai supplies. With everything available from the bonsai traders from bonsai trees to tools, soils, fertilisers and so much more. It is such a friendly atmosphere with everyone catching up, and discussing their bonsai trees and techniques as well as their successes and problems following this summer’s extreme temperatures.

A huge thank you goes out to Mark and MingChen Moreland who provide their unwavering support, dedication and enthusiasm for the hobby of bonsai and are instrumental in not only starting the Heathrow Bonsai Show all those years ago but also the UKBA more recently in 2018. Thanks also to all those who made today’s show possible with their time, effort and organisation prior to the show and making sure everything was set up yesterday in anticipation of today as well as helping at the end of the show. A final thank you to all those exhibiting and trading at the show as well as the visitors who came to see what the hobby of bonsai is all about. Follow-up posts for our own Club display plus the other club displays and traders will follow shortly.

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Bonsai Clubs @ 11th UKBA Heathrow Bonsai Show

If you are interested in bonsai then this was the show to attend, as it is open to all those who are interested in the hobby of bonsai and provides a chance for anyone who belongs to a bonsai club or society an opportunity to display their own bonsai trees together. If you are interested in finding out more details about any of the clubs at the show today visit the UKBA website for more details of the clubs that were present plus all the bonsai clubs and societies in the UK plus there is a map of these on our website too.

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