When you start the hobby of bonsai there are so many aesthetic elements to absorb as well as enjoy that it can appear quite daunting at first but do not be daunted, have some fun and enjoy the journey.
Thank you to all who helped to put on the show from the visitors, exhibitors, traders, clubs and societies, raffle prize donators, Swindon Club members and the centre staff to name but a few.
Swindon Bonsai Winter Image Show 2014
Here are the displays from the visiting Bonsai Clubs and Societies including Swindon Club Members too.
This one is new for 2014, I have not seen a Pyrus pyrifolia before which is commonly called ‘Nashi’ or the Asian Pear as well as Korean pear, Chinese pear, Japanese pear, Apple pear and Sand pear. The flowers are a symbol of early spring and the tree is commonly found across Asia. The fruits are edible and used for jam making, juices as well as consumed raw.
Best Tree & Pot Combo – John Brocklehurst, Celastrus orbiculatus
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- Best Large Deciduous Award for his Elm (Ulmus parvifolia) was presented to Dennis Henley of Swindon and District Bonsai Club by John Pitt our Show Sponsor
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- Best Tree Pot Combination Award went to John Brocklehurst for his Bitter Sweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) and this was presented by Mark Jones of Walsall Studio Ceramics.
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- Best Shohin Award went to Mark and Rittas Broom Style shohin zelkova and presented by John Pitt, our Show Sponsor
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- Best Shohin Award went to Mark and Rittas Broom Style shohin zelkova
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- Best Evergreen Award for his Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) presented to Martin Shepherd by John Pitt, our Show Sponsor
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- Best Chuhin Award for his Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) presented to David Jackson by John Pitt, our Show Sponsor
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- Best Accent Award presented to Tony Tickle by John Trott of Mendip Bonsai Studio
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- Bets Club Award presented to the Phoenix Group by John Pitt, our Show Sponsor
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- Mark and Ritta Cooper receiving their FoBBs award from Reginald Bolton and Malcolm Hughes
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- FoBBS award for the Upright chinese elm which went to Mark and Ritta Cooper
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- FoBBS award for the Upright chinese elm which went to Mark and Ritta Cooper
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- EBA award for Broom style chinese elm
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- EBA award for Broom style chinese elm
Thank you to David Sampson of Fine Japanese Suiseki for donating yet another great raffle prize to the Swindon Winter Image Show. For more details on the products available from David visit his website.
A quick example of one of the many fine quality Suiseki that is available for sale.
We invite you to come along to our show this Sunday on the 23rd of February 2014 at the Stratton Community Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4JY. It is open from 10:30am to 4:30pm with a £5 entrance fee. The show will include Bonsai exhibitions by our own Club Members, well known bonsai artists and visiting Bonsai clubs and societies in addition to:-
Simon Haddon of Suteki has kindly donated a few accent pots to the Swindon Winter Image Show Raffle so get ready for a great weekend this weekend and hopefully win a raffle prize or two.
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