The Open Competition at Wessex Bonsai Society Show was well attended and the overall Best in Show went to Bill Baker with his Scots Pine. Here are the award winners from the first 3 classes and more on the other classes and wider class entries in subsequent posts.
What an excellent show today which was hosted by Wessex Bonsai Society, and featured an Open Competition in addition to their Annual Bonsai Exhibition.
O Bonsai Jardin de Bonsai (Olivier Cornet)
Olivier Cornet of O Bonsai in Belgium was one of the bonsai traders at the Exposition de Bonsai in Neuville-Saint-Rémy in France. He had a good range of bonsai trees for sale and was also working on some of his trees during the weekend. For more information about the Bonsai trees he has for sale visit his website.
Yamadori for sale @ Exposition de Bonsai in France
Yamadori is bonsai material collected from nature and provides the artist with fanatic natural material to work with when designing a bonsai tree. The art forms found in nature have inspired many a bonsai enthusiast and this is one way
Handmade Bonsai pot made by Greg-Ceramics
The range of potters at the Exposition de Bonsai was excellent and it was great to see a wide variety of pot shapes and styles and some very interesting designs. Here are some examples of the Bonsai pots on sale and some of the pots we purchased.
Apple tree, Howgate Wonder
A guest submission here from Mr Ivan Oxford, who has had good success with air layering and wants to explain the procedure;
Jean-Pierre Timmermans of Bonsai Garden was one of the traders at the Exposition de Bonsai this weekend in France and he had a stunning collection of Mame, Shohin and Accents for sale and here are a few examples of what was on offer.
Suiseki are in general small rocks that occur naturally and are aesthetically appreciated for the images they portray – they are highly collectable. Here are a few examples that were on display at the Exposition de Bonsai in Neuville-Saint-Rémy in France, a two day Bonsai show hosted by the Zen Bonsai Club.
Plectranthus are a semi succulent that can be used as a bonsai or accent and they are very easy to keep, hold a good shape and propagate easily too. There are over 350 species of Plectranthus and the majority originate from areas of Africa, Madagascar, India and Australia to name a few and they belong to the Mint and Sage Family (Lamiaceae).