1st place – MP, Mountain Maple
2nd place – PB, Fuchsia
3rd place – AW, Ginkgo Biloba
Newbury & District Bonsai Society display
Newbury Bonsai Society exhibit annually at the Royal County of Berkshire Show and this years Bonsai display won a Gold medal so a good reward for all the work that goes into the trees and setting up the display and congratulations to all those involved.
As some Club members belong to a range of clubs, a few of Swindon Club Members who also belong to Newbury had some of their trees on the display.
We hope to see one of these again, a Bonsai car boot sale. Based in Hertfordshire Garden Centre just outside Redbourn.
Devising a plan, apart from keeping it alive is one of the best things you can do for your bonsai. At our last club meeting we decided to discuss a way ahead for a selection of our trees – I suppose you could consider this as the minutes.
TA: Siberian Elm, wants to copy an ancient oak from nature which is leaning over and to keep it as a small tree
1st place – PB, Hawthorn
2nd place – SM, Larch
3rd place – DH
Another nice show at Failands, Near Bristol. Unfortunately, I had to leave before any awards were announced.
The society was invited to exhibit at this year’s Wanborough Show, a non-profit local show to Swindon with a good selection of entertainment, you can find out more about the show here or enjoy pictures of our trees
BB: Japanese Holly, Waterfall scroll with Kingfisher bronze depicting a water based scene
We call it Tokonoma night but as Mr Bailey pointed out these are, quite rightly, three point displays. Three point display night sounds more like something one would do in a car park though so we’ll go with Tokonoma for now.
1st place – DH, Korean Hornbeam
2nd place – AW, Korean Hornbeam
3rd place – MP, Japanese Maple
Wellingtonia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
If you are fascinated by trees then you cannot but love the Cupressaceae family of which belong the Redwoods, Wellingtonia and the Swamp Cypress and you should consider them a challenge to bonsai.