As the sun was shinning today, here is a continuation of the bright things to come with a selection of flowering bonsai trees that have featured on our website over the past 2 years…and you may see examples of flowering Cherries as well as a few other species at our forth coming Winter Image Bonsai Show in Swindon on the 24th February.
John Trott at Mendip Bonsai Studio will have samples of the NEW bronze figures at the Swindon ‘Winter Image’ show on the 24th Feb 2013. He will be taking orders for delivery in early March or collection from him. He already has a large collection of bronzes which can be seen on his web site…http://www.mendipbonsai.co.uk/Gallery%20Bronzes.htm There are leaf-cutter ants, crabs, tree frogs and mushrooms. Mushrooms are designed to be inserted into a piece of log
Carpinus turczaninowii Winter Show 2013 Raffle Prize
For your chance to win these great trees at our Winter Show next weekend. All you have to do is turn up on the day and buy a raffle ticket, it is that easy. For details on our Winter Show see here
Acer palmatum Kiyohime Winter Show 2013 Raffle Prize
Ulmus parvifolia Winter Show 2013 raffle prize
Having a great passion for Taiwan Figs meant that it was hard for me to choose from the vast selection of Figs whilst shopping at Lodder Bonsai in Holland this year. They sell such a wide range of tropical tree species for anyone who has the space indoors to keep them.
Congratulations must go again to the Federation of British Bonsai Societies for being awarded The Holford Medal for the 2nd time in 3 years and also to those members of Swindon and District Bonsai Society whose trees were present on the display. The medal is in honour of exhibits of plants and or flowers staged by an amateur group or groups of amateurs at an RHS Show in the UK and this related to the bonsai display from 2012 at Chelsea Flower show.
Our Winter Image show is fast approaching on the 24th February and you will be able to see a great collection of deciduous bonsai trees on display to their full advantage without their leaves, so you can admire their tracery and branch formation. However, this is not to say that you not also see some great evergreen examples on display too as they have the added advantage of always being in full foliage.
Here are more fabulous prizes have been donated to our Swindon Winter Image raffle on the Sunday 24th February and this time from Gerrit Lodder of the Hoka-en Bonsai Studio and Lodder Bonsai BV in Holland. So if you want to win any of these then come along to Stratton Community Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY.
1st place – RA, Gardenia
2nd place – PB, Siberian Elm
3rd place – SM, Korean Hornbeam
One great place to buy Shohin and Mame bonsai trees is that of the Hoka-en Bonsai Studio (Lodder Bonsai BV) in Holland and you do can now even buy them online too through their new web shop.
This year we have to thank Vic Harris of Erin Bonsai again for his generous donation to our raffle at our 11th Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show of 4 fabulous bonsai pots as shown below. They were beautifully packaged for delivery and each pot is unusual and unique in style. For more information on Erin Bonsai Pots visit their website and there is a great article on how to choose the right pot for your bonsai too. So if you want to be in with a chance of winning one of these pots, then come to our show on the 24th February and enter the raffle.
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