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.
At this years 11th Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show on February 24th there will be a raffle with various prizes which include a donated bonsai pot which is a replica of an antique one in the collection of Diaz Iwasaki. So please come along to see the stunning bonsai trees on display and perhaps enter the raffle for your chance to win one of the fabulous prizes on offer.
Only two weeks to go now…. So hopefully you have the date booked in your diary for Sunday 24th February @ Stratton Community Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JY.
Another successful bonsai trip to Holland to Hoka-en Bonsai studio aka Lodder Bonsai BV. We were warmly greeted by Gerrit Lodder who took time out to show us various fabulous bonsai trees and catch up since our visit last year. This year was as good as previous if not better as the breadth of tree species was incredible. You can see the full A- Z of bonsai all under one roof.
It is not so long now before our Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show on the 24th February and Chrissie Leigh-Walker of Bushukan Bonsai is going to be coming along this year as a trader as well as an exhibitor.
She has offered to bring a wide range of bonsai soils so if you are looking for anything in particular, let her know in advance so she can bring sufficient quantities to save you missing out.
She will be selling Akadama, Kiru, Ezo, Pumice, Moler, Bushukan Grit, Lava rock black and brown, Leca and their own traditional mix all at competitive prices.
Contact details: Telephone: 01702 201029 / e-mail:bushukan-bonsai@ic24.net
Previous years Award
The ‘Winter Image’ show will soon be here in less than 3 weeks. Here is a list of the Awards. The show and Main Awards are sponsored by John Pitt Bonsai Ceramics, John Armitage will be holding a tree demo/clinic so if you have any questions or tree problems, bring them along. He will be working on some of his lovely shohin trees.
The Swindon Club will also be making the following Awards and Certificates:-