Chrissie Leigh-Walker

Chrissie Leigh-Walker

Chrissie has been working on Bonsai on a professional basis since purchasing Bushukan Bonsai Nursery in Essex back in 2001. She has exhibited at the RHS Shows since then and up until 2010, when she decided that it was enough and things are difficult, as she worked on her own. Not only building and designing her stands, but, maintaining her trees of which she has well over 2 hundred in her collection with her husband Joe.

Not only has she had 9 consecutive Gold medals but a Chelsea Flower Show Gold in 2009. Her aim during her Bonsai life is to help others understand the Art of Bonsai.

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Tony Tickle

Tony has been working with bonsai since 1983, he specialises in native European trees, in particular; Hawthorn, Yew and Pine. He won his first Ginkgo awards in 1997, UK winner and runner up in the European New talent competition in 1995. He will be one of the individual exhibitors at our Winter Show in 2013.

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John Pitt

John Pitt is a Bonsai and Ceramic Artist living in Derbyshire U.K. His father had always kept little trees, so he grew up with them all around him. He has always had a deep love and admiration for nature, especially mature old trees, and thanks to his fathers influence started bonsai seriously in 1994. He is our Winter Show Sponsor and also an individual exhibitor at the show for the second consecutive year.

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Bonsai and fungi

Recently I noticed that this year seems to be a good year for fungi and they are appearing on my bonsai trees and other peoples too. Here are a few more examples I have seen recently on Yew, Japanese Black Pine and White Pine.

Individual Exhibitors @ Our 2013 Winter Image Show

Here is the list of the individual exhibitors who will be exhibiting their trees at our Winter Image Show on the 24th February 2013:
  • John Pitt
  • Tony Tickle
  • Ian Stewardson
  • Mike Jones
  • Fiona Wallace
  • Simon Tremblett
  • Will Baddeley
  • John Trott
  • Martin Shepherd
  • Marcus Watts
  • Chrissie Leigh-Walker

Ginkgotastic!

If you are a fan of Ginkgo trees (Maidenhair trees) you should watch this video, even though it is in chinese, it is amazing to watch how they work the species and develop it. Thanks Ming for the link.

Ginkgo Bonsai technology

Traders @ Our Winter Show

Here is the list of confirmed Bonsai traders who are coming to our 11th Winter Image show on the 24th February 2013.

November tree of the month

Korean Hornbeam

1st place – SM, Korean Hornbeam

Yew

2nd place – MP, European or common Yew

Japanese maple

3rd place – GS, Japanese Maple

 

A tribute to Manuel Gonzalez

To see such an amazing collection of trees on display from the Wessex Society at the Heathrow Show was fabulous enough, but amazing to know that trees on display were created, styled and owned by Manuel Gonzalez of the Wessex Bonsai Society which left me in even more amazement.

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FOBBS Merit Awards

Two trees won the Federation of British Bonsai (FOBBS) merit awards at the Heathrow show and they were tree 107 which was a stunning Yew created and owned by Manuel Gonzalez of Wessex Bonsai Society and tree 115, a Ligustrum owned by Paul Finch of Southend Bonsai Society.