Tonight the session was focused on discussing those trees that club members have no idea how to style or were in need of advice on, as everyone has had one of those bonsai trees at some stage in their bonsai hobby. It was a good evening with lots of discussion on a wide variety of species with ideas coming from many club members. The evening started off with a chat from our Chairman Paul who then introduced the topic and the discussion commenced.
What a fantastic bonsai show, bringing together so many amazing people in one location to talk about bonsai, display their own bonsai trees and have the opportunity to buy bonsai supplies. With everything available from the bonsai traders from bonsai trees to tools, soils, fertilisers and so much more. It is such a friendly atmosphere with everyone catching up, and discussing their bonsai trees and techniques as well as their successes and problems following this summer’s extreme temperatures.
A huge thank you goes out to Mark and MingChen Moreland who provide their unwavering support, dedication and enthusiasm for the hobby of bonsai and are instrumental in not only starting the Heathrow Bonsai Show all those years ago but also the UKBA more recently in 2018. Thanks also to all those who made today’s show possible with their time, effort and organisation prior to the show and making sure everything was set up yesterday in anticipation of today as well as helping at the end of the show. A final thank you to all those exhibiting and trading at the show as well as the visitors who came to see what the hobby of bonsai is all about. Follow-up posts for our own Club display plus the other club displays and traders will follow shortly.
If you are interested in bonsai then this was the show to attend, as it is open to all those who are interested in the hobby of bonsai and provides a chance for anyone who belongs to a bonsai club or society an opportunity to display their own bonsai trees together. If you are interested in finding out more details about any of the clubs at the show today visit the UKBA website for more details of the clubs that were present plus all the bonsai clubs and societies in the UK plus there is a map of these on our website too.
This year was another fantastic year for the bonsai club displays with 36 clubs present displaying their club members’ bonsai trees there was something for everyone to enjoy. With so many individuals from each club collectively coming together to display their own designs and styles and tree species of bonsai it was fabulous to see such inspirational trees. It ranged from tropical bonsai through to mame, shohin, chuhin as well as some very impressive larger bonsai on the displays. Further posts to follow with details of the other bonsai clubs and traders present today.
There was a general buzz about the hall all day with everyone checking out the latest traders and everything they had to offer for sale. It was great to see so many visitors, as well as exhibitors, walking about proudly with their new purchases, I was one of those too as I found a stunning Oak bonsai tree for sale which I bought as it looks just like a Veteran Oak tree. It was great to see so much variety of a diverse range of items for sale from stunning hand-made bonsai ceramics, to a wide variety of bonsai trees of all stages of development to get you started with the hobby. With beautiful hand-painted scrolls, bronzes, bonsai stands and so much more, it was well worth the visit.
Some of the members enjoyed an all day, drop in workshop on Saturday the 27th August with Collette Harrison, from Collette’s Bonsai, she used to operate out of Southampton but has now moved south of Salisbury. A trader at many bonsai shows and will be at the New Venue of the ‘Heathrow show’ at the Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 9SE. on Sunday the 11th Sept 2022. You can find her tables just inside the main entrance to the show. Thank you to Collette and also to those who brought in something to nibble on during the day to keep our strength up. Just a few photos of the day, more to be added later.
Well I think that it was Wanborough Show today………. not sure cause there was ‘NO’ rain and it usually does. It was good to see the crowds back and everyone enjoying the nice warm sunny weather. The trees in the marquee had a steady flow of admirers, and a lot of them took the cards with details of the ‘Winter Image’ show in 2023. We had enough room to put up a smaller gazebo so we could work on some trees and gave the visitors something to watch and discuss.
This year, instead of a BBQ it was decided to hold a cream tea party, then all the members can sit around and chat. Well we wanted a dry weather day, but we didn’t expect temperatures of 34+ degrees. We had already put up several gazebos in Reg’s garden, so we had plenty of shade, although a better breeze would have been nice. Thank you to those that supplied extra cakes, I would have taken a photo of the scones with lashings of jam and cream on them………..BUT they were eaten so fast I missed it. Here are some pictures of the members enjoying themselves and also some of the garden, Reg had been very busy polishing everything, thanks to him for the use of his lovely garden.
Next year we need to attract a NEW member into the group who has a large swimming pool for our event, in case it is that hot again……..
The Wanborough Village & Country Show is back again at 1200 hours, on Saturday the 20th August 2022, loads of attractions are planned by the show committee, for information see the show web site…….. https://wanboroughshow.org/?fbclid=IwAR15WtR-UpudpOg8DSojWHMpNwOW4gKhZjxWiYQ1NuwZ7Ofr6IPNo3BQmkM
The Swindon club will again be putting on a display of trees for the show visitors.
For a copy of the show programme……… https://wanboroughshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Summer-Programme-2022-web-co.pdf
A great day out for all the family