This year heralded the return of the Mame category and award and congratulations to Ritta Cooper for winning this award. There were so many great mame displays but Ritta’s collection of mame trees was sublime and the overall display worked perfectly together.
Congratulations to John Pitt for winning the Best Overall display with his combination of a Mugo Pine and Chinese Elm, a wonderful high quality bonsai display.
John Pitt receiving the award for Best Overall Bonsai display from Paul Bowerbank
Winning club display for Aka Matsu School of Bonsai
Congratulations to the Bonsai Club of Aka Matsu School of Bonsai for your award winning Best Club display as superb collection of trees on display this year at our show, well done.
Jim Butterworth collecting the Best Club display from John Pitt
Andy Jordan being presented with the award for Best Shohin display by John Pitt
Congratulations to Andy Jordan with his awesome collection of shohin trees and the harmonious composition and attention to detail of his award winning display.
Best Conifer / Evergreen of John Pitt which was a Pinus mugo ‘Pumilio’
Well done John Pitt for winning the Best Conifer / Evergreen award for your Mugo Pine, a great achievement and a stunning example of a Pinus mugo ‘Pumilio’.
Ritta & Mark Cooper being presented the Award for Best Chuhin by John Pitt
Congratulations to Mark and Ritta Cooper for winning the Best Chuhin category with their Mountain Maple (Acer palmatum), which was originally from Japan, and they have owned now for 5 years and it is in a Gyozan pot.
Jim Butterworth receiving the award for Best deciduous from John Piit
Congratulations to Jim Butterworth for winning the Best Deciduous category with his Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) that was on the Aka Matsu club display.
This was fast and furious to say the least and all done by 5.30pm only an hour after the show had finished. Many hands make light work, and it was so true in this instance.
This year’s show was another success with over 400 visitors and over 100 bonsai trees on display as individual exhibits or part of a club display or shohin or mame display. The show also had a wide range of traders and purchases of bonsai and associated sundries seem to be selling well on the day.
Graham Walker setting up his Shohin display on the Saturday night
This year was amazing, the club members and volunteers who helped out on the Saturday for the set up did a great job and everything was in place well before 8pm.
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