Bonsai with love was a great event held at today at Failand Village Hall near Bristol. It was a charitable bonsai event in support of Cancer Research and had some amazing bonsai trees on display from all over the UK. There were a wide range of bonsai traders
1st place, KB Pea shrub
2nd place, SM Cotoneaster
3rd place, PB Pyracantha
Today was Surrey Heath Bonsai Show which was held at Lord Pirbright Hall, The Green, Pirbright, Surry, GU24 0JE. It was a great show with over 50 bonsai trees from their club members on display as well as a sales table and demonstrations. The Club members were on hand to offer advice and also it was fun to vote on your top 3 trees of the display which was quite hard as there were some excellent trees to choose from.
If you are interested in bonsai and want to see some stunning bonsai trees on display then take a visit one of the events below this Summer. There is usually an opportunity to purchase a bonsai or two from the bonsai traders and also get advice on how to care for your bonsai trees from the clubs and societies.
Maidenhair tree
Spring is in full flow, albeit some frosts in some areas with still fairly cold nights but hopefully all your bonsai trees have come through the winter and are coping with the cold nights here in the UK. Here is a quick generic guide to bonsai in May but for individual species check out some of the other species-specific posts.
This year we helped again on the bonsai stand at Chelsea which was again superb and it was a pleasure to be able to visit and take in the delights as well as spend time with Reg and Terry on the Gold medal winning FoBBS stand.
There is a lot of work behind the scenes prior to the first day of RHS Chelsea Flower Show and one key element is setting up the trees on the display once the stand is constructed. It is a very large display area and requires some substantial bonsai trees to show case the art of bonsai as well as a carefully selected set of trees that present a harmonious presentation that work well together.
This year was the 8th consecutive Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show for FoBBS and under the show management of Reginald Bolton from Swindon and District Bonsai Society.
Congratulations to Reg and the team on their gold medal win at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It’s great to see all the hard work has paid off.
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