Sunday 3rd May 2015 – Annual Show
Arrangements are now being made for attendance of bonsai traders and displays by guest bonsai societies. For the more serious this will be our 26th open competition with judging by Ken Norman. Door open 10:30 with the potential of over 100 trees on show from many local bonsai enthusiasts and from other bonsai societies.
Sutton Bonsai Club are holding their two day bonsai show at Wisley Gardens RHS, Wisley Lane,Wisley, Surrey.GU23 6QB on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 April 2015. This will be a friendly club show with guest exhibitors and traders plus they are also offering a repotting service.
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Why?
Bonsai are completely reliant on us for their nutrients to help them photosynthesise, most good free draining potting mixtures are inert and do not provide nutrients for the tree mediums such as Akadama are not able to retain nutrients for long and so frequent feeding is required.
If you want your bonsai to grow well they need to be fed regularly, some people think that to get small growth you starve a tree – you will get small growth for a while, followed by
If you haven’t bought a bonsai tree already this year then do not fear as Lee Verhorevoort has his new stock arriving soon. If you are interested then check out his website for more details of the types of species, forms and styles he will have in stock very soon.
For an update on when the stock are in send him an e-mail at info@lvbonsai.co.uk or get in contact Tel: 01322 528458, Mobile: 07976 709613.
Best Mame, Kit Bowns with a Larch
The premier UK shohin and mame bonsai tree exhibition took place on 15 March at Failands Village Hall. This much anticipated exhibition, Shohin UK II, was eagerly awaited by many in the small tree community. This is the second to be held by British Shohin Association and it was a complete success with many commenting on how improved the trees and displays looked. This does not take anything away from the trees in previous events but is more a reflection of how far the understanding of shohin and mame trees has come on in recent years and also how the aesthetics of showing are becoming more understood in this niche of bonsai displaying.
Spring has now sprung and hopefully all your bonsai trees have come through the winter. Here is a quick generic guide to bonsai in April but for individual species check out some of the other species-specific posts.
At the Lodder Bonsai Open Weekend there were many traders and one of the very popular ones was Bonsai Centrum for their brightly coloured and uniquely designed accent pots that were selling like hot cakes.
During the Lodder Bonsai open weekend we were fortunate enough to spend time admiring the bonsai displays that were created by the bonsai association Sho Ryu Kai and meet Daan Giphart and Jos Corstjens, discussing Mame & Shohin.
Trees are a passion for so many people across the world and here are some inspirational trees that I have seen on my travels that guide the types of bonsai trees I want to design or already have in my collection.
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