Warminster Bonsai Club meet at 7.30 in the evening, on the third Thursday of each month at Christ Church Hall Warminster BA12 9PJ. They put on a great display at Roots and the show manager is Clive Harber and he is supported by the club members who also provide their trees for the display.
Sussex Bonsai Group put on a three individual tokanoma tree displays as their display which were well balanced and beautifully presented at the Roots Bonsai Show this weekend. They meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month at Wivelsfield Green Village Hall in West Sussex at 8pm-10pm.
Our club display was a diverse range of species predominately broadleaved with one or two more unusual species including a Maidenhair tree and a Taiwanese Fig. One item that appeared to also draw attention
Reg & Jeff Bolton will again be opening up their gardens to the public. All proceeds will go to the Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool.
Reg as many of you will know has been growing Award winning bonsai for years.
Newbury and District Bonsai Society hosted another great bonsai event this year near Newbury at Roots Garden Centre. It was a well attended show with a good range of traders and attending clubs and societies who also got a chance to catch up and work on bonsai trees throughout the day. Thank you to Newbury Bonsai Society for inviting Swindon club to attend and also to Roots Garden centre for the hospitality and excellent venue.
This month Joanna joined us with a selection of plants from her nursery in Warnborough, Wiltshire. Club members were also invited to bring accent plantings they had created for viewing and discussion. It was great to dedicate an entire evening to smaller plantings and apt, taking into consideration the Magical Bonsai Accents show in Bristol next Saturday, the 19th June. Hope to see you there.
1st place, PB Chinese Elm
2nd place, MP Trident Maple
3rd place, PR Trident Maple
It is with sadness that I have to inform you of the death of Ron Moorcroft a few days ago, He was a Lifetime Member of the Swindon Club.
Ron had been a member of the club since the 70’s until bad health prevented him from taking any active part in club meetings. His wife Jean also in the photograph was for a number of years the Club Chairperson.
Sadly Jean died a number of years prior to Ron. Both were always very enthusiastic about all club activities and some of the older bonsai enthusiasts out there will remember them both from the numerous shows that they attended around the country. Many traders will miss him, as he loved to purchase the bigger expensive trees and pots. He was always seeking out those larger trunks.
They both went out of their way to attract and encourage new members, I myself was taken under Ron’s wing well before I even had my own first tree and he trusted me with working on his own collection.
His funeral will be at Kingsdown Crematorium, Swindon on Monday the 21st July at 2.15pm.
Paul,
Chairman
Today was an excellent day at the Roots Bonsai Show near Newbury and there were a superb array of bonsai trees on display and all sorts of bonsai goodies to buy from esoteric pots to great value bonsai trees, scrolls, and lots more.
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