Posts Tagged: Bonsai trees

Walsall Pottery Workshop

What an amazing day, it has given us all a greater appreciation of the time, work and detail that goes into making bonsai pots. It was a lot of fun too; we were all engrossed in our pot making throughout the day and what made the day was David Jones from Walsall Studio ceramics. He is… Read more »

Accents @Club night

Tonight was accent night and Parnham Bungalow Plants from Market Lavington came along to sell us some of their superb alpine plants. It was a fun evening with a chance to get some inspiration of existing accent plantings made by club members and buy some new alpines and succulents to make your own.

Blackmore Vale 10th Anniversary Bonsai Show

Blackmore Vale Bonsai Group was formed in 2007 so this is their 10th Anniversary year of being a bonsai group. Their main aim is to promote bonsai to anyone interested by way of workshops and monthly meetings. To commemorate 10 years they have hosted a bonsai exhibition for their members to show their bonsai trees… Read more »

The Bonsai Shed Carbooty

If you are looking to buy a bonsai or sell bonsai then why not check out the Bonsai Shed Carbooty on Sunday 28th May @ Hill Park Nurseries, Roses UK, Woodstock Lane North Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 5HN.

Jack Bellinger Competition @Wessex

The winner of the Jack Bellinger Competition between Eastleigh, Solent and Wessex Bonsai went to Solent Bonsai, so congratulations for the winning display.

Evergreens @ Swindon 2017

The selection of evergreen bonsai trees at the Swindon Winter Image Show 2017 was great with a wide range of species from Pines to Junipers to Yew and Spruce to name a few. Here are a selection of the evergreen bonsai there on display.

Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show 2017

Paul Bowerbank (Chairman of Swindon Bonsai Club), James Thomas (BBC Wiltshire), Moira Bowerbank Swindon Bonsai makes BBC Radio Wiltshire Exciting news, Paul Bowerbank, our Chairman was on BBC Wiltshire today on the James Thomas Break Show talking about our Winter Image Bonsai Show at Swindon tomorrow, Sunday 26th February at the Grange Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St… Read more »

Bonsai nibbler raffle prizes

Just heard from Chris Guise, and he has donated 2 Bonsai Nibblers for the Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show raffle which will be held on Sunday 26th February 2017. The two prizes are one R-mini and one T-mini as per the photos above. So thank you Chris and hope everyone gets their raffle tickets on the… Read more »

Judging at Swindon Winter Image Show 2017

This year our panel of judges includes Steve McKee, who is our senior judge, so if you have any questions about the judging ask him. John Brocklehurst, Andy Jordan, Mark Kerry, Paul Eslinger, and Bill Baker so in total there will be 6 judges. If we find that the result ends in a draw then Reg Bolton will have the deciding… Read more »

Raffle prizes for 2017 Winter Image Bonsai Show

The Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show is being held on Sunday 26th February 2017 at the Grange Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4JY from 10.30am. We hold a raffle every year which includes many donated items from supporters of the show and we are very grateful for this. In addition we… Read more »