Posts categorised: General Interest

It’s at a NEW location this year, see address above. easy to find, closer to the M4 and there will be plenty of signage. If you are travelling from the M4 at Junc 17, Chippenham, travel south on the A350, around Melksham and at the Semington roundabout where it meets the A361 [Devizes/Trowbridge] turn right…. Read more »

Great to be going along tomorrow to the ExpoBonsai 2023 bonsai show again at K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, RH11 9BQ. One of our club members, Sally May has had one of her bonsai trees approved for the show so it will be great to support her and see the other trees on display… Read more »

Lee Verhorevoort Bonsai is the biggest bonsai tree nursery in Kent and his new bonsai imports have arrived and are now available for purchase for anyone wanted to start a bonsai collection or add to their existing one. If you want to visit contact Lee on 07976 709613 or via e-mail at info@lvbonsai.co.uk to book… Read more »

The shohin displays were stunning at the LodderBonsai open house weekend in Holland, it was great to see so many small bonsai trees on display and so exquisite in their form and aesthetic.

During the open weekend at LodderBonsai we got to listen to a Q&A session with Peter Chan of Herons Bonsai as well as watch a demonstration by Jan Culek. It was a packed event on both days with lots of interesting discussions on bonsai throughout both days.

The open weekend events held at LodderBonsai are a great opportunity to look around the largest bonsai nursery in Holland in addition to having many additional traders at the event. You can spend time talking with everyone about bonsai as well as studying so many bonsai tree species in so many forms it is an… Read more »

It was great to be able to attend the LodderBonsai Open House weekend in March in Utrecht in Holland this year, and it was a good opportunity to catch up with friends and talk bonsai for a whole weekend. As part of the open house weekend celebrations, there was a superb bonsai display, bonsai traders,… Read more »

LodderBonsai is a large bonsai nursery located in Utrecht Holland. It is owned and run by Gerrit Lodder and a great team of staff who are incredibly knowledgeable on all things bonsai and who helped to run the open weekend. The nursery is enormous and all under cover in a series of interconnecting greenhouses which… Read more »

On Wednesday the 8th March 2023, Reg and I gave a short talk to the Rotary Club from Royal Wootton Bassett at the Bassett Down Golf Club as part of their club meeting.

Here is the latest list of Bonsai Events in the UK, compiled by UKBA. 07-08May23 Sun & Mon (Confirmed)The South West Bonsai ShowSponsored by FoBBSRHS Rosemoor Gardens,Torrington, North Devon. EX38 8PH.Adm: tbc. Times: 1000-1800.hrs.Contact: Nigel Wright 07974.998032Email: coordinator@fobbsbonsai.co.ukwww.bonsaisw.uk 13-14May23 Sat & Sun (Confirmed)Greenwood Spring Bonsai Bash Greenwood Bonsai Studio,Ollerton Road, Arnold, Nottingham. NG5 8PR.Adm: Free. Times: 1000-1700.hrsContact: Corin… Read more »