Congratulations also go to John Trott of Mendip Bonsai Studio who also got a Gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show this year. Below are a few pictures of the bonsai trees on his stand.
Posts categorised: General Interest
Bonsai with Love
Bonsai with Love will be held Sunday 12th June at Failand Village Hall. Admission is free and proceeds to charity.
Bonsai Boot Sale @Hertfordshire Garden Centre
The Hertfordshire Garden Centre are holding their bonsai boot sale at their Autumn fair on the 18th September 2016. They only have 70 stall pitches available across the whole fair and at least half have been booked already.
Natural pest control
If you are looking for a more natural approach to pest control why not try ladybirds as they are incredibly successful as a method of controlling aphid populations. You can buy the larvae online from Agralan Ltd. who are based here in sunny Swindon.
Preparations @ Chelsea Flower Show 2016
Here are a few images from Andy Jordan showing the preparations at Chelsea Flower Show of the FoBBS bonsai stand. Looking forward to seeing the finished display. The show opens this week.
Tony Webber
Sad news comes around far too often sometimes. Earlier this year bonsai lost Tony Webber, an instrumental and lively member of Phoenix Bonsai Group and Wessex Bonsai Society. He had a real passion and commitment for trees and will be badly missed. His collection will be auctioned in Salisbury, Wiltshire on Sunday 3rd July. For an… Read more »
Transformational Nature
This week there was an exceptional seminar held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew entitled ‘Transformational Nature, unlocking the secrets of natural form, plant intelligence and the ageing process’. The Treework Seminar 21 is part of a series of seminars run by Neville Fay of Treework Environmental Practice and they are well worth attending. Tony Kirkham,… Read more »
Bonsai @ Rowdeford School
On Sunday 15th May, we went and put on a small display of bonsai at Rowdeford school just outside Devizes on the A342 from Devizes to Chippenham road, just outside Rowde. It was a Garden Plant Fair with loads of lovely plants stalls and other things which was open from 11am – 3 pm.
Bonsai @ The Malvern Show
John Trott had another success at the three counties show, held at Malvern 4th to the 8th May. He won a gold medal with a very good display of his trees. Despite the marquee being flooded the show was a great event and attracted many visitors, some of them went home with a bonsai. For more… Read more »
Ikebana @ Bonsai Exposition 2016
Ikebana, floral displays and points of interest from the Bonsai Exposition in France. There were some extra elements of interest around the whole show with small corner displays, and the central stage had a large display of Japanese items.
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