Thank you again to Gerrit Lodder of Lodder Bonsai bv and Hoka-en Bonsai Studio for their fabulous raffle prize donation for our Swindon Winter Image Show 2016 on Sunday February 28th from 10.30am to 4.00pm at Grange Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4JY. For your chance to win these great prizes and… Read more »
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Lodder Bonsai bv, Holland
This year we again found some stunning bonsai to buy from Lodder bonsai to add to our collections. It is such a pleasure to spend time pursuing through a few thousand trees selecting ones that catch your eye.
February Tree of the Month
Commemorative Pot on Behalf of the British Legion
This unique pot was made by Stone Monkey and I am sure that everyone will want to own it. This special commemorative pot for Armistice Day 2016 will be travelling with him at each of the bonsai shows that he will be attending this year. He will be selling raffle tickets at £3 each and… Read more »
Buying tropical bonsai
Tropical bonsai is great if you want to have a bonsai tree inside as they are able to cope with living indoors due to needing higher temperatures year round. They are often lower in price than some of the other species of outdoor tree so worth considering if you are just starting out in the hobby.
Warminster Bonsai Club
Warminster Bonsai is a small friendly club. We are enthusiastic and try to improve all the time. We meet at 7.30 in the evening, on the third Thursday of each month at Christ Church Hall BA12 9NS. This is located, first left as you go into Upper Marsh Road from Weymouth Street and opposite the… Read more »
Stone Monkey have plenty of pots left
Hopefully all of you that were at the Noelanders Trophy in Belgium are all safely home and enjoying a rest. Some of the traders will still be busy re stocking before the Swindon ‘Winter Image’ show on Sunday the 28th Feb 2016. If you couldn’t make it………..DON’T PANIC!!!
Surrey Heath Bonsai Society
Surrey Heath Bonsai Society was founded in December 1989 by a small group of local bonsai enthusiasts. As the club has grown we have moved twice and now meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm at Pirbright Village Hall, Pirbright Green, Dawney Hill Road, (A324) Pirbright. GU24 0JE.
Bonsai dream
If you are looking for a high quality bonsai tree then visit Bonsai Dream and peruse the trees that are available for sale, they are superb. It is run by Laurent DELAITRE and the site is in both French and English for ease of understanding but the images speak for themselves.
Bonsai as a hobby
If you want to start a hobby then why not think about bonsai, it is fun, rewarding and their are few limits to what you can create, but first here are a few simple principles to think about initially.