Posts categorised: General Interest

3rd UKBA Bonsai Auction

Today was a great opportunity to buy a bonsai at the 3rd UKBA Bonsai Auction held at Sandhurst School in Berkshire. The event was well attended with many of the bonsai community present and ready to buy bonsai trees and pots. In the first post are the photos from some of the trees and items… Read more »

Twickenham Bonsai Club Winter Display 2023

Another date for the diary is the Twickenham Bonsai Club Winter Display on Sunday 5th February 2023 at Twickenham School, Percy Road, TW2 6JW. For more information about Twickenham Bonsai club visit their website.

3rd UK Bonsai Association Auction

A date for your diary is the 22nd of January for the UKBA Bonsai Auction at Sandhurst School, Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 0SD. Come along for the auction as well as a Suisek, Saikei and Mame Show. Admission is £3 cash and children under 16 accompanied are free. The show and doors open… Read more »

Tribute to Dennis Henly

Funeral:- Kingsdown Crematorium,  Kingsdown Road, Swindon, SN25 6SG at 1030 am Monday the 9th Jan 2023. It’s with sadness that I have to post that Dennis died in Swindon Hospital on the 16th December following a fall.. No details are known about his funeral at the moment, as soon as we are aware I will… Read more »

Harry Harrington workshop at Beechfield Bonsai.

The other weekend, one of the Swindon newer members ‘Claudia’ attended a workshop at Beechfield bonsai nursery, run by Harry Harrington and his apprentices. Harry owner of Bonsai 4 Me and author of a number of books…… http://bonsai4me.com/shop/

Get your Good Trees Converted into Ink Drawings

Daryl Cogavin has for a while been producing quality bonsai scrolls with her own artistic style…….. much better than me with my chubby sticks. Her web site is https://darylsdrawings.weebly.com/bonsai-scroll-paintings.html Click the images to inlarge………….. She has now decided to put extend her range of goods and branch out [see what I did there!!! Have you… Read more »

Club Annual Get together

This year, instead of a BBQ it was decided to hold a cream tea party, then all the members can sit around and chat. Well we wanted a dry weather day, but we didn’t expect temperatures of 34+ degrees. We had already put up several gazebos in Reg’s garden, so we had plenty of shade,… Read more »