Posts categorised: Show Reports

Wiltshire Branch Annual Cacti and Succulent Show

The Wiltshire branch of the British Cactus & Succulent Society held it’s Annual show at the Melksham Assembly Hall today from 11am to 3.30pm. It was a great show and some of Swindon Bonsai club members who also enjoy the hobby of Cacti and Succulents entered into the show and did well. 

John Trott @ Gardeners World Live

Gold at Gardeners World Live at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham for John Trott of Mendip Bonsai with a stunning and very colourful display that looked magnificent. He has very kindly shared his thoughts in the post below and his photographs from his display, so congratulations John and thank you for sharing this with… Read more »

Bonsai with love

Bonsai with love was a great event held at today at Failand Village Hall near Bristol. It was a charitable bonsai event in support of Cancer Research and had some amazing bonsai trees on display from all over the UK. There were a wide range of bonsai traders

Surrey Heath Bonsai Show

Today was Surrey Heath Bonsai Show which was held at Lord Pirbright Hall, The Green, Pirbright, Surry, GU24 0JE. It was a great show with over 50 bonsai trees from their club members on display as well as a sales table and demonstrations. The Club members were on hand to offer advice and also it… Read more »

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015

This year we helped again on the bonsai stand at Chelsea which was again superb and it was a pleasure to be able to visit and take in the delights as well as spend time with Reg and Terry on the Gold medal winning FoBBS stand.

Gold medal display @ Chelsea

There is a lot of work behind the scenes prior to the first day of RHS Chelsea Flower Show and one key element is setting up the trees on the display once the stand is constructed. It is a very large display area and requires some substantial bonsai trees to show case the art of… Read more »

8th Gold Medal @ Chelsea

This year was the 8th consecutive Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show for FoBBS and under the show management of Reginald Bolton from Swindon and District Bonsai Society.

Gold at RHS Chelsea

   Congratulations to Reg and the team on their gold medal win at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It’s great to see all the hard work has paid off.  

Build up to Chelsea

The build up to Chelsea is months of preparation with making the stand and all the elements of the display followed then by a very busy three days building the display up at Chelsea. Reg Bolton of Swindon and District Bonsai Society and his team of supporters aid with this process and here are some… Read more »

Wessex Bonsai Show 2015

There were so many bonsai trees at the Wessex show it took sometime arranging them and so a big thank you to all the members of Wessex who helped with the organisation and made the show happen as it was a great success.