Posts categorised: Show Reports

Swindon Club display @ Wessex Show

This was the Swindon and District Bonsai display at the Wessex Show this year on Sunday 3rd May, and congratulations to all those clubs and societies who put on displays and the winning club display went to Eastleigh Bonsai Society.

Winners @ Wessex Show

The Wessex Show was as usual an excellent show with a good standard of bonsai in the competition and here are the winners of each class from the Show.

Sutton Bonsai Show

Sutton Bonsai Society held their show today at the prestigious RHS Wisley Gardens, Surrey. There was a good amount of admiring public as the show was included within the entrance fee at Wisley’s gate. An on-site RHS conifer specialist took the time in the morning to walk and talk us from the show, out to… Read more »

Shohin UK II

The premier UK shohin and mame bonsai tree exhibition took place on 15 March at Failands Village Hall. This much anticipated exhibition, Shohin UK II, was eagerly awaited by many in the small tree community. This is the second to be held by British Shohin Association and it was a complete success with many commenting on how improved the trees and displays looked. This does… Read more »

Traders @ Shohin UK II Exhibition

There were around 11 traders at the Shohin UK II Exhibition 2015 show this year offering for sale a wide range of bonsai trees, pots and stands.

Eye catching pots

Eye catching pots are one of the great things that come from Shohin shows and this years Shohin UK II Exhibition had them in abundance. Here are a few of the ones that caught my eye from the displays and there were so many more on the potters trading stands it was hard not to buy… Read more »

Accents and Bronzes

Here are a selection of the wonderful accents and bronzes today at the Shohin UK II Exhibition at Failands Village Hall near Bristol.

Broadleaves @ Shohin UK II Exhibition

The range of broadleaved trees at the Shohin UK II Exhibition 2015 was broad and diverse and the quality of the trees was excellent. Species ranging from Potentilla, through to Berbers, Gardenia, Zelkova, Chinese Elm,  Privet and Quince to name a few.

Sho Ryu Kai Show Shohin & Mame

This show was great. If you like shohin and smaller, you would have loved this show. Sho Ryu Kai is a well established, talented group – as part of Lodder’s open weekend they put on a display and demonstrated just how good the Netherlands bonsai scene is.

Sho Ryu Kai Show

This show was contained within the Lodders open day, an opportunity for members Sho Ryu Kai group to display their trees. This happens usually twice a year, once in late winter/early spring and the later in the autumn. The group has some very knowledagble members with some beautiful specimens of all sizes of tree.