This year’s show was another success with over 400 visitors and over 100 bonsai trees on display as individual exhibits or part of a club display or shohin or mame display. The show also had a wide range of traders and purchases of bonsai and associated sundries seem to be selling well on the day.
Posts categorised: Winter Show
Set up for our Show
This year was amazing, the club members and volunteers who helped out on the Saturday for the set up did a great job and everything was in place well before 8pm.
Awards at our Winter Show
Here is the list of Awards that will be given out at our Winter Image Show this year on Sunday 24th February, we hope to see you there. Best Overall Display in show Best Deciduous tree Best Evergreen tree Best Chuhin tree, approx 45 cm from soil Best Shohin display, approx 20 cm from soil… Read more »
Stone Monkey raffle prize
A massive thank you again to Andy Pearson of Stone Monkey Ceramics for his donation of these two gorgeous crackle glazed pots as raffle prizes for the Swindon Winter Image Show on Sunday 24th February. Raffle tickets will be available on sale at the door for £1 each as well as throughout the day so don’t forget to… Read more »
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 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 all… Read more »
Judges at our Winter Show
Here is the list of judges and a fine body of people with a huge experience in the hobby. 1. Steve McKee [Head judge] 2. Mark Cooper 3. Ritta Cooper 4. Andy Jordan 5. Bill Baker 6. John Brocklehurst 7. Paul Eslinger 8. Andrew Hardman
The Arihato Award
Anand Arihato was/is a teacher. He was taken from us too early. That said if you consider his spiritual belief he is still with us, around us or within us. He was (I will use past tense from now purely as I look upon things from a Western perspective) a great believer in knowledge and… Read more »
Clubs & Societies at our Winter Show
This year we have 10 visiting bonsai clubs and societies to our Winter Image Show on Sunday 24th February. If you are interested in the art or hobby of bonsai then come along and meet some of the clubs as there is bound to be one near you if you want to join one. Bristol… Read more »
Exhibitors at our Winter Show
This year there will be a superb collection of bonsai trees on display at our Swindon Winter Image Show on Sunday 24th February. The show is being held at the Grange Leisure Centre , Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4JY. For more details contact Chairman Paul on 07982 401103. The doors open at 10am following the judging and is… Read more »
Erin pots raffle prize
Thank you Erin Bonsai ever so much again for supporting Swindon Winter Image Show this Sunday on the 24th February with the raffle prize donation of yet again two stunning pots, both of which you can win if you buy your raffle tickets on Sunday at our show. 1st raffle Erin pot 2nd raffle Erin… Read more »
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