A huge thank you again to Andy Pearson of Stone Monkey Ceramics for his donation of one of his stunning pots as a raffle prize for the Swindon Winter Image Show on Sunday 25th February. Raffle tickets will be available on sale at the door as well as throughout the day so don’t forget to… Read more »
Posts categorised: Winter Show
Wire bonsai trees @ Swindon Winter Image Show
I will be at Swindon Winter image show with my 2018 collection of wire trees on Sunday 25th February. These wire trees are all handmade in Wales, each one is unique in its own small way and they come in a variety of sizes and styles. For more details or to reserve a tree email mark@greendragonbonsai.co.uk… Read more »
SUTEKI @Swindon Winter Image Show 2018
Following a random conversation with Andy Pearson of Stone Monkey Ceramics in 2011 SUTEKI was born! My original idea was just to make pots for myself but was then encouraged to make more and try selling them on and the rest, as they say, is history.
Aka Matsu School of Bonsai
The Akamatsu School of Bonsai was first established in about 2002 as a way of Rob Atkinson teaching and running workshops. In the early days we met monthly on a Sunday to work on our trees, in the hayloft above the old cow byers at Eden Hill Farm, near Beamish in Co Durham. This was… Read more »
Steve Mckee’s bonsai safari
Best Chuhin, Steve McKee in 2015 Steve Mckee is a well known bonsai enthusiast and he got into bonsai after seeing them at a local show around 35 years ago. From then on he got the first edition of the British bonsai magazine and bought Peter Chans book. He then went to a Peter Adams workshop, and… Read more »
Most innovative exhibit award 2018
Get your bonsai designs ready to be in with a chance of winning the prize for the most innovative exhibit at this years Swindon Winter Image Show on the 25th February 2018. Dan Barton has kindly sponsored this award and will judge the award on the day of the show. Dan and Cecilia of Esoteric… Read more »
Deciduous @ Swindon Winter Image Show 2017
Talk about ramification this year, it was excellent on the deciduous bonsai trees at the Swindon Winter Image Show 2017, and seems to get better every year. For all those who attended you got to get up close and personal with the trees to observe the range of techniques used to aid with developing good… Read more »
Shohin and Mame @ Swindon 2017
This was another good year for viewing Shohin and Mame bonsai at the Swindon Winter Image show 2017, with some fabulous miniature examples of tree species maintained in the smallest forms in the cutest ways possible. Congratulations to everyone who had a Shohin or Mame in the show and also check out some of the… Read more »
Evergreens @ Swindon 2017
The selection of evergreen bonsai trees at the Swindon Winter Image Show 2017 was great with a wide range of species from Pines to Junipers to Yew and Spruce to name a few. Here are a selection of the evergreen bonsai there on display.
Accents @Swindon Winter Image Show 2017
Here are some of the accents from the Swindon Winter Image Show 2017, and it was fun to see what new ideas and new combinations of plants and pots and bronzes are being used as accents this year.
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