Posts categorised: Winter Show

Show 2024, Merit Awards

Merit Awards, Sponsored by the Swindon Club & Judged by.………… Reg Bolton, Amelia Williams & Terry Adams From Main display area…………… Merit Visiting Club…………. Newbury, tables 34/35 Merit Shohin Visiting Club………. Warminster,  Merit Shohin Visiting Cub………. Surrey Heath Merit Deciduous, No 13……….. Rod Mcfarlane, Acer Merit Deciduous, No 32……….. Ian Duff, Acer Kashima Merit Evergreen,… Read more »

Show 2024 Main Award Winners

Main judge………… Dan Barton, https://danbartoncreative.co.uk/ Judging was for the whole display on a 6 ft table area. Due to show visitors and space it was difficult to capture the whole displays, All photos taken by Andy and Mandy [Swindon members] Best Visiting Club Display………individual trees

Swindon Winter Image Show 2024

What a great day and another fantastic Swindon Winter Image Bonsai Show. Thank you to all those who aided with the show from exhibitors, traders, visitors, any everyone involved. Here is a short set of photographs from the day and the full show report will follow shortly with the photos of all the bonsai trees… Read more »

NEW for the 2024 show, on Sunday the 11th Feb.

Following the very successful UKBA bonsai display at the Hyper Japan Festival in London last year, contact was made with representatives of the Japanese Embassy in London. Through them a link to a bonsai master in Japan was arranged. It is hoped to have a pre recorded link running during the show in a side… Read more »

Show Raffle, Sun 11th Feb 2024…. First Prize

NO……………… it’s not the HUGE pot in the photo. Kindly donated to the show raffle is this unique opportunity of a pottery workshop to make a coiled bonsai pot with Dan Barton………. Bonsai Artist and Ceramics Expert. [BUT not as big as the photo]……………….. For a chance to win the workshop or other prizes, you… Read more »

UK Bonsai Events from February to April 2023

Swindon Bonsai Winter Image Show 19Feb23 Sun (Confirmed)Swindon Bonsai Society Winter Image Show ​Grange Leisure Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire. SN3 4JY.Adm: £5 (Cash). Times: 1000-1600.hrs.Cafe refreshments card payment only.Contact: Paul Bowerbank 07982.401103Email: paul1561@virginmedia.comwww.swindon-bonsai.co.uk

Awards for 2023 Winter Show

Best Visiting Club/Society Best Deciduous Display Best Evergreen Display Best Shohin Display Best Tree/Pot Combination, sponsored by Walsall Studio Ceramics Best Accent in Any Display, sponsored by Mendip Bonsai Studio and judged by John Trott Note: As all displays are Tokonoma based within a 6-foot defined area, the judges will be taking into account the… Read more »

Members Virtual ‘Winter Image’ show 2021

Today should have been the 19th Swindon “Winter Image Show” but obviously the worldwide pandemic has meant that events like this have had to be cancelled, as venues have been forced to close to keep everyone safe. To mark the date some of the club members have each submitted a few photographs taken by them… Read more »

Traders at our show

Seems like so long ago now. These are the traders who attended our winter show earlier in the year. A big thank you to all of them for making the day.