Once again we welcomed Nobu to run a weekend workshop in Pirongia. Our trees are definitely showing improvements in ramification and starting to 'tell their own story' due to Nobu's teachings. The weather put a slight dampener on the BBQ on the Saturday evening but that didn't stop the talking. The December meeting was [...]
November was the AGM - a busy year. No changes on the committee and no change in the subs. This was followed by Gordon giving a talk on his experiences with a number of NZ Natives. There were plenty of Natives on the display table as well.
The meeting proved to be a fun event with plenty of tree on display along with photos of their beginnings for comparison. Ann and Jeff also had a little competition showing then and now photos of famous people for members to try and match up. The show at Hamilton Gardens on Labour Weekend proved a [...]
There was a mix up with the hall and a church group incorrectly thought they had the hall booked and had set up for a meeting before we got there. As there were over 100 of them we had to cancel the meeting so the October meeting will see the Then and Now display. On [...]
The famous double act of Adriaan and Poppie Engelbrecht came over from Tauranga to enthrall us with their skills. Poppie was working on a large Privet group, transplanting material from a large wooden crate into a fibreglass tray whilst Adriaan was talking about (and demonstrating) developing the ramification on Chinese Elms, grafting and how [...]
July saw a double act with Melody and Marshall giving illustrate talks about landscapes. Marshal set the stage by creating a landscape. This was followed by Melody talking about the 'rules' for creating landscapes and running through a few of the alternatives including dry landscapes. The last weekend in [...]
June was a busy meeting with members bringing in trees for a workshop. Plenty of action and advice on styling member's trees.
Les with the help of several able assistants gave a talk on the different materials used of landscape trays. He went through in detail on how to make a large tray from fibreglass. This provoked a lot of thought and mutterings on who was going to have a go at making some. On display [...]
A quite night in April with only 10 members turning up to get messy with some clay and have ago at making some pots. Sandra brought along the clay, tools, boards and newspaper and gave a demonstration on several techniques for making small pots. Then it was over to us to use our imagination. [...]
Despite it being heralded as a Branch Refinement Techniques talk all the club knew it meant wiring! Sandra gave a talk on the finer points of how to use fine wiring to achieve good branch placement and ramification on our trees. This was followed by a practical with several trees being brought in by the [...]
