Well – what a fabulous day we had! Will arrived with Martin who brought all three of his dremels along (thank goodness). Everyone was very keen to learn about carving but not knowing quite what to expect we all turned up with two or three trees in tow. Will took one look at all the [...]

Setup on Friday allowed us a new layout as the Torii gate is undergoing a refresh in readiness for the convention next year. New backing boards and supports also allowed more flexibility as we now have backing boards for Shohin displays. Between us we managed to put 160 trees of all sizes on display in [...]

A great meeting with Brent Barber from WINTEC today. Brent gave a very informative discussion and demo about grafting techniques and why they are used. I'm sure there well be plenty of members wanting to give grafting a try in the coming months.