Following on from the AGM we had reports on the recent NZBA committee meetings where it was confirmed that Hamilton will be hosting the National Convention in 2010 and the Timaru Conference where Les won the Photo competition and Peter won Dianne's Vision to Reality award. After tea Peter gave an illustrated talk on feeds [...]
October was a very busy month with our Annual Show at Hamilton Gardens and the Timaru Convention. Attendance at our show was down this year due to other vents happening in and around Hamilton. Nevertheless the display was outstanding with 130 trees on display despite the non-attendance of a couple of the stalwarts due to [...]
Ann and Peter provided the fun for this meeting. This time the "Camels" were to be created from Junipers. Three of the four groups set to straight away on their tree whilst the fourth spent some time discussing the options for their tree - almost too long as they had only made one cut [...]
Les and Melody did a double act for the meeting. Les gave an interesting talk on pruning techniques explaining when, why and how we should prune. This was followed by a challenge from Melody. She gave a brief talk on flowering bonsai and then set a quiz. On the table were 28 different flowering [...]
Jeff gave an exciting talk on the mounting and displaying of Suiseki. During his talk he explained some of the methods used and some of the 'rules' on how to display Suiseki. He also talked about his experiments with less conventional materials. A great talk.
A fantastic weekend workshop with Lee Wilson from Australia. Lee was extremely impressed with the quality of the material bought along and some fantastic trees emerged over the two days.
May saw two of our 'Long Distance' members at the club. Peter Clendon came down to support Bob Langholm as he refined the group planting he donated to the club several years ago. This impressive Juniper and Pohutukawa group has been left to grow and it was felt that the time was right for [...]
The highlight of the April meeting was Graeme Hancock from Kaimai Garden Centre who came and did a talk (and show) on what is new in the plant world for gardens and bonsai. He brought along a variety of species to show us and to sell (if we were interested – many of us purchased [...]
March started with a very successful trip to Auckland to visit three collections and a garden centre. For a full report see the newsletter. The March meeting was a bit quiet due to some very bad weather. After the usual notices and reports the members gathered around the display table and had an in-depth discussion [...]
After the long Christmas break the club got off to a good start with a panel of experts giving advice on where members should be going with problem trees. A total of 12 trees were discussed and options given.
