We had a fun Christmas evening with our regular ‘decorate a bonsai Christmas tree’ competition. Next was the ‘Create a camel’ workshop where all members are divided into groups and work on a tree for 10 minutes. Then all trees are moved to the next group who continue [...]
For the 9th year running we had a weekend of workshops with Nobu. As usual we started with a bit of a recap on work we had done in the previous years and then Nobu concentrated his attention on Helen and Aaron to ascertain what their knowledge of bonsai was so he could tailor [...]
Sandra gave a talk/demonstration on cotoneasters and pyracanthas.
A very busy month with the annual show at Hamilton Gardens attracting a large crowd to see the 100+ trees on display. This year we did not have the usual fixed demonstrations, instead we had club members working on trees throughout the day and a 'Create a Bonsai' area where a number of the visitors [...]
The monthly meeting saw a lively discussion on cascades and semi-cascades presided over by Les as well as discussions on the forthcoming digs, bonsai crawl, show and convention. The crawl around three collections in Cambridge plus one in Morrinsville was a bit of an adventure. We started at Les and Melody's with light rain, on [...]
Once again we were entertained by Adriaan and Poppie from Tauranga. A great demonstration from both of them which made some of our newer members really understand Bonsai Design and how we translate the design onto the raw material we use.
A repotting workshop where everyone got their hands dirty
A great display of Maples with plenty of discussions on their types, styles, training techniques, feeding and pests
A busy month started with a great trip to the east coast to see Steve, Sam, Graham and Colin. Clear blue skies and a lovely warm sunny day. All the collections we saw were well worth the trip and the hospitality was superb. May saw the official start of 'The Shohin Project'. Members brought [...]
The April meeting was a fascinating talk by Marilyn from the Friends of the Hamilton Gardens who talked briefly about the history of the Hamilton Gardens before giving us an insight over the new gardens being planned. The development of the new gardens will make an already wonderful day out even more enthralling.
