March was a very busy month for the members. The normal evening meeting saw Sandra going through the different Pine species we use, handing out a number of useful tips and tricks before a pruning session on Pines finished the evening. We also had the first of a series of three visits from our [...]
The February meeting saw several members discussing their summer failures - trees that have succumbed to problems with the heat and not enough water. The main part of the meeting was the launch of the Shohin Project. Members have been asked to find suitable material to turn onto a Shohin. At a later meeting this [...]
As usual we had a fantastic weekend with Nobu. Everyone went away enthused and thirsting to do more work on their trees. Gentle root pruning with a hammer and chisel! A triple trunk hawthorn Yet another collected hawthorn The raft styled by John Hanby [...]
The AGM was followed by Peter giving a talk on Junipers with a number of different varieties on show brought in by Peter and Gordon.
In preparation for our annual show the members looked at different methods for judging trees. This included a practical session. Our 30th Birthday was celebrated with a great show at Hamilton Gardens. There were over 100 trees on display from very small..... ..to this very large [...]
Once again we got dirty with clay. This time Sandra bought along two batches of clay, one slightly drier than the other. Members could make their own free-form pots or follow instructions on how to make a slab pot as seen at the recent BCI Convention in Australia. Everyone got stuck in and we [...]
The August meeting was a follow up workshop from the weekend with Dianne and Noel. Trees that had been worked on over the weekend were brought in and discussed with everyone before finishing touches were added.
Our normal Sunday afternoon meeting was a Root-over-rock workshop with Jeff giving a talk on how to create a Root-over rock planting and how to avoid some of the pitfalls. This was followed by several members having a go at creating one. The weekend of July 26th and 27th saw our annual Winter Weekend workshop. [...]
Sunday afternoon was a general workshop with plenty of winter pruning and repotting.
Hamilton members were very active in the setup and running of the successful NZBA Convention in Cambridge over the weekend of May 2nd to 5th. A great event with Tony Bebb from Australia making a great impression. Congratulations to all those club members who won awards over the weekend. Our normal Sunday afternoon session was [...]
