Hamilton Bonsai Club

Club Meeting - NZ Natives as Bonsai & Selecting Nursery Stock
2025-02-09 14:00 - 16:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Our first club meeting for the year will cover:
– NZ Native Trees as bonsai (Tōtara, Kōwhai, Corokia, Coprosma & Pōhutukawa).
– What to look for when selecting nursery trees for bonsai.
Bring a NZ Native bonsai to display or something developed from a great nursery find.
Meeting at Melville community hall.

Club Meeting - Clip & Grow Bonsai Shaping
2025-03-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Waikato
Bring a tree for this hands-on active meeting focusing on the Clip & Grow technique for shaping bonsai.

Club Meeting - Group Planting Focus
2025-04-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Group Planting Discussion
Lead by Les and featuring several other club members, this meeting will focus on group plantings.
Bring your notebook.

Club Meeting - Rhododendron & Azalea
2025-05-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Rhododendron & Azalea refresher
Come along to learn about Rhododendron & Azalea bonsai.
Don’t forget to bring your mug and notebook.

Club Meeting - HBC AGM and B&B Sale
2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Hamilton Bonsai Club AGM will be held along with our big annual club Bring & Buy Sale.
Note the change of date to the first Sunday in June.

Club Meeting - Tony Bebb Critique
2025-07-13 14:00 - 17:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Bring along a troublesome tree for an expert opinion on how improve and develop it into a better bonsai.
Note the longer meeting time: 2pm – 5pm

Club Meeting - Tanuki - Active Meeting
2025-08-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Let’s revisit the demonstration Tanuki from 2022 and review how it’s done.
This will be a general discussion and demonstration of the technique.
Bring your own driftwood (dead wood) for advice on carving, attachment and placement.

Club Meeting - Bonsai Show Tree Preparation
2025-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Bring a tree to prepare for the HBC Annual Show (next month)
This will be an interactive workshop following a short talk from Sandra Q.

Club Meeting - Accent Plants and Stands for Show
2025-10-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Last minute prep for your show display.
Come along to get some ideas for accent plants.
Make a small stand – some materials provided.
Note that due to the HBC show being held on the traditional club meeting weekend, the meeting is a week early this month.

Club Meeting - Propagation - Air Layering for Bonsai
2025-11-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Air layering demonstration/discussion.
Learn about air layering and other propagation techniques for developing bonsai.

Club Meeting - Christmas Meeting
2025-12-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Bring a decorated bonsai for the annual Christmas Bonsai competition.
Other meeting events still TBC.

Club Meeting - Mini Bring & Buy
2026-02-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
A great opportunity to pick up bargain pre-bonsai and related materials.
Retailers with sales tables include:
Arbonsai – stockist of premium bonsai tools and wire
Geyser Pots – Handmade by Selwyn Hatrick

Club Meeting - Bonsai Workshop
2026-03-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Kusamono workshop has been postponed until later in the year.
This meeting will be a general bonsai workshop. Bring your trees for advice and styling.

Club Meeting - Raw Stock Demo
2026-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand

Club Meeting - Autumn Pruning Workshop
2026-05-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand

Club Meeting - AGM, Bring & Buy
2026-06-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Club members will have the opportunity to buy and sell trees, pots, tools, etc.
Arbonsai will be attending with brand new high quality tools and wire.

Club Meeting - Tony Bebb Critique
2026-07-12 14:00 - 17:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand

Club Meeting - Roots & Rocks - Workshop
2026-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Bring your own material and build a root over rock or tree on rock bonsai.
Trees from previous workshops will be brought along and their roots exposed for the first time!

Club Meeting - Final prep for 2026 Show
2026-09-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
The final meeting before the show, we will go over display aesthetics and tree preparation.

Club Meeting - Tanuki & Deadwood preservation workshop
2026-10-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
A Tanuki bonsai is created by joining a young plant to an old piece of wood to instantly increase the value of both.
The use of Metalex wood preserver and Lime Sulphur anti-fungal and staining agents will be discussed and demonstrated.

Club Meeting - Bring a Tree! Workshop
2026-11-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Melville Community Hall, 84 Ōhaupō Road, Melville, Hamilton, Waikato, 3206, New Zealand
Bring a tree to work on! Get other member’s opinions and share your own if you like.
