For the last club meeting of the year we will be holding various fun & festive activities. Supper Please bring along a plate with goodies for supper Raffle We will have a raffle with a special prize, so bring your $1 & $2 coins Festive Bonsai Competition. To participate in this competition, you will need [...]

Please NOTE our first monthly meeting for the year will be Thursday 8 February starting at 7pm. This will be held at the normal venue at Wintec, Hamilton Gardens. For those of you who are new to the club say the last 2 years I would like you to bring with you a Bonsai to [...]

Topic: Pumice & Landscaping Melody will talk about PUMICE as a material and how you can use it in relation to bonsai. She will show examples and demonstrate what can be done. Then it is up to you to unleash your inner genius. WHAT TO BRING Your own piece of pumice if you have one. [...]

Topic: Kathy Steyn will give a carving demonstration Kathy Steyn from South Africa will feature at this meeting She will give a talk and this will be followed by a carving demonstration. Last year she did some carving. Only two trees were brought to the meeting last year and she did some very good work [...]

Topic: Maples Workshop This month we feature MAPLES Bring along your trees with Autumn Colour to Show & Tell. We will view any non maples first and save the maples for after our information. This will give you time to reflect. Marshall will be giving a picture gallery of inspiration and has prepared hand outs. [...]

Topic: Guest Speaker Tony Bebb Tony Bebb from Australia is our Demonstrator for the afternoon. Please bring along two or three trees for him to critique or that you want suggestions for. This format proved to be very interesting and useful last year! He will discuss as many trees as possible in the time frame, [...]

Topic: Pines - Part 1 Species used in bonsai, suitable styles and propagation Our next Hamilton Club meeting is this coming Sunday, 12 August, 2:PM at the St. Francis Church Hall at 92 Mansel Avenue, Hamilton East. A reminder to please bring your own cup or mug for tea or coffee- your hot drink will [...]

Topic: Formal Upright Workshop please bring your Totara along. Have it slightly dry as this time we need to shape and wire the branch structure. This may require you put it in a protected place where the rains can't reach it for a few days! Please bring tools and wire if you have it. If [...]

Topic: Grafting More information will be released closer to the date.