Introduction to Worm Farms with Peter S
2017-06-17 14:30 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
The Hamilton Bonsai Club Vice President Peter S is kindly inviting all HBC members to his house for a demonstration of how to use worm farms. You can also view his collection of trees, and purchase stock material and pots.
Please contact Peter directly for more information and his address via the below contact methods:
Phone: 021 539 930
Email: peter.scammell@colliers.com

Bunnings Workshop
2017-06-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-07-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-08-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-09-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-10-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-11-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-02-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-25 14:00 - 16:00 and 2 more dates | Bunnings Te Rapa – DIY Area, 446 Te Rapa Road, Hamilton, New Zealand
Subject: Bring your trees to Bunnings on Te Rapa Straight, look for us in the DIY area of the store.
The workshop is open to anyone and is a great place to get help on your trees.

Club Meeting
2017-07-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
Subject: Shohin & AGM
Our next monthly meeting of the 9 July will be our AGM followed by a talk by Lindsay on Shohin.
This meeting will be at our normal venue at Wintec, Hamilton Gardens, at 2pm, Sunday 9 July
The programme will include
1 AGM. I have attached the AGM minutes from last year.
2 A talk on Shohin by Lindsay. Shohin are small Bonsai less than 25cm in height which can be held in the palm of one hand..
Originally Marshall was going to talk on a Shohin exhibition she visited whilst in the USA recently. However she has become ill so we will have to postpone her talk and photographs for another occasion.
Would you please bring along for the Show and Tell display a Shohin Bonsai. We would also like to see any other Bonsai you would like to bring along including anything you need advice about.
We have two people retiring from the committee so would welcome any new people who would like to come onto the committee.

Club Meeting
2017-08-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
Subject: Design a tree from scratch
The session will be a brief talk on design basics and the different design styles and what influences your choice of design (with handout).
There will be a practical session involving looking at some raw material and drawing options for a suitable style (paper and pencils will be provided).
If any member has any raw material they would like help with choosing a style for please bring it along – we may use it in the practical session or just give advice privately.
Have you a Bonsai you would like to bring along for the Show and Tell? We would also like to see any Bonsai you need advice about.

Beginners Classes
2017-08-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
This is your chance to learn bonsai!
The Hamilton Bonsai Club will be holding classes again this year. Everything is supplied, including trees, pots & wire to create your very own Bonsai.
Topic: Introduction into the world of Bonsai
Spaces are limited.
For the full details please view the Bonsai Classes page and fill out the form to sign up.

Beginners Classes
2017-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
This is your chance to learn bonsai!
The Hamilton Bonsai Club will be holding classes again this year. Everything is supplied, including trees, pots & wire to create your very own Bonsai.
Topic: How to prune your Bonsai
Spaces are limited.
For the full details please view the Bonsai Classes page and fill out the form to sign up.

Beginners Classes
2017-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
This is your chance to learn bonsai!
The Hamilton Bonsai Club will be holding classes again this year. Everything is supplied, including trees, pots & wire to create your very own Bonsai.
Topic: How to wire your Bonsai
Spaces are limited.
For the full details please view the Bonsai Classes page and fill out the form to sign up.

Club Meeting
2017-09-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
Subject: Pot Making

Beginners Classes
2017-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
This is your chance to learn bonsai!
The Hamilton Bonsai Club will be holding classes again this year. Everything is supplied, including trees, pots & wire to create your very own Bonsai.
Topic: How to re-pot your Bonsai
Spaces are limited.
For the full details please view the Bonsai Classes page and fill out the form to sign up.

National Bonsai Convention - Dunedin 2017
2017-10-06 - 2017-10-08 | Kiakorai Valley College, 500 Kaikorai Valley Road, Dunedin, New Zealand
Keynote Demonstrator: Bjorn Bjorholm.
More details to come

Club Meeting
2017-10-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
Subject: Repotting Workshop
At this meeting three topics will be discussed:

We will spend a short time on organising the Annual Show
Peter S will talk about repotting
Also those that have a Totara from the Formal Upright Project could you bring your tree to this meeting to get repotted. If you have a pot you want to place it in good but if you do not it can be repotted back into the original plastic bag. The important thing to do is get the root pruning done and the tree repotted with new potting mix

Hamilton Bonsai Club Annual Show
2017-10-14 - 2017-10-15 | Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton Gardens Road, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand

Club Meeting
2017-11-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
Subject: Display of trees & stands
The main event of the evening will be a discussion on displaying Bonsai both indoors and outdoors.ie outdoors at home and in a show setting.
Les will lead the discussion but would welcome input from others.
Sandra would also like everyone that have pots to be glazed, to bring these along prepared for glazing.

Nobu Workshop 2017
2017-12-09 - 2017-12-10 | Pirongia, Pirongia, Waikato, New Zealand
This is your chance to work with a Bonsai Master, Nobuyuki Kajiwara (Nobu).
The Hamilton Bonsai Club is now taking registrations to this workshop with Nobu. To reserve your place fill out the form below and follow the payment instructions provided. Payments must be received before the 6th of December to secure your spot.
Session times:

Saturday Session: 9:30am till 4:30pm
Sunday Session: 9:30am till 4:30pm

Please arrive 15min before the session starts
Price per session:

$40 for Saturday Workshop participant
$40 for Sunday Workshop participant
$75 for Saturday & Sunday Workshop participant
$10 to observe

Limited places available, your registration won’t be confirmed until payment is received.
Workshop is now FULLY BOOKED, you can fill out the form below to put your name down on the waiting list. Observation spaces still available.

Club Meeting
2017-12-14 19:00 - 21:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
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 to bring along a decorated bonsai tree.
This is your chance to get creative with tinsel, baubles, lights etc.
RULES: There are no rules, apart from the tree must be alive!
Everyone will vote. Most votes win!
Teams Competition – Main Event
This is secret squirrel.
The only details we can give you is… You will need to bring your tools!
Prizegiving
There are prizes for the winners but the aim of the night is to have a laugh!
Summary
Please bring:
A plate for supper
Your festive bonsai tree
Your tools
And for those of you who have offered to bring trees, please don’t forget them!
Thanks everyone. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Club Meeting - Show & Tell
2018-02-08 19:00 - 21:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
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 show to the club. For those of you who attended beginner Bonsai Classes could you bring the tree you did at the classes. You can bring a second tree if you wish. Those of you who are new to the club but did not attend the beginner Bonsai Classes please bring a bonsai that you would like to show to the club or alternatively bring a bonsai for which you would like advice.
For those of you that have been in the club for more than two years would you please bring along a tree or trees that you have developed with Tony Bebb, Nobu, Kathy Steyn or any of the other overseas demonstrators that have visited our club. Bring more than one tree if applicable. If you have any photographs of before and after development that would be fantastic.
If at all possible I would like all members attending this meeting to bring at least one Bonsai to show and talk about.
The purpose of the meeting is to look at Bonsai that have been developed in the past at previous workshops the club has held which will lead us into thinking about trees that would be suitable for the up and coming workshops this year. We have four international Bonsai Artists visiting this year and it is important we start thinking about raw material to bring for these workshops.
It would also be desirable if some members could bring trees that would be okay as raw material for any of the workshops this year. If too large to bring may be you have a photograph you could show. We will have a discussion on what would be suitable for raw material at one of these workshops.
As a footnote as the first meeting will be devoted to show and tell we will have no separate session at the start of the meeting on show and tell.

Club Meeting - Pumice & Landscaping
2018-03-08 19:00 - 21:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
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. If you do not have any some small pieces will be available for a $1 or 2.
Old clothes or apron
Safety glasses advisable (flying dust & chips)
Old bread board, chopping board or similar.
Hand Carving Items

Old woodworking chisels, screwdrivers (various sizes)
Sharpened Stick (Not too long)
Wire Brush
Small hammer
Basically whatever you’ve got that can gouge out your pumice or create texture.
NB Suggest you bring something to stop the pumice getting away on you whilst working on it. Suggest a low edging attached to your board (Screws easy to get out), shallow plastic tub or any other method you can think of.

Club Meeting - Kathy Steyn Demo
2018-04-08 14:00 - 17:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
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 on both of them.
If you have a tree or trees suitable for carving bring them along and if we have too many we will let Kathy choose which ones she wants to work on.
We will also have the show and tell session as per usual. Also if you have any trees for which you want advice bring them to the meeting.
Please note that there will be a couple of things on at the Gardens the day of our meeting.
The Harvest Festival is on that day Sunday 8th. It is in front of the main Pavilion from 10am to 2pm, where there will be sales tables etc.
The Pumpkin Festival is on too up in the Rhododendron Lawn the entry is at the top of the hill as you come in our gate. That one is from 10am to 2.30pm.

Kathy Steyn Workshop
2018-04-15 09:00 - 16:30 | Waikato Society of Potters, Cnr Ward Street and Seddon Road, Hamilton, New Zealand
We are lucky to have Kathy Steyn from South Africa as our leader for the day.
Bring along any Bonsai that you want to work on. Kathy is good at carving but she is also good at the full range of Bonsai and styles including shohin.
She is likely to do a demonstration first before she takes a lead with a workshop.
The Workshop will be held at the Waikato Potters Society located at:
Studio 1 Ward Park Art Centre, 2 Seddon Road ( Corner of Ward and Seddon Road)
We will have to pay Kathy and for the use of the premises for the day.
The charges that apply will be:
$40 for the full day per person
$20 for half a day per person
Please pay on the day preferably with cash but failing that a cheque.
Remember to bring your lunch, snacks, tools, turntable and carving gear if you want to do carving.
Would you please let me know by Email if you will be attending.
My Email address is simmys@xtra.co.nz

Club Meeting - Maples Workshop
2018-05-13 14:00 - 17:30 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
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. Melody will cover cultural points.
Come along and learn more about these spectacular trees that adapt so well to life as a bonsai.
Find out what it takes to grow a stunning tree.

Club Meeting - Club AGM + Turntables & Bonsai Tools
2018-06-10 14:00 - 17:00 | Wintec Building at Hamilton Gardens, Rose Garden Carpark, Hamilton, New Zealand
Topic: Club AGM + Turntables and Bonsai Tools
We will commence with the AGM for the Hamilton Bonsai Club. This will be followed by our normal monthly meeting which features Bonsai Tools and will be led by Marshall and Melody.
Marshall requested the following be sent out in preparation for the meeting:
The topic for the 10 June meeting is Bonsai tools.
This will include turntables, assorted hand tools, good points and less good points of these, and their basic care.
There will be a wide assortment to look at, ask questions of, some to handle and try out on fresh branch material (provided).
Library books with sections on tools will be on hand, a list of some websites for information, a list of some places where tools can be purchased.
Bring any of your tools that need cleaning- I will provide assorted cleaning materials if you don’t have any- and we will have a go.
