Hamilton Bonsai Club

Beginners Bonsai Classes - Night 4
2019-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | 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. Your enrollment fee also includes membership to the club until 31st March 2020.
Night 4 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.

Beginners Bonsai Classes - Night 3
2019-04-04 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. Your enrollment fee also includes membership to the club until 31st March 2020.
Night 3 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.

Beginners Bonsai Classes - Night 2
2019-03-28 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. Your enrollment fee also includes membership to the club until 31st March 2020.
Night 2 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.

Bunnings Workshop
2019-03-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-24 14:00 - 16:00 | 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 and ask any questions you may have.

Beginners Bonsai Classes - Night 1
2019-03-21 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. Your enrollment fee also includes membership to the club until 31st March 2020.
Night 1 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.

Club Meeting - Seasonal Workshop
2019-03-10 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
Topic: Seasonal Workshop – Repotting and Styling
Seasonal workshop — including repotting. Bring along something that needs work on or advice. This will be a workshop to work on your trees, more information will be listed here, check back later.

Club Meeting - Creating an aged look from young material
2019-02-10 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
Topic: Creating an aged look from young material
Welcome to the New Year of the Hamilton Bonsai Club. You should have received your Newsletter, thanks to Peter M.
Our February meeting is next Sunday the 10th. Held at the St. Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansell Ave., Hillcrest . If for any reason the upper carpark is full, don’t forget there is another carpark in front of the Church, just off the Morrinsville road close to the traffic circle.
Starts at 2:00 with a short business meeting, then the fun begins with the topic workshop – making your young Bonsai tree look like an old one.

Below is a reminder of what to bring, from Les.
The main feature of this meeting will be a workshop recreating an aged look from young material.
As this will be a workshop we need every body to bring along a tree or trees plus your tools plus wire if you have it. The focus will be on creating an aged look from young material. Look for something that is suitable. Pencil thin trees will not do. I will give a brief introduction. However I would like you to think about how we achieve this aged look before the meeting and I might even ask a few questions to see if you have thought about it. Wiring is one way in which an aged look can be achieved. Sandra will take the lead on the wiring part. Whilst the emphasis will be on this topic if you have a tree that does not fit the theme or if you want advice on any of your bonsai bring them to the meeting.
I also suggest that you bring your trees to the workshop a little on the dry side as they are easier to work with ie do not water them the day you bring them to the meeting. LES
And I also suggest you bring your own mug for coffee or tea, which will taste better than in the styrofoam cups and create less trash!
In place of the usual Show and Tell, the display is to show Summer Disasters and Successes. Each person bringing one can give a brief synopsis of what happened or what worked.
Marshall will be bringing the Library, hopefully with two new books if they arrive in time. A reminder you can view the complete Library listing on our webpage. If you want to take out or see a book or magazine, you can request it from me via email and Marshall will make sure it comes to the meeting. This also applies to the books and magazines in the list that are not normally brought to meetings.
With the National Convention coming up, I also strongly suggest you learn a bit more about the guest artist, Suthin Sukosolvisit. Check out his website – www.suthinbonsaistudio.com or Google his name and scroll through the offerings of video clips and more.
See you soon! Marshall

Nobu Workshop 2018
2018-12-08 - 2018-12-09 | 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.
We will having a Pot Luck Supper / BBQ afterwards on the Saturday night at the workshop venue, that all attendees are welcome to join.
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.

Club Meeting - Xmas
2018-12-02 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
Topic: Pines Part 2 and Xmas fun
This meeting is the second installment on Pines. Aaron will have a brief update on starting pines from seed. (I know a few questions have arisen from Part One). Les will do a talk and demo on pruning. Keeping with the Subject, if you have a pine in almost any stage of development, bring it along for Show and Tell.
As it is December, bring along one of your Bonsai decorated with Christmas decorations. This is an annual event, judged by the membership with a fabulous First Place prize. There will also likely be some entertainment.
And we ask that each of you please bring a plate.
A reminder to please bring your own cup or mug for tea or coffee- your hot drink will taste better and help us do our bit to reduce landfill
trash. There will be yukky styrofoam cups if you forget.
There will NOT be a January Club Meeting

Bunnings Workshop
2018-11-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-10-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-09-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-08-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-06-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-05-27 14:00 - 16:00 | 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 - Air-layering
2018-11-11 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
Topic: Air-layering
Our November meeting is next Sunday the 11th starting at 2:00PM. Held at the St. Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansell Ave., Hillcrest . If for any reason the upper carpark is full, don’t forget there is another carpark in front of the Church, just off the Morrinsville road.
And don’t forget to bring your own mug, for better tasting coffee or tea and to reduce the waste we have to remove.
I will only be bringing a minimum of the Library (I have to leave for the South Island about 4:30AM Monday). On our website is a library listing. Have a look and if you see something you would like to have a read of, let me know and I will ferret it out and bring it (them) to the meeting. I will be bringing back some terrific books from the South Island for the library, available in December.
Lindsay Muirhead will be talking and demonstrating air-layering. He has had great success with a variety of trees over the years. If you have a tree you think would make a good candidate to air-layer, bring it along for some advice.
And bring along a success story from a previous air-layer if you have one for Show and Tell.
The garment order placed after the Show, is being processed but no more orders will be taken this year. Next year there will be an order taken.
With the winds we have had and that are in the forecast, remember they are very drying, so be attentive to your trees water needs even if there have been some showers.. And when aphids take over, think twice before using Mavrik. I usually use Confidor but couldn’t find it so used Mavrik, and burned most of the fresh new leaves. New leaves will be grown, but it is a stress the tree doesn’t need! Certainly killed the aphids though!

Will Baddeley Workshop 2018
2018-10-22 | Waikato Society of Potters, Cnr Ward Street and Seddon Road, Hamilton, New Zealand
Will Baddeley Workshop
The Hamilton Bonsai Club is now taking registrations to this workshop with Will. To reserve your place fill out the form below and follow the payment instructions provided. Payments must be received to secure your spot.
Time: 9am till 4:30pm
Price:

$100 for Hamilton Bonsai Club members
$110 for Non-Hamilton Bonsai Club members

Limited places available, your registration won’t be confirmed until payment is received.

Places are now full, you can still go on our waiting list encase someone pulls out.
If you would like to be added to the waiting list please contact the club with your name, phone number and email address.

Hamilton Bonsai Club Annual Show 2018
2018-10-13 - 2018-10-14 | Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton Gardens Road, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
More information will be released closer to the date.

Club Meeting - Grafting
2018-10-07 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
Topic: Grafting
More information will be released closer to the date.

Beginners Classes
2018-09-13 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.

Club Meeting - Formal Upright Workshop
2018-09-09 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
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 you want to re-pot your Totara again bring the mix and tools you will need.
Hopefully Melody will be bringing a variety of sizes of the polo shirt we will be getting so you can try them on. This way we will be able to order correct quantities of correct sizes.
If you have any library books out please remember to bring them back as well.
Meeting venue is the St. Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave., Hillcrest.
There is a second carpack, entrance off Morrinsville Road, shortly after the round-about. Please remember to bring your own mug or cup for coffee or tea. Styrofoam cups for those who forget. Please do not use any cutlery or cups/mugs from the kitchen.

Beginners Classes
2018-09-06 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.

Beginners Classes
2018-08-30 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
2018-08-23 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.

Club Meeting - Pines - Part 1
2018-08-12 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
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 taste better and help us do our bit to reduce landfill
trash. There will be styrofoam cups if you forget.
The Meeting’s topic is Part 1 on Pines, led by Peter and Aaron.
This from Aaron:
I’ll be giving a brief talk about starting Pine trees from seed, and will have a hand-out covering this process. I also plan to do a quick demo.
I have a bunch of Pine seeds, so if anyone is wanting to join in and plant some seeds please bring along:

A small pot
Some sandy/small stone “soil”- ideally seed raising mix.

Part 2 will be part of our December meeting.
For Show and Tell, bring a pine or two. If you don’t have any pines bring something you like.

Tony Bebb Workshop
2018-07-14 - 2018-07-15 | Waikato Society of Potters, Cnr Ward Street and Seddon Road, Hamilton, New Zealand
This is your chance to work with an Australian Bonsai expert, Tony Bebb.
This will be the start of a three year programme. The idea is you select a tree that can be developed over three years. Tony will revisit the club July 2019 and 2020 to continue development of the tree you have selected.
The Hamilton Bonsai Club is now taking registrations to this workshop with Tony. To reserve your place fill out the form below and follow the payment instructions provided. Payments must be received to secure your spot.
Session times:

Morning Session: 9am till 12:30pm
Afternoon Session: 1pm till 4:30pm

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

$50 for Workshop participant
$10 to observe

Limited places available, your registration won’t be confirmed until payment is received.

Club Meeting - Guest Speaker Tony Bebb
2018-07-08 14:00 - 17:00 | St Francis Church Hall, 92 Mansel Ave, Hillcrest, Hamilton, Waikato, 3216, New Zealand
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, looking at a tree from each member in turn. Big tree, little tree, young tree, old tree, but one you have had a good look at yourself.
We will not have a separate Show and Tell section at this meeting. The Library will be available.
As this will be the first meeting at the new venue, Melody will go over the “House Rules” and explain the layout in the business meeting.
And as we have to take our trash away with us, and in the interest of doing our bit to reduce landfill quantity, we ask that you get in the habit of bringing your own cup or mug for tea/coffee. (Your tea or coffee will taste a lot better!) There will still be the styrofoam cups, if you forget your own mug.

Tony Bebb Shohin Critique & Workshop
2018-07-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Cambridge Society of Arts Club Rooms, 50 Thornton Rd, Cambridge, Waikato, 3434, New Zealand
The Hamilton Bonsai Club is holding an afternoon Critique & Workshop with Australian Bonsai expert, Tony Bebb.
Please bring your Shohin Bonsai for critique and to work on. You will also need to bring your tools.
Dinner: Afterwards we will have dinner in one of the Thai Restaurants in Cambridge. If you could indicate whether you are interested in Dinner when you register please.
Price:

$30 for HBC Member
$35 non-HBC Members

Limited places available, your registration won’t be confirmed until payment is received.

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.
