A fantastic weekend workshop with Lee Wilson from Australia. Lee was extremely impressed with the quality of the material bought along and some fantastic trees emerged over the two days.

The highlight of the April meeting was Graeme Hancock from Kaimai Garden Centre who came and did a talk (and show) on what is new in the plant world for gardens and bonsai. He brought along a variety of species to show us and to sell (if we were interested – many of us purchased [...]

March started with a very successful trip to Auckland to visit three collections and a garden centre. For a full report see the newsletter. The March meeting was a bit quiet due to some very bad weather. After the usual notices and reports the members gathered around the display table and had an in-depth discussion [...]

After the long Christmas break the club got off to a good start with a panel of experts giving advice on where members should be going with problem trees. A total of 12 trees were discussed and options given.

After the usual business, Peter put on another quiz. This one was to identify the trees from pictures of the foliage, congratulations to Melody and Louise who managed to get the most correct. Congratulations to Sandra for winning the prize for submissions to the newsletter. There was also a good display of decorated trees - [...]

Due to the hall being used for a week long music festival, the AGM was moved to Ann and Peter's house in Pirongia. Although the turnout was a little small we managed to get through a lot of business. Ray and Dawn have stepped down from the committee and we wish to thank them for [...]

Following on from the discussion on the forthcoming Show at the Hamilton Gardens, Sandra gave a report on the recent Auckland Convention. Notice was also given of a change to our programme for November. Due to the hall being used for a week long music event, we are changing our AGM to the second Sunday, [...]

Dianne and Noel gave a very good PowerPoint presentation on their expedition to Europe (the UK, Belgium, Germany and Holland - via Hong Kong and returning through Japan and Sydney). Some of the trees in private collections and for sale at the commercial nurseries they visited, drew comments along the lines of 'I want it [...]