Once again we were entertained by Adriaan and Poppie from Tauranga. A great demonstration from both of them which made some of our newer members really understand Bonsai Design and how we translate the design onto the raw material we use.
A repotting workshop where everyone got their hands dirty
A great display of Maples with plenty of discussions on their types, styles, training techniques, feeding and pests
A busy month started with a great trip to the east coast to see Steve, Sam, Graham and Colin. Clear blue skies and a lovely warm sunny day. All the collections we saw were well worth the trip and the hospitality was superb. May saw the official start of 'The Shohin Project'. Members brought [...]
The April meeting was a fascinating talk by Marilyn from the Friends of the Hamilton Gardens who talked briefly about the history of the Hamilton Gardens before giving us an insight over the new gardens being planned. The development of the new gardens will make an already wonderful day out even more enthralling.
March was a very busy month for the members. The normal evening meeting saw Sandra going through the different Pine species we use, handing out a number of useful tips and tricks before a pruning session on Pines finished the evening. We also had the first of a series of three visits from our [...]
The February meeting saw several members discussing their summer failures - trees that have succumbed to problems with the heat and not enough water. The main part of the meeting was the launch of the Shohin Project. Members have been asked to find suitable material to turn onto a Shohin. At a later meeting this [...]
As usual we had a fantastic weekend with Nobu. Everyone went away enthused and thirsting to do more work on their trees. Gentle root pruning with a hammer and chisel! A triple trunk hawthorn Yet another collected hawthorn The raft styled by John Hanby [...]
The AGM was followed by Peter giving a talk on Junipers with a number of different varieties on show brought in by Peter and Gordon.
In preparation for our annual show the members looked at different methods for judging trees. This included a practical session. Our 30th Birthday was celebrated with a great show at Hamilton Gardens. There were over 100 trees on display from very small..... ..to this very large [...]
