Day: November 8, 2019
Akatsuki Tachizawa maple song has come loose | Bonsai Bossa
My wife told me “Do you need a pine?” | Bonsai Bossa
Let ’s take a closer look at Uchi-san ’s cocoon | Bonsai Bossa
May Meeting
This meeting was all bout watering and feeding our bonsai through the growing season. Firstly we revealed the main prize for the Christmas raffle. A splendid Korean Hornbeam we managed to acquire at a bargain price at the Coventry BTA event. We then went on to talk about watering. Although it seems to quite a simple topic, it was quickly established that many of the… Continue reading May Meeting
Members Workshop May 2019
As our monthly meetings only last for about two hours, there is really not enough time to really get stuck into practical work, especially on larger trees. To remedy this we have introduced the Members Workshops some time ago now and they have proved popular ever since. Not only does it give our members an opportunity to work on their trees while having more experienced… Continue reading Members Workshop May 2019
July Meeting 2019
We were pleased to welcome David Cheshire as our guest speaker for the evening. David gave a very informative talk about Mame and Shohin sized bonsai. He had brought along many fine examples of these small sized bonsai and explained the size classification differences between the two sizes. David then went on to show examples of trees and shrubs suitable for growing in mame and… Continue reading July Meeting 2019
Club Display at Staunton Harold Garden Centre
With the demise of the Market Bosworth Horticultural Show, we were on the lookout for a new venue to put on a small display of our Members’ trees. As luck would have it, one of our members works at the Staunton Harold Garden Centre and Nurseries and managed to get permission for us to put on a display there. As with all of our shows… Continue reading Club Display at Staunton Harold Garden Centre
October Meeting Report
First of all an apology. We seem to have lost a few meeting reports. I am investigating why they have not posted as planned and will hopefully be able to recover them. Please bear with me on that. ? Members brought along trees for entry in our club display at the Heathrow Bonsai Show which made up the display table for this months meeting. ?… Continue reading October Meeting Report
Heathrow Show
This was the fourth successive year that we have displayed our members trees at the Heathrow Show. It is one of the main event in our annual events calendar, and I was pleased to see that most of our members have entered a tree this year. As last year, Olly and Herb set of on Saturday to help with the set up of the event. … Continue reading Heathrow Show
