Meeting reviews
News, photographs and reviews from recent meetings
Member's Workshop - September 2024
A convivial evening of work and chat where members worked on their trees, sought advice and caught up on bonsai news.
One member donated some pots which helped raise some funds. Thank you
Alex Rudd - Bonsai Pots
& Member's Trees - August 2024
If you have an interest in bonsai pots and how they can best be used to enhance your tree, Alex Rudd (Mai Bonsai) of the European Bonsai Potter Collective is the man to speak to. He gave an excellent presentation to NBS last night covering every conceivable aspect of relevant features of bonsai containers from what type of clay they are made of to the finest detail on the high quality painted pots he brought to show us. As a bonus he also brought some sale stock to tempt our members.
As usual members displayed some trees which were discussed during the meeting.
Member's Trees - June 2024
Club member's trees from the June meeting of NBS. Thanks to all who participated.
Member's Workshop - May 2024
The workshop allowed members to work on their trees, seek advice and have a general social evening.
As usual, members also displayed a tree which were discussed at the end of the evening.
6 Trees Event - April 2024
The April meeting of NBS was what we refer to as our '6 Trees Event'. Basically this is an evening where the club supplies a number of plants (6) obtained from a garden centre with potential to be developed into a bonsai. What happened was that, on arrival, each club member is allocated a random number which will coincide with a table with the same number, so everyone with No1 will be at table No1. The table numbers will be put into a draw and the first table number out of the draw will get first choice of the available plants. This way it's completely random which tree you end up working on with your group. It's not intended to be a competition to see who can make the best tree, although the results of the evening's work could easily be assessed for awards of merit. It's about having a bit of fun and learning how to shape a tree from (perhaps) very unlikely material. At the end of the evening the trees will be auctioned off to club members.
As usual, members also displayed a tree which were discussed at the end of the evening.