Meeting reviews
News, photographs and reviews from recent meetings
December 2022 - AGM and Social Evening
The meeting was well supported, and the entire committee was re-elected to serve another year, with the addition of one new member. These are some trees and some Suiseki displayed by members for the meeting, plus a photo of the raffle prizes given out during the evening. We also enjoyed a buffet and drinks with plenty of time to chat before the president lead the discussion of members trees.
October 2022 - David Cheshire Talk and Member's Trees
David brought along a massive selection of trees and explained and demonstrated how he works on them to produce mame and other small trees. As he described each one he passed them around the audience so we could look at them closely. Below are some trees he spoke about and one has a 20 pence coin against it to give it scale.
David owns a nursery where he works on and sells bonsai and other garden plants. www.davidcheshirenurseries.co.uk
As usual, members brought along a tree to display on the tables and each one was discussed and if requested, advice given.
September 2022 - Saturday Member's Workshop
An informal day where members brought in their trees to work on, get advice and have a chat.
September 2022 - Member's Workshop
An informal evening where members brought in their trees to work on, get advice and have a chat. Also member trees were exhibited and discussed.
August 2022 - Talk About Acers
Chairman Steve Brown gave a very interesting and detailed talk on every aspect of growing and caring for all varieties of Acers. It also included general bonsai care, pruning, feeding and watering etc.
June 2022 - Members Workshop
Very well attended workshop with lots of work taking place. Member Dawn Isaac brought in a selection of pots she made. www.deiceramics.com
Also a great display of members "table" trees.
April 2022 - Corin Tomlinson Talk and Members Trees
Corin Tomlinson gave a talk and demonstration of deciduous tree refinement which included trimming, wiring and carving. He also reviewed members trees and gave advice on how to improve them.
March 2022 - Corin Tomlinson Workshop
Members received help and suggestions from the well know bonsai artist, Corin Tomlinson. https://www.bonsai.co.uk/about/meet-corin/
March 2022 - Members Saturday Workshop
We had a really good day at the NBS workshop. All the available table space was filled plus a little more too, and some good solid work was carried out by club members.
Also members were able to chat together and get advice from more experienced members.
March 2022 - Members Workshop
We held our first workshop meeting. It's good to see enthusiastic club members working on trees again. We also do a tree talk at every meeting. Members are always invited to bring trees in for informal display and a committee member will discuss the history, development, and future plans for each tree with its respective owner.
Also members brought along trees for discussion and display as below.
February 2022 - Talk and Members Trees
This month, long term member Jim Amos, gave an interesting and amusing talk about his 40 years of bonsai including many photographs of club member trips to exhibitions and bonsai nurseries at home and abroad.
Also members brought along trees for discussion and display as below.
