Apr 22 2013

Ivy Air Layer Update

I made a few alterations yesterday to an air layer taken last year. Story Here

This was it before work.

The leaves were a bit tatty and they like frequent defoliation. To help me see what why to progress this tree I removed the leaves and ended up removing some of the deadwood too. It was confusing the flow of the tree.

Going for a semi cascade as you can see. This is a different view to show you the movement.

Work still required on the deadwood to the rear but no rush, early days.

Apr 21 2013

Larch One Week On…

What a difference a week makes. If only our exhibition was a week later, we would have had a little more to work with.

This is my larch at the show.

And today

Apr 18 2013

NIBS Exhibition – Phil’s Trees

Apr 17 2013

NIBS Exhibition – Graham’s Trees

Apr 15 2013

NIBS Exhibition – My Trees & Accents

Apr 14 2013

A Great Weekend

That’s the exhibition over, and it was a very enjoyable weekend. All the hard work and graft was made easier by many hands and good company, oh and the craic 🙂

I’ll be posting plenty of photos of the show during the week, in the meantime I’ll share a photo of the Sunday evening take down team.

Brendan, Roy, Alan, Michael, Harry, Neil, Phil, Me, Ben. Where did Graham go 🙂

Apr 13 2013

Show Set Up Day Three

Final staging last night, all ready for visitors today.

Michael Ian and Hugh at work, well Michael anyway!

Roy and Billy working, well…

Neil taking in the view

…and this is me and the wife on holiday last year….

Good Man Michael, keep it up.

Ben B in quiet contemplation

back corner

long bench

front bench

part of side bench

other part of same bench

what it’s all about.

Ben F, Ben B and Graham in deep discussion.

lovely

Larch group

How long can you hold your breath for Graham

What do they know 🙂

Fingers Phil, Sharon and Big Hugh

Apr 12 2013

Show Set Up Day Two

Last night saw up back up at the Centre finishing off the backdrop framing and getting the cloth on. What a difference cloth makes and a backdrop is so important to see the trees at their best.

I took a few snaps during the evening just to prove who was doing the work. As you will see, Phil the Fingers was in action. A few trees went up with us, dirty pots and all. They will be cleaned up tonight during staging. Tree shots aren’t great as the light was poor, better to follow over the weekend.

Monkey in a cage

Fingers again

No fingers from this angle

Ian and Ronnie looking for the ends

Is it back to front?

even more cloth

Making the most of a small space.

sea of blue!

Blank canvas

He should be behind bars

A few trees brought in.

Elm group on it’s first outing

Blue Diamond Rhododendron

Hornbeam

Trident

Taking in the view

Running about to keep warm, baltic weather expected for the weekend!!

Not the finalposition for these two but nice all the same.

Apr 11 2013

Show Set Up Day One

Last night saw us starting to get the club show set up. We had to collect the stands from one side of Belfast and transport them over to the venue at the other side. Easy? No! Not when there is a bad accident on the motorway!! This is Phil’s van loaded with the stands stuck on the motorway. Yes I used my mobile in the car, but we hadn’t moved in about 30 minutes at this point!

We did however eventually make it to Hillside Nursery Centre where some more helping hands appeared and we managed to get more done than we expected. We got there to find the space not yet cleared and we had to lend a hand to get things moved.