Oct 23 2013

Another Gallery from European Bonsai Show in France

I’m just sharing links as I find them. This show looked amazing. Europe really has some amazing bonsai and artists at the moment.

Enfield Bonsai Group Autumn Show

Here are some photos from Enfield Bonsai Group Autumn Bonsai Show held at Capel Manor last weekend courtesy of Dan from the group, thanks mate..

Best Display – John Armitage

Best Tree – Ian Stewardson

Public vote – Mark & Rita Cooper

And a gallery of the rest including club entries and even a few demo pics.

Oct 13 2013

Belgium Ardennes Gallery

My Dutch friend Harry, who always helps me out with photos from Bonsai Exhibits, obviously knows that I like a nice walk in the woods finding fungi to snap. I do this most Sundays with my dogs in tow.

Well, just to out do me 😉 he has sent me some photos from a recent visit to the Belgium Ardennes where he found many interesting fungi as well as some real life root over rock trees.

When I hear Ardennes I always think Battle of the Bulge, I’m a bit of a history buff as well! Always good to remember those who fought for their country, lest we forget.

Thanks for sharing Harry, I’m always happy to showcase here on the blog. That goes for anyone one else visiting exhibitions by the way 😉

Oct 12 2013

Twisted

I spotted this tree growing at the edge of St James Park in London just directly behind Downing Street.

It even had an armed guard 🙂

Oct 3 2013

Root Over Rock Cotoneaster

A record snap of my Cotoneaster with berries that this year are actually bursting open!

It’s changed a bit from when I got it a few years ago.

Oct 1 2013

Bonsaiclub de Betuwe Exhibition Part 2

And the remaining photos from this great looking exhibition. Hard to pick a best exhibit and I’m drawn to a few of the shohin trees that I see.

Sep 30 2013

Bonsaiclub de Betuwe Exhibition Part 1

Following on from the small images yesterday, Harry my European reporter 😉 has furnished me with bigger and better images to share today. That many in fact that I’ll be splitting them over two posts.

This for a club show is truly fantastic and at a time of the year when many trees look a bit tatty and can’t be exhibited at their best. Well done guys.Nice of Harry to remember my growing love of accent plants too 🙂 You may also want to ‘Like’ their Facebook page here.

Enjoy the gallery

Sep 23 2013

Japan Society of Northern Ireland

I was asked to put on a small display of trees at a meeting of the Japan Society of Northern Ireland on Saturday and do a short talk.

Myself and Stephen went along on the day, getting there early to set up we were able to have a wonder around the Japanese Garden at the venue.

We then set up a few small displays at the entrance and what could pass as a tokonoma in the living area. The extra trees were placed outside in the garden for viewing during the afternoon.

This chap was keeping an eye on us…

After my talk we got stuck into some fabulous food and it was obvious just what a social occasion this meeting was. Great to see the kids enjoying themselves, and so well behaved too.

Sep 22 2013

Weekend Rewind For Mario

I said back in part one that I would give Mario an update on his trees from the weekend, so here goes.

The main tree discussed and worked on was his Juniper. A big issue was the amount of juvenile foliage but I’m assured that’s not my fault. You’ll just have to wait for the video covering this from the Saturday workshop 🙂