Warminster Bonsai Club

We are always pleased to put on a display at the Corsley Fayre we are allocated enough space to put on a good display stand plus sales and demo area and the people attending are always friendly.

More of our stand.

Derek also had a stand with his Cacti and Succulent display, unfortunately he could not attend so his team had to set up without him and achieved an excellent stand.

We will be at Corsley Fayre this Saturday along with Cacti and Succulent display by Derek’s club, if you attend do come along for a chat all welcome.

This was a varied meeting because Sally and Amelia brought in a mixture of raw material, that consisted of Larches, Lonicera and Pyracantha.

Members could purchase them at a nominal cost but on condition they worked on them this evening.

This selection of material was ideal for members new to the hobby to learn the basic principles of starting off your tree, the more experienced members would give advise on how to approach raw material with wiring and selective pruning.

This proved to be an entertaining evening both for those new to the hobby and the members who have been in the hobby for longer and I hope all got more out of this ( we might do more of this during next year.

Members trees

Our raffle tree

TOTM

Only three entrants and yes I forgot to put my tree in.

This was held on Sunday 4th August at a new venue on the outskirts of Westbury having been cancelled last year.

The new venue is excellent with a large area allowing sellers to set up easily and with plenty of parking from which you can have a better view of the stalls before you walk in, and with a Farm Cafeteria on the opposite side of the road you can even eat in between buying.

Head picture is of Warminster club stall, this is not a car boot sale it is way above that it has material to cover those just getting into the hobby, if you are looking to raise the level of your trees they were here and if you wanted even more high standard trees again they were here as well as pots.

Going on what was for sale on Sunday if you see this advertised next year I recommend it but take a look at the photos to make your own judgement, I post the photos taken before and just after it was opened many thanks to Amelia.

This is an annual two day show held over the weekend this in Market Lavington, this year it was held on the 20th and 21st.

Derek books a pitch and we share the weekend, this year we had our Bonsai display on Saturday and Derek had his Cacti Society display on Sunday.

Only a few photos of our stand, but next year I must make an effort to take photos of the whole show.

Quiet meeting this month just can’t compete with peoples holidays nevertheless members had busy evening working on trees and I brought in some miniature Hostas for sale that my friend had brought from last year.

TOTM

This year there was a high number of quality trees entered on both club stands and Blackmore members, more people need to come and see this show.

Photos of the club displays and individual entries.

Update on Pinus Sylvestris brought in on our club night and was heavily wired and used as a demo on the show day, it has been shaped and starts its journey to recover and developed into a worthy bonsai.

Busy meeting we had a dummy run to select and finalise our club display for Blackmore Vale Bonsai Group bonsai show this coming Sunday held in the Remembrance hall SP7 0PL.

This involves finding the right balance with the trees which can eliminate very good trees that are too powerfull and would dominate the overall display.

These trees as individuals would make excellent solo displays, it also involves having varying heights, the right angle that is not taking your eye out from the display and the best display tables, and varying the spaces between each tree, this is more difficult as we naturally place trees equal distance apart.
Above is the final display Clive H decided on we will select accent plants on the day.

Whilst we were doing this members were working on their trees or Penjing plantings.

One member brought in a Pinus Sylvestris which had not had any work carried out on it, Tony and his son Nathan carried out a full wiring of the tree and it will be taken to the show on Sunday where it will be used as a demonstration on styling.

I will aim to take photos at the show to include the final style of the tree.

We have always been fortunate to be invited to the Cacti and Succulent show held in the Melksham Assembly Hall, whether your interested in cacti or not the annual show is well worth a visit you will see so many different variety’s and shapes.

Just a few photos of our display and of the show ( thanks to Amelia for these ).