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
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Blackmore Vale Bonsai Group show
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 …
June meeting
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 …
Cacti and Succulent show 15th June
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 …
Cacti & Succulent show with bonsai
May 2024 meeting
Our meetings are set as general workshops so anything can be brought in which allows greater coverage of species styles etc, we do say to all members if you would like a particular subject to be covered we are happy to adjust to accommodate. TOTM
Longleat Workplace Wellbeing Fair
We were contacted recently by Longleat HR if we would be interested in attending their Wellbeing Fair on Thursday 16th from 10.00-12.30 they invite other parties as well and the aim is promote employee wellbeing. As Derek is chair of the British Cacti and Succulent Society Wilts branch he was also invited and we agreed …
Saturday workshop with Chris Thomas
We have been holding Saturday workshops for some years as we find you get more out of a day session than an evening with an expert. Chris has been coming to the club for some years and we always look forward to his workshops, we were a bit down on numbers but made up for …
April meeting
Busy as usual and this months meeting was a chance for a member to try air layering. This is best done when the leaves are out and just hardened on the tree, it shows that sap is flowing and the tree is starting to photosynthesise. This technique is used to produce more trees off the …
Club display at Lakeside Garden Centre, Crockerton
We put on a club display over Saturday and Sunday at Lakeside promoting both the hobby and the club. Quite a bit of interest including some people who picked up the club on Facebook and an opportunity to dispel the myths that the general public have with bonsai. You will see that because Sally and …
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