On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th April we had a club display at Lakeside Garden Centre, Crockerton to promote the hobby and advertise that there is a local club. We had quite a lot of interest on Saturday which was a somewhat cold day not conducive to staying outdoors.
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Workshop with Chris Thomas 1st April
Saturday 1st April was the first of two workshops booked with Chris Thomas who has become a regular with our club. The format is quite simple members bring in trees and each one is placed on the centre table, Chris will discuss the tree with the owner adding his views, members can add their own …
March TOTM
March meeting
A busy evening repotting as expected this time of year, conversations around who had trees already in bud and what varieties where they. Not many weeks left now for repotting so I guess we will all be repotting as many as possible to not be caught out. Many of us after Amelia’s talk last year …
Lodders Open Weekend 2023
Lodder Bonsai bv, Harmelem in the Netherlands is a major importer of bonsai and has been an annual visit by several members for many years only interrupted by Covid. Now restrictions are no longer in place this would be the first time we have been over for two years and all of us look foreword …
Swindon Bonsai Society Winter Show 2023
We had been pleased to accept an invitation to put on a club display for the Winter Show the first one since lockdown. This has always been a popular show with many people heading straight to the dealers to restock on pots and buy new material. This year was no different and by the end …
February TOTM
Results of TOTM
February 16th 2023 meeting
Weather permitting this is one of the main months to start repotting trees before they start pushing although talking to members some trees have already produced buds. No doubt climate change with no real defined end and start of seasons is having an affect on nature. There was some serious repotting being done on many …
January 19th meeting 2023
This was the first meeting of our new year it was a workshop but also the selection from trees brought in by members for the upcoming Swindon Bonsai Winter image show being held on Sunday 19th February at the Grange Leisure Centre SN3 4JY. The selection which is never easy is over seen by our …
December 15th AGM and decorated tree competition.
Decembers meeting is the clubs AGM and end of year get together with the decorated tree competition. The AGM is usually a short affair as we have open discussions on club matters through out the year and this one was no different. I would just like to thank all the club members who returned to …
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