This months TOTM was slightly different in that it was my favourite tree.
The winner was Tony O with his Hawthorn.
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This months TOTM was slightly different in that it was my favourite tree.
The winner was Tony O with his Hawthorn.
July,s meeting which was a workshop evening and also the entry for my favourite tree competition proved despite the very hot weather very popular as it was well attended and had lots of work going on.
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As most of you will know is was decided that we would have the table top sale for the June meeting. Continue reading “Chairman,s chat June meeting”
Now Clive & I have been on holiday & Clive has had his BIG birthday celebrations its now time to get back to normallity! & try to catch up on all the news etc.
Tree of the month for May was won by Chris J with his Chinese Juniper, 2nd was
Sally with her Larch and 3rd was Derek with his Cotoneaster. Other entrants were
Anthony with a Japanese Hawthorn, Bob with a Laburnum, Tony O. with a Spirea
and Graham with a Mountain Maple.
1st Chris J Juniper
2nd Sally Larch
3rd Derek Cotoneaster
Anthony Japanese Hawthorn. Bob Laburnum
Graham Mountain Maple Tony O Spirea
Despite missing our Chairman and Treasurer, the meeting was very well attended with some 17 members, welcome to our new member Gary Topham. It was nice to see Graham again and Ben and we hope his dad recovers soon. Malcolm bought a few more trees to sell and they were snapped up very quickly and the purchasers were helped in styling them. It was a very hands on workshop and good to see so many people bringing their trees along .
Clive Harber as show manager was called upon to make his now usual and practised decision making on the display which we are putting forward for the British Cactus and Succulent show at Melksham on 15th June.
Thanks to Sally for notes on May meeting.
Final display below.
June meeting will be the bring and buy sale as this format was more popular last year and attracted much better material.
Reminder Newbury & District Bonsai Society are holding their Bonsai Roots show on Sunday 7th July and we will be putting on a display.
We only have the June meeting above to have a dummy run this meeting will be busy with our table sales and the dummy run but it should be an interesting evening SO BRING SOME TRESS FOR THE SHOW PLEASE.
Apologies for tardiness in late results for Tree Of The Month 2012
The results were very close with only first and second split by just two points, the winner is Tony O he is the one on the left congratulations to him and thanks to all those that took the trouble to bring trees in to the monthly meetings last year.
10 members brought trees in for the March tree of the month:
Sally(Privet), Amelia(Deshojo Maple), Ross(Japenese Cherry), Tony O(Needle Juniper),
Derek(Fraxinus), Bob(Prunus kojo), Tony D(Yew), Sandra(Cotoneaster),
Malcolm(Juniper chinensis) and Clive H(Acer palmatum Kotohyme).
1st was Clive H
Joint 2nd Tony O & Tony D
Joint 3rd Amelia, Ross & Malcolm
This months meeting was a broad demonstration/talk by Malcolm on refining trees both for development and potential showing.
Malcolm discussed his techniques and what worked for him as well as his experiences gained over the years.