Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Wirral Bonsai Society Blog - an ongoing diary & newsletter highlighting the adventures of the society & its members

Society Diary-We meet at 8pm every 2nd Wednesday of the month at the RAFA club in Oxton (CH43 1UU).

  • 9th January- AGM
  • 13th February-Swindon Show prep
  • 24th Feb -Gordale Workshop
  • 3rd March -Gordale Workshop -Steve Tolley
  • 13th March - Members Tree Critique Club show prep
  • 10th April- Tony Tickle/Terry Foster -Fine wiring and ramification
  • 28th April -Gordale Workshop
  • 9th May-Peter Warren Subject TBC
  • 26th May Gordale Workshop
  • 12th June-John Moffat-Great trees of the Wirral
  • 30th June -Gordale Workshop
  • 10th July- Simon Jones-Subject TBC
  • 28th July -Gordale Workshop
  • 14th August- Club Show Tree selection
  • 25th August -Gordale Workshop
  • 21st-22nd September -Club show -Gordale
  • 11th September-Post show talk- New Member Introduction
  • 29th September-Gordale Workshop
  • 9th October- TBC
  • 27th October -Gordale Workshop
  • 14th November- John Armitage- Japanese Exploits
  • 24th November -Gordale Workshop
  • 11th December- Club Party

Membership

New members are always welcome, just come along to one of our monthly meetings at the RAFA club. You can even 'try us out' for a few months before you decide on joining as an official member. The meetings are informal (there's a bar!) and the club members are (mostly) friendly, approachable and happy to pass on guidance and information to anybody interested in bonsai- whatever your level of experience.

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

New official photographer


As announced at this months meeting Brian has resigned as Wirral bonsai's official photographer, due to outside pressures and 'a wish to spend more time with his family'. (or was it due to his rejected expense claims for the duck pond ornaments & the maid 'services' for his Swiss chalet?)

I would like to thank Brain for his unstinting work & input during his tenure.

Taking his place is Jim 'the Lad' and I look forward to working with him on demonstrating to the world what our club gets up to (not to mention the depths of our depravity!!)
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Iain

Friday, 16 October 2009

October meeting -Workshop

Chairman Les with his monster Fuchsia-it's going to be fabulous!!
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My Fuchsia (I used to think it was a bigun, till I saw Les's!!!!.......steady... don't be making up your own jokes!!!!) plus my 'healthy' Yew..... that's in need of a new pot.
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Ian in deep discussion with a new(ish?) member.
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......... can you see it yet???
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Tree of the Month- October

This months ToTM was chosen as being this Cotoneaster, owned by Dena.
The comment made at selection was it shows great promise, despite needing some work.