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.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

April Meeting- Workshop -Members

well...whatdu think?
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A rather clandestine meeting.......
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Happy shoppers perusing Green Dragons wares.
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I get the impression Ian doesn't quite fancy this one!!
or
what is he doing with his hand?
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April Meeting- Workshop -Members & Trees

' Get in'...... Doug seems to have forgotten something!!!
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....did you see it? im sure its one of those moths again.
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Talk about concentration.....
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Is there a bladder problem?.... 'cause that's a lot of cat litter!!
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Friday, 16 April 2010

Non Workshop tree

Apologies for the indulgence but so I feel a little involved here's a picture of my rather large Forsythia, the tree I would have worked on.....had I had the time!!

April Meeting- Workshop -Members Trees

Apparently this nearly won ToTM but the pot let it down!!
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Larch Group- before work (?)
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Some of Andy's accents.
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Stan's Acer after the workshop.
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Tree of the Month- April

This months ToTM was Andy's Acer Palmantum KATSURA
-looking fine with its fresh new growth.

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Apologies


A quick message to all members and blog groupies - Apologies for the lack of posts recently, not to mention meeting absenteeism.

A combination of being snowed under at work, recovering from the broken leg and more pertinently the imminent arrival of 'Mame no. 2' has cut my spare time to zero.

Bear with it and hopefully there will be more drivel (or is that dribble?) soon.

Friday, 2 April 2010

April SoTM


Being the time of year when thoughts turn to repotting, this months site is pot related, being a site highlighting the skills of Germany's Petra Hahn.