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, 27 July 2010

gordale Workshop -trees




A selection of some of the trees being worked on.

Gordale Workshop -people 1

When your sanding..... wheNumbered Listn your sanding....
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The Triumvirate of power.....

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Gota keep you nabari clean...

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Your nothing without a power tool...
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Gordale Workshop -people 2

......my favourite tool for collecting is a shotgun!!!!!
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Now who would want to buy this?........even on special offer.
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Ian practising his chokkan (by 'intuition') style trimming technique!!

(Goggle it!!)

.....ave a banana.
ian tops up on energy needs, its tiring work cleaning off moss.

Friday, 23 July 2010

Tree of the Month- July



This months ToTM belongs to Bill and is this intriguing Hinoki Cypress, AKA as a Temple Tree.
Nice one Bill.

Friday, 9 July 2010

July SoTM



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