Saturday, 12 September 2009

September ToTM

Andy's cracking Fuchsia and Dougies table........nice.......

September meeting




Ian W gave the welcome to the meeting speech.


Bonsai Expo North at Don Valley Sheffield is to be held on Sun 27 Sept 2009 between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm, admission £4.


Vale of Clwyd Bonsai workshop to be held on Sun 20 Sept 2009, Tony Tickle will be giving his advice and encouragement all this for £ 40, if interested ring Dave B.


Mark K will be leading a walk in the woods around Snowdonia, to mark out potential trees for lifting in spring next year, Sat 24 Oct 2009.


Due to Tony F unable, because of work commitments, to make it to themeeting, Ian W, held the styling for beginners workshop, a lot of goodadvice and encouragement was given on what could eventually become some excellent Bonsai.

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

BSoTM -A Who's Who of Bonsai


This months Bonsai site is an interesting one but not necessarily one of use for everybody!!
Are you looking for a professional bonsai artist?
If you are, check it out.
If you are a professional and your not included, you can even add yourself to the database.

http://whoisbonsai.com/

Friday, 28 August 2009

Viewing posts by 'Labels'


Google have introduced a new way of viewing posts by type, ie all posts related to a theme-for example -Tree of the Month (ToTM) or Meetings.

At the bottom right of the features list is one called Labels, if you click on a post type all posts with that label will appear at once.
It will show all posts that have labels- but I wont be going back and adding labels to old posts (lifes to short!) so it will start to work by type from here on.
Not sure if anybody will use it in this way but lets see ay.....

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Follow updated Blogs

You might notice that Ive added a feature that follows some interesting blogs and shows when any new posts have been added.
Ive been using it a while and it saves a lot of time trawling through them to see if theres anything new.
If anybody has any bonsai or related blogs or that are worthy of following, let me know and I'll add it to the list?

Anyway..... see what y'all think?

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Bonsai Tours of Japan

Japan Bonsai Tour 2010 6-16 February 2010

Enjoy a world-class tour offering exclusive access to some of the world’s greatest bonsai collections including a visit to the wonderful Kokufu show – Japan’s most important Bonsai exhibition.


Visit Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo and take in Japan’s cultural highlights – a mix of the ancient and the modern.

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Note to the 'Memsahib'........ I wouldn't say no......!

BR 26 prt 1

Lee makes the front page!!
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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).

  • 13th January
  • 10th February
  • 14th February Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 28th February Workshop - Gordale
  • 9th March - Monthly meeting - Topic TBC
  • 13th March Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 27th March Workshop - Gordale
  • 13th April - Demonstration - Andy H
  • 17th April Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 24th April Workshop - Gordale
  • 8th May Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 11th May- Monthly meeting - Topic TBC
  • 29th May Workshop - Gordale
  • 4-5th June WBS Flowering Bonsai Show - Port Sunlight GC
  • 8th June - WBS Member trees critique
  • 12th June Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 26th June Workshop - Gordale
  • 10th July Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 13th July- Monthly meeting - Topic TBC
  • 31st July Workshop - Gordale
  • 10th August- WBS Show tree selection
  • 13-14th August - Wirral Flower Show
  • 20th August - Japan Day, Liverpool
  • 27-29th August WBS Annual Show - Gordale
  • 14th September- Monthly meeting - Topic TBC
  • 11th September Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 25th September Workshop - Gordale
  • 9th October Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 12th October- Monthly meeting - Topic TBC
  • 30th October Workshop - Gordale
  • 9th November- Monthly meeting - Topic TBC
  • 13th November Workshop - Port Sunlight GC
  • 26-27th November - Potter Workshop with David Jones (Walsall Studio Ceramics)
  • 27th November Workshop - Gordale
  • 14th 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.