A seller at the October BSA show was stocking the sales area with super value quality trees and I snapped up this pyracantha. I missed out on another one because another buyer was faster than I was. $30 and a great buy. However, the plant has major styling issues. Despite the two trunks it is
Here are a few of the 100+ trees displayed at the exhibition. Trees ranged from very large to tiny, with several shohin displays, so there was something for everyone. A month later than usual made our annual exhibition quite different as most deciduous trees were full of new growth and prunus species, wisteria and most
Sean is an extremely talented bonsai artist who has been practising bonsai for over twenty years. His impressive skills span bonsai of all sizes, from spectacularly massive olives and privets to perfect Shohin pines and maples. Sean is a popular demonstrator whose work has been represented in the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection in Canberra.
he weather has been warming up gradually, with the odd baking-hot day interspersed with some cooler ones. Fortunately for our show, which was later than usual this year, the weather was quite mild. Having our show run for two days rather than three was a bit of a change, and I’m sure I’m not the
You know it’s time to repot when the roots have pushed a tree (or in this case, a small Taiwanese maple forest) up and out of its pot but when the pot cracks, there is no more procrastinating! But finding a suitable vessel is more tricky; this forest had very specific needs- a beautiful, shallow,
So, after some time nurturing and styling your bonsai, the time has come when you think it has reached a stage where you would like to put it on display for others to appreciate what you have achieved. At this stage, presentation is very important to make your bonsai look its best regardless of whether
BSA Annual Exhibition SALESMembers, Bonsai World, Denise Edgerton and Snowfire Ceramics DEMONSTRATIONSSaturday 11am EVAN MARSH and Sunday 12pm ANDREW EDGE ADMISSIONAdults $7.00 and children under 12 is free.
Elder statesman of Australian bonsai and winner of the Bonsai Open (2024), John Marsh has been practising bonsai since 1971. A founding member of the Nepean Bonsai Society (where he continues to teach), an inaugural member of the AABC and its vice-president for many years, John has demonstrated at AABC seminars and conducted workshops and
August was a fairly dry month with some warmer days predicting the spring ahead of us. There hasn’t been much rain, but also we haven’t had too many windy days to dry out the trees in our collections. I’m sure many of you (like me) have taken the opportunity to continue with repotting and general
