A Passionate Voice For Australian Natives
- Posted By: Lee W
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- Category: Beginners Guide, Bonsai, General, Timely Tips
Marcela Ferreira is a Melbournian passionate in her interest in Australian native trees as bonsai. Marcela has dedicated her bonsai interest in working with hundreds of natives from tube stock to yamadori and has achieved a reputation as an authority […]
Workshop Notes
If you have never tried your hand at a group planting of deciduous bonsai before, this month is your chance to be guided in developing one of your own to add to your collection. This is one of our planned […]
This Month’s Demonstration: Sean Hood
- Posted By: Bonsai Admin
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- Category: Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
Sean is a popular and extremely talented bonsai artist whose work has been represented in the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection in Canberra. He is well known for his passion for yamadori (collected trees) and their subsequent care. Sean’s impressive […]
What To Do In July
- Posted By: Michele T
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- Category: Bonsai, Things to Do...
It’s been a cold start to winter this year but a break from the rain has been welcome, and I’ve been able to commence repotting my deciduous bonsai, as I’m sure many of you have as well. Some of the […]
AABC Brisbane Convention
- Posted By: Lee Wright
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- Category: Bonsai, Events, Exhibitions / Shows, General
It was good! Really good! Well organised, lots to learn, great demos and a good sale area. Friday was an optional bus tour of a major bonsai nursery and Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens. The nursery was chock-a-block with VERY interesting […]
Workshop Notes
- Posted By: Michele Toomey
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- Category: Bonsai, General, Others, Timely Tips
This month you can start bringing dormant deciduous species for repotting and styling. If you are planning to put your tree into a bonsai pot for the first time, be sure to bring at least a couple of pots you […]
June Demonstrator Evan Marsh
- Posted By: Bonsai Admin
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- Category: Bonsai, Monthly Demonstration
Evan has kindly stepped in for June’s demonstration as Sean Hood could not make it. Sean will demonstrate in July.
What to Do in June
- Posted By: Michele Toomey
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- Category: Bonsai, Things to Do...
May has been quite cold this year, but at least we haven’t had too many windy days. Hopefully, you have enjoyed some autumn colour from the deciduous trees in your collections, especially as we have had a bit of a […]
Crafting Raft Bonsai: Top Techniques and Plant Choices
- Posted By: Lee Wright
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- Category: Beginners Guide, Bonsai, General, Helpful Hint, Others
In bonsai, a raft is one trunk along the ground supporting a number of ‘branches’ that have become trunks in their own right. Rafts come in straight and sinuous and are usually developed when a stock plant has branches on […]
Workshop Notes (May 2024)
- Posted By: Michele
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- Category: Bonsai, Others, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips
This month we are having two workshop meetings, with our special one in the main hall on the first Tuesday and the normal workshop on the third Tuesday night in the activities room. May continues to be a good time […]
