BRISTOL BONSAI SOCIETY'S SHOW, AUGUST 2011 - a photo report

The Bristol Bonsai Society’s show was held on Sunday August 2011. Here is a report of the day’s events and the trees …….

The venue was the usual meeting place used by the society. We had more visitors than we could have hoped for and the "overflow" car park had to be used.

First, some Shohin exhibits (of which there were many exhibits) and some Mame too........

Johns 5 tree shohin display

Mark Cooper on Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:16 pm

 

Wirral Bonsai Members Annual Show 2011

Hi Everyone

W-B-S had its Annual Members Bonsai Show at the Week-end and was Judge by Mr Steve Tolley and we are more than PROUD TO SAY that Mr Tolley was delighted and Impressed with on Display for him to Judge

The Result and The Winners were

Hope you All Enjoyed our images of our show and that I managed to portrait our Bonsai Trees ok as its my First attempt And thank-you from Me a LARGE thank-you To ALL the W-B-S Members for allowing me to take images of your Wonderful Trees and I hope I did your Trees Justice

So From me to you ALL Take care always look after each other but most of all look after your Bonsai Trees after all they ARE Alive and Need our help to survive

Jim thelad

Suzdal (Russia) Bonsai and Suiseki exhibition 2011

On June 17-21 there was the first Russian bonsai and suiseki exhibition in the old town of Suzdal (about 200 km to the East of Moscow) that is part of the so-called Golden Ring of medieval Russian towns between Moscow and Volga River. Suzdal is tiny but perhaps it is best preserved in Russia in terms of old architecture and the overall spirit of history and nature ideally blended together. This exhibition was a joint effort of a tandem (not to be confused with political tandems in Russia! ) of Mikhail Blagoveschensky from Vladimir (suiseki) and myself (bonsai). As you would see Mikhail provided some of his suiseki to accompany my trees. A new local hotel (Nikolayevsky Posad) was kind enough to provide their sport pavilion for the event. The exhibition guests were further entertained by a tee ceremony, origami, Shakuhachi, and Russian folk musicians and dancers etc.

It was a lovely gathering indeed and we plan to make it a regular event. We expect to make one in the early Fall and then perhaps make it an annual event.

Photos of suiseki have been posted in the suiseki forum (http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/t6702p30-my-suiseki-from-russia)

Best regards,

Andrei Darusenkov

Les Jolis Martins de Juin - Bonsai Club Monaco