Ashfield Bonsai Club: Swindon Winter Image show 2015

Club History

The club was founded in 1993. Originally there was a single monthly meeting (in Sutton-in-Ashfield), this was soon increased at the request of the members to two meetings a month.

Many more formal clubs depend on demonstrations, talks and slideshows with occasional workshops. At Ashfield the emphasis is very much towards the informal and "hands on". Members regularly bring their own own material to meetings. The club caters for a wide range of experience in bonsai and welcomes new members. Advice is available from the more seasoned and creative members and we try to foster a relaxed, "family feel" with everyone having a say in the clubs affairs. Each year we invite one or two speakers of international fame to present to us, and we occasionally organise weekend workshops with well known bonsai personalties. Presently our meetings are held in the comfortable and spacious church hall at South Normanton and new members are always welcome.

In 2019 the club members will continue to exhibit at major exhibitions both at home and abroad, with trees enterred for the Swindon Winter Image show in February (where the club has also been invited to present a display stand), and at the Bonsai Expo in April.

Members will also be attending the Trophy Exhibition in Belgium in February, the Doncaster show in March and other shows throughout the year

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Swindon Winter Image show 2015

Once again the Ashfield massive travelled down to sunny Swindon for the Swindon Winter Image Show 2015.
We were not dissapointed, another fantastic display of bonsai along with excellent trade stands, awesome chicken curry and meeting up with old and new friends.
Her are a few shots of trees and accents that tickled our fancy...well my fancy seeing as I had the camera !
First up the Ashfield Bonsai Club display:

Geoff Bonsers Larch group

Caz's Itoigawa Juniper, John's Potentilla

Caz's Korean Hornbeam

John's Quince & Chinese Elm

Peter's Chinese Elm

Our Chairman Pete Tombs won best accent

The usual comedy shot

Other trees and accents

Awesome Juniper belonging to John Armitage

Privet, again belonging to John Armitage

Quince, again John Armitage

Sekka Hinoki, Andy Jordan

John Pitts killer Trident Maple on rock

John Pitt's Chinese Elm

Mark and Ritta Copers awesome White Pine

Another white pine

Nice bronze accent

Mark & Ritta Coopers Elm

John Armitage carried out a thoroughly entertaining and informative workshop on a Juniper which was given its initial styling and then planted onto a slab type pot