The meeting held on the second Thursday
in November is auction night, one of the highlights of the year. A chance to
pick up (and move on) some material. Credit as always to resident auctioneer JB
who kept the activities on track and with great humour. As usual I travelled
home with more things than I arrived with, but some interesting projects for
the winter.
As an encouragement to buy cheap material
and develop it into show condition, we also hold the auction tree club show on
the same night. Only trees or material bought through the auction over the
years can be entered.
Last night’s winner was club secretary
Paul who had bought the winning Pyracantha as a stump in a box from Chris (seem
here handing over the trophy) and in quite a short period developed it into the
show winning tree seen here in a lovely Dan Barton pot the colour which will
really show the Pyracantha berries to good effect in future. Obvious mirth between
the seller of the cheap raw material cheap, and the subsequent winner of the
show. Great laughs as always.
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