ABC Winter Image competition February 2015

It's that time of year again when the Ashfield massive hold the annual Winter image competition.
Unfortunately not as good a turnout as we would have hoped but some nice trees on display.

Caz's Korean Hornbeam

Tombsy slipped a seasonal accent into the room

Pete & Ted's Zelkova

Paul's Berberis

Tony's Korean Hornbeam

Tombsy's Chinese Elm

Chris's Larch planting on rock

Geoff's Larch group













Ted & Pete's White Beech

John's Trident Maple on rock

And the winner is............
John Pitt wins the ABC Winter image competition 2015 with his awesome Trident Maple on rock

Cheesy grin provided by Chris Hopley Dodd,
Mr Pitt stifles a chuckle

Club night Thursday 2nd October 2014

Autumn is upon us, and the Ashfield massive gathered to undertake Autumnly tasks upon their bonsai.
A few pictures from the evening:

Mr Pitt's lovely Ben Hagen pine

Paul works on his Scot's pine

Wild thing Phil catches up on some light reading after tidying up his Azalea

Tony does a little wiring on a Juniper he's nursed back to health

Newly acquired Pyracantha has a little wire applied and a few tweaks

Mike thinning out his pine group

Paul and Chris snigger whilst Tombsy wonders who's let one slip

The Crazy Gang

Tombsy hides behind his lovely little Elm raft

Big Derek plays with his Cotton Easter

And finally.....Geoff with his hands under the table......again

Annual Club show, September 2014

Another year passes by in the blink of an eye !
Thursday 18th September was the night of our annual show and there were plenty of  great trees on show.

Unfortunately the batteries in my camera died a death so I had to take the majority of the pictures shown below on my mobile phone.
My apologies for the crap quality.

Shohin Class

Paul's Cotoneaster

Ted's Trident,
Winner of Shohin Class

 Pauls Berberis

Derek hands Ted his award for Best Shohin










Trees competing for the David Oliver Memorial Shield

John's Deshojo maple

Peter's Crab apple

Ted's Trident maple
Winner of the David Oliver Memorial Shield

Chris's Hawthorn

Derek's White Pine

Derek's Juniper












Large Tree Class

Ted's White Pine

Paul's Scots Pine

Geoff's Japanese Larch
Winner of the Large Tree Class

Chris's Scot's Pine

Bonsai For All, 6th July 2014

6 members of the Ashfield massive travelled to the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham for the Bonsai For All event yesterday.
The bonsai on display were generally a credit to the owners, some of the club displays were overcrowded but generally most trees were clean and well presented.
Many thanks to Kath & Malcolm Hughes and their helpers for organising the event.

Here are a few pictures of the Ashfield Bonsai Club members trees on display.

Dereks English Yew

Peters White Pine

Caz's Potentilla

Chris's Cedar

John's Azalea

John's Blackthorn

John's Hawthorn

John's Chinese Elm

John's English Yew