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October Club Night Review
After the spacious hall last month, we were back in the small room again :-( We are working to make the bigger hall our new permanent home, but this isn’t as straight forward as we thought. We will have to take it month by month until we tie it down properly. It was a busy night as…
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Stan’s Larch, the Story so far….
Stan joined the club back at the start of the year. He had been dabbling with bonsai on his own for a year or so. He heard about the NIBS through the Wee Trees Forum. After the February Bonsai School, Peter left a few bits of raw material behind for sale. Stan had a look…
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Don’t Forget
It would be easy to forget after all the excitement last weekend that this Friday is our Club Meeting. Roy’s Hawthorn from the carving demo will be there for everyone to see the finished work done by Peter late on Sunday. A few other new trees will also be there. Remember, it’s a workshop so bring trees!
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Deadwood
The main focus of the weekend school and workshop was deadwood. Here a few images showing some of the work done at the school and during the workshop. In most cases, this is the first basic carving work on the tree. Roy’s demo Hawthorn Ben’s Larch Stan’s Larch Geraldine’s Juniper Valerie’s Mugo Pine Peter’s Larch,…
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School’s Out
This weekend saw the final Willowbog Bonsai School for 2011. In my opinion it was also the best session so far. Peter talked about Winter protection for our trees. This proved to be a very popular topic for our members with a lot of audience participation. He moved on to the main topic for the…
Promoting the art of Bonsai in Northern Ireland