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  • Funtime Frankies Tunnel of Love

    Now that’s a catchy post title if I ever saw one :-) After all the recent chat about a harsh Winter approaching, I thought we would share these photos showing Frankies New Poly Tunnel and Heat Bed. Frankie & Phil are a father and son Bonsai tag team in our Society. Both were determined to…

  • 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,…

  • Member’s Bonsai Travels

    Mario, one of our club members was lucky enough to attend the East Meets West Bonsai Exhibition in Poland a few weeks ago. He would appear to have had a great time and was impressed by the standard of the trees and the quality of the venue. Here are a few of the trees from…

  • The Art of Bonsai in Japan 4

    The 4th Instalment in this fantastic series.

  • Saturday’s Bonsai School

    Peter Snart from Willowbog Bonsai in Hexham come over with a van load of bonsai goodies on Friday night to start what was to be a great weekend of bonsai activity for the NIBS. We managed to get everything unpacked on the Friday night. The venue was Ian’s garden in Ards and his back garden…