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Bonsai School 2012
We are pleased to announce that members of the NIBS will have an exclusive opportunity to take part in ‘Bonsai School 2012’ run jointly between the NIBS and Willowbog Bonsai. The school will be held on 3 Saturdays in 2012 in Newtownards, running from 10am to 5pm, with a snack lunch included. Time will also be set…
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Hugh’s Juniper
If you go back a posts on the blogsite, you will see Hugh and Philip at the November Meeting discussing Hugh’s overgrown juniper. This is the Juniper at the meeting. Yesterday Phil popped down to Hugh’s house to help him get the tree thinned out. As you can see it was overgrown and the balance…
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Are You Prepared?
Everyone is busy getting on with all that life throws at them. It’s easy to keep putting off those tasks that should have been done. One of these is sorting out the Winter Protection for your bonsai. This photo shows this time last year. Are you ready for this now? A cold period is just…
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November Meeting
Yesterday, in the middle of a wet miserable night, we had our November meeting. About 16 brave souls ventured out in the wet and wind to meet up and play with trees and talk about bonsai. We managed to get the bigger hall again and therefore had space to spread out. A few of the…
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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…