Thanks to James and Antonio for traveling over with many of their trees resulting in a superb display. A last minute change in location meant we were down on numbers but still it was a great night. Lots of information on cultivating Azalea and Rhodedendron. More pictures on our Instagram.

Why we do it, it’s not just for our members, one of our main club aims is promoting bonsai in N. Ireland and with 12k people through the gate over the weekend we have exposed our art to many new faces. Some of the awarded trees at the weekend. We have a spread of awards…

Great day at the Alpine Show in Antrim this weekend! Thanks to Ivor, Sean and Ben for all their work setting up the small display on behalf of the club and chatting to visitors.

Great Night on Friday as Sean gave a yamadori larch it’s first styling. He took a bold decision to style the tree in a candelabra style. This is where, in nature, the main trunk dies off and several branches attempt to take the place of the leader. Sean did a great job of the design…

We spent a short while reflecting on the clubs achievements last year and discussing future plan. Following on from the official business of the AGM Ian critiqued each of the trees that members had brought along. Everyone took away really useful advice for the future development of their tree during the interesting and informative session.…