Next Club Meeting 3rd August

At the next club meeting members will have a chance at have a play with some clay and make some accent pots that will be glazed and fired all for the cost of £10 per head. You will be able to make a big accent pot or a couple of smaller ones from the clay supplied. Look forward to seeing you there.

Bonsai Review 25 supplement

Here is a supplement to the latest Bonsai Review that I received the other day

Bonsai Review 25

Here is the latest Issue of Bonsai Review. Check out page 2 as the Book for the Best of British Bonsai is now avaliable to buy. The book was done by Paul Goff who did the BSA book so its certain to be a cracker of a book and a good source of inspiration for bonsai and displaying them at their best. Enjoy!

Wirral Club Tree of the Month

I had a nice surprise today when I looked at the Wirral boyz Blog to see the joint winners of the July Tree of the Month, both in Stone Monkey Ceramics Bonsai pots.

You can check it out here http://wirral-bonsai.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-totm.html

Joy of Bonsai 2010

On the weekend of 20th & 21st March 2010 the Joy of Bonsai weekend will be held at Bath Pavillion, Bath. This event will be the UK Bonsai event of the year to go too. Now alternating with the Best of British shows we can be assured of an excellent Bonsai show every year in the UK. I will also have the pleasure of selling my pots at this prestigious event.

Website of the Month

Being that we have Mr Peter Warren coming to talk to us at the September meeting I thought I would put up his website for you to check out. Here is some information about Peter from his website.

http://www.saruyama.co.uk/

"I began to study under Kunio Kobayashi at his garden, Shunkaen, in Tokyo. Initially I was a sudent at his weekly class before I asked him if I could become his full time apprentice, a position I held for over four years before I had to leave. My time as an apprentice was an incredible learning experience and I was able to steal many techniques, ideas and aesthetic principles and make them my own. Until recently my entire bonsai experience has been in Japan, I entered my masters tutelage as an empty vessel, and during that time I worked hard to ensure that I made the most of a trying experience, not just in terms of bonsai technique but also as a person, learning not only the humility and patience that is necessary in bonsai but also the controlled self expression that will enable me to become an artist in my own right."

Peter is a great guy who I am pleased to have met. To top it off he likes my pots too. BONUS!

Next Club Meeting 1st July

The next club meeting is tonight for a Japanese Garden Tour.

Here is some info from the chairman Ken

Hi folks,

The details are

Jack Wheeler
22, Oakhill Road
Sevenoaks
Kent. TN13 1NP

The aim is to get there about 7-00 pm but to minimise the number of cars travelling it would make some sense to gather at my place at about 6-30 if you do not have a full car.

Feel free to bring along guests. As we agreed, the fee will be a minimum of £3-00 for everybody who comes along, be they guests or members as all monies will go to charity.

Let me know what your travel plans will be so we don't leave anybody behind!