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 ..read more

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 and thus show us mostly about encouraging new members to exhibit and experience the buzz of displaying a tree. With 5 new exhibitors at this show alone and a few in their second year of exhibiting supported by a few old hands we had a nice spread of trees for the public ..read more

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 ..read more

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 and it was an enjoyable and informative night ..read more

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. It was a really popular raffle this week and Alex was the lucky winner of the cotoneaster that had been generously donated ..read more

Ireland is made up of 4 Provinces and up until now the only one not to have a Bonsai Club is Connaught. However that’s about to change as starting in the New Year they plan to start regular meetings and the guys involved are already hitting the socials to gather up the interested parties who live in that general area. It will be based in Galway City and I hope to be able to support them going forward. Give them a follow and if you’re in the Connaught area and are interested , give them a shout ..read more

We had a great night on Friday learning about wiring in our new venue, Ormeau Bowling Pavillion. Ian took us through the general principles before everyone had the opportunity for hands on practice and advice ..read more

Great footfall at the Autumn Fair in Botanic Gardens in Belfast where we are holding our club exhibition. Click on images to view full screen. First prizes Best DisplayBest Tree Pot CombinationBest AccentBest ShohinBest MameBest DeciduousBest in ShowBest ConiferShow Photos ..read more

Come along to our Club display at The City of Belfast Autumn Flower Show on 23rd and 24th September. The Show is being held in the Botanic Gardens between 12.30 and 6 pm on both days ..read more

Club Night Preparation A lot of preparation goes into any show. At our monthly club meeting Sean gave an excellent interactive session taking members through the fundamentals of a good display with many practical tips. Show Setup The Winners Best in Show – Quince by AdamBest Display – Larch Landscape by IvorBest Conifer – Scotts Pine by SeanBest Deciduous – Maple by BenBest Tree Pot Combo – Korean Hornbeam by PhilBest Accent – Reed sitting on a tile that looks like waterBest Mame – Hinoki by Ben ..read more