On a mild autumn evening, over 40 BSV members gathered to hear Scott talk about growing and maintaining Japanese Black Pines.
Read MoreFollowing the first blast of some real winter temperatures and rain, BSV Members met to work on their trees and get them ready for winter.
Read MoreJohn and Dave talked about collecting Yamadori in Australia and the issues you face when collecting. John had several recent Yamadori on display to illustrate the types of trees that could be collected.
Read MoreWith strong winds and rain threatening, preparation for the 2018 BSV Sales Day started early with a frenzy of activity to unload plants and arrange displays.
Read MoreWith Michael Simonetto
At the March meeting of the BSV, Michael Simonetto shared his extensive knowledge of carving bonsai with members. His demonstration included both hand and power tools.
Read MoreWith Craig Wilson
Our Banksia evening in February was a very informative and engaging session with Craig Wilson. BSV members watched eagerly as Craig pruned several large banksias and demonstrated the fact that they can be seriously chopped with very successful back budding in due course.
Read MoreIt was warm and humid at the start of the session but rain showers during the afternoon brought some relief. Members worked on a wide range of trees and azalea experts were on hand to assist as required.
Read MoreWith Tien
In the first meeting for 2018, Tien from Bonsai Sensation conducted a brief demonstration on growing figs for bonsai followed by a workshop for members to work on their figs and seek guidance if necessary.
Read MoreThe first Saturday Workshop for 2018 was very productive with much activity focussed on trimming, defoliating and revitalising developing and existing bonsai.
Read MoreThe December Workshop was the last one for 2017 and all tables were full as Members worked on a wide variety of trees. Restyling, trimming, defoliating and chin wagging about trees, life in general and plans for Christmas.
Read MoreIt was close to a full house as BSV members met for the final meeting of 2017. First on the Agenda was the Annual General Meeting of the Society followed by Trevor talking about azaleas.
Read MoreWith the arrival of warmer weather, Members were very focussed on managing spring growth. A group of Members were being introduced to some of the basics of bonsai by Victor and Robert. Air-layering is a great technique for improving your trees or quickly developing advanced trees.
Read MoreWith Tien
Tien's task for the night was to take a well developed Black Pine and move it towards a Bunjin style. Tien talked about the features of the tree and how they guided their thinking towards a Bunjin style which is illustrated in the following sketch.
Read MoreMany thanks to all the Members and volunteers for their help in preparing and running another very successful Bonsai Exhibition on 14 and 15 October at the Box Hill Town Hall. Over 90 trees were on display by Members and a well stocked sales area was the scene of much frenetic activity.
Read MoreAnnalea joined us at our September meeting to share her extensive knowledge and 22 years experience of growing wisteria's. The capacity crowd enjoyed the discussion and had lots of questions for Annalea.
Read MoreWith Rui Ferreira
Rui Ferreira from the Algarve area of Portugal gave up some of his European summer to enjoy the delights of a Victorian winter and share his wealth of bonsai experience with BSV members.
Read MoreThe BSV Monday meeting in July was a workshop aimed at fine tuning trees for the BSV Show in October. Many trees were subject to intensive activity to style and or fine tune.
Read MoreThe Bonsai Society of Victoria organised the Children's Day activities to introduce and share our interest in bonsai by enabling our members to work with their children and grandchildren to create a bonsai together. Every child attending was shown how to make a bonsai with a plant and pot provided.
Read MoreAt the June Meeting of the Bonsai Society of Victoria, Michael demonstrated a great approach to developing seedlings into bonsai. Members enjoyed a very interesting discussions about the process which Michael was able to demonstrate on a range of tree varieties.
Read MoreFor interested Members, there was also a Masterclass conducted by Victor L. to show members how to grow a triple trunk Trident Maple. In addition to the Masterclass, there was much activity as tree styling was reviewed and actions taken to implement any desired changes.
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