24Jun23 Sat
Middlesex Bonsai Society
South Harrow Methodist Church, Walton Avenue, South Harrow, Middlesex. HA2 8QU.
We usually hold our annual show on a Sunday in the month of May and at a hall located on a side road off the busy high street in Ruislip, about 15 minutes drive from South Harrow where we hold our monthly meetings. So this year we took a gamble and moved the show day to a Saturday from the middle of May to the 24Jun23 and the show location from Ruislip to South Harrow a slightly smaller hall where we meet regularly. The club has struggled with membership since Covid and the committee have been trying to re-energise the club, moving our monthly meeting from a week day evening to a Saturday morning which enables us to extend the meeting from 2.hours to 3.hours, this has proved very popular and has attracted some new members. So this years show was in fact an extended club meeting, something we had never tried before, so we approached the event with open minds not knowing how it would go, we were pleasantly surprised. Members participation was as good as usual, we had a real mix of trees high-lighting beginners trees through to more exquisite specimens brought about by years of dedication, a great introduction to bonsai for the general public. Our visitor numbers were slightly down on past years but condensing the show down to 3.hours and not the usual all day affair made the event seem busier than usual. Holding the show at the same location and times where we would normally hold our monthly meetings seemed to work in our favour and for the first time ever in our clubs history we gained 3 new members at a show, with another bunch of promising contacts. All in all, everybody involved seemed to think the show was a great success and the clubs steadily moving in the right direction.
The visitors voted for their favourite trees and this years winning trees were all owned by Bob Savage, well done Bob.
1st Place - Tree No 14 White Pine owned by Bob Savage
2nd Place - Tree No 16 Mountain Maple owned by Bob Savage
3rd Place - Tree No 23 White Pine owned by Bob Savage
Thanking everybody who supported the show
Best Wishes
Mark Moreland
Middlesex Bonsai Society
Middlesex Bonsai Society
South Harrow Methodist Church, Walton Avenue, South Harrow, Middlesex. HA2 8QU.
We usually hold our annual show on a Sunday in the month of May and at a hall located on a side road off the busy high street in Ruislip, about 15 minutes drive from South Harrow where we hold our monthly meetings. So this year we took a gamble and moved the show day to a Saturday from the middle of May to the 24Jun23 and the show location from Ruislip to South Harrow a slightly smaller hall where we meet regularly. The club has struggled with membership since Covid and the committee have been trying to re-energise the club, moving our monthly meeting from a week day evening to a Saturday morning which enables us to extend the meeting from 2.hours to 3.hours, this has proved very popular and has attracted some new members. So this years show was in fact an extended club meeting, something we had never tried before, so we approached the event with open minds not knowing how it would go, we were pleasantly surprised. Members participation was as good as usual, we had a real mix of trees high-lighting beginners trees through to more exquisite specimens brought about by years of dedication, a great introduction to bonsai for the general public. Our visitor numbers were slightly down on past years but condensing the show down to 3.hours and not the usual all day affair made the event seem busier than usual. Holding the show at the same location and times where we would normally hold our monthly meetings seemed to work in our favour and for the first time ever in our clubs history we gained 3 new members at a show, with another bunch of promising contacts. All in all, everybody involved seemed to think the show was a great success and the clubs steadily moving in the right direction.
The visitors voted for their favourite trees and this years winning trees were all owned by Bob Savage, well done Bob.
1st Place - Tree No 14 White Pine owned by Bob Savage
2nd Place - Tree No 16 Mountain Maple owned by Bob Savage
3rd Place - Tree No 23 White Pine owned by Bob Savage
Thanking everybody who supported the show
Best Wishes
Mark Moreland
Middlesex Bonsai Society
1st Place - Tree No 14 White Pine owned by Bob Savage
2nd Place - Tree No 16 Mountain Maple owned by Bob Savage
3rd Place - Tree No 23 White Pine owned by Bob Savage
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