 British Shohin Association
Welcome to the British Shohin Association - the first and only Shohin based society in the UK.
The idea behind the BSA is an appreciation society, to promote the cultivation, aesthetics and display of the smaller sizes of bonsai and to let people know just how wonderful and enjoyable this side of bonsai actually is.
We invite anyone with an interest in Shohin, Mame and Chuhin sizes of bonsai and indeed anyone with a keen interest in bonsai generally to join our forward thinking association.
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If Shohin are your thing, come and join with us and get involved in the new BIG thing - be part of the BSA!
New for 2011 - the British Shohin Association are proud to announce the 'Shohin Off' weekend - to be held on Saturday 19th and 20th March 2011 at Willowbog Bonsai
 Already confirmed for the weekend:
- Workshops with Marco and Peter Warren - on your own tree(s)
- Workshop where specially selected material is provided*
- Pottery workshops with David Jones Walsall Ceramics and Andy Pearson Stone Monkey*
- Plus lectures, critiques and shohin forums
- Specially selected exhibition displaying the premier shohin bonsai in the UK
- Saturday night dinner and famous BSA Auction
- Bonsai traders
- Plus much more!!!
The event will be free to BSA members except for those activities marked with *
For non members the cost will be £30 for one day, £50 for the weekend.
More information about this exciting weekend will be available soon - this is sure to be a not-to-be-missed event
 The 5th BSA Exhibition
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th February 2010
The 5th BSA Exhibition was another great weekend - with the opportunity to see a fantastic range of trees on display and the chance to catch-up with friends old and new. A big thank you to everyone who attended, took part and helped to put on the show - without you there would be no show.
A full report featuring images from the BSA 5th Annual show is NOW AVAILABLE >>
BSA Shows & Reports
Previous BSA Shows:
Following the huge success of the 2008 exhibition, the 4th British Shohin Association Annual Exhibition took place at Willowbog Bonsai over the weekend of Saturday 28th February & Sunday 1st March 2009, and proved to be an amazing success, with the standard surpassing previous years and again proved to be the best display of Shohin and Chuhin bonsai in one place.
The 3rd annual exhibition organised by the BSA took place over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of March 2008 and proved to be their biggest success to date.
The 2nd annual BSA show took place over the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2007 and was a fantastic success.
The 1st BSA Annual Show was held at Willowbog Bonsai over the weekend of 28th & 29th January 2006 and was a great success with many visitors over the weekend from all over the UK, and a high quality display of shohin compositions, individual shohin, mame and chuhin displays.
To be part of the BSA and show your support you can join in the following way:
 BSA MEMBERSHIP
BSA Membership gives you a quarterly newsletter that provides information on cultivation, demonstrations along with up to the minute news and events on Shohin around the UK and beyond. Also included are the special BSA mug, membership card and free entry to our prestigious annual exhibition.
 Download a printable copy of the BSA Membership Application Form (PDF 176Kb)
If you would like to join, please download and complete the BSA membership application form and please send to:
British Shohin Association
Willowbog Bonsai
Willowbog Farm, Wark, Hexham,
Northumberland NE48 3EF.
 BSA Promotional Items
We now have the T-shirts and mugs back from the printers and each member should by now have theirs. If you are not a member but would like to buy a mug or T-shirt please contact Peter or Jean and one will be posted out to you.
Mugs - £5.00 plus P&P
T-shirts - £7.00 plus P&P
T-shirt & Mug - £10.00 plus P&P
BSA Contacts:
Willowbog Bonsai
Willowbog Farm, Wark, Hexham
Northumberland, NE48 3EF, England
Telephone: 01434 681217
Email: info@willowbog-bonsai.co.uk or jarmitagebonsai@hotmail.co.uk
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