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New for Willowbog, a Caz Bonsai Workshop
Saturday 19th September This is the first workshop that we have staged where the very experienced ” Willowbog ” enthusiast Caroline Scott, better known throughout the bonsai community as ‘ Caz ‘, will take the the lead. It will be otherwise just like our regularly...
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Chat def. ” to talk in an easy and familiar way ”
There was quite a lot of talking in easy and familiar ways at Willowbog Bonsai's October Chat yesterday. John and Antony discuss something about Antony's Scotty. ...
3 .2. 1.
Three men, two trees and one most enjoyable day ! Antony and myself were two of the men and the third was where he often is, behind the camera taking these photos, thanks Peter G....
Ninth monthly workshop of 2019
Saturday gone was Willowbog Bonsai's ninth consecutive monthly workshop. They seem to be getting more and more popular ! There are not many pictures to record's the day's events, those...
Four autumn days with Mr. Warren.
Between September 12th and 15th we hosted four excellent days of workshops with Peter Warren here at Willowbog Bonsai. Due to unforseen circumstance the following photos recording the event may well...
Our ninth ” Chat ” of this year
Yesterday, Saturday, was Willowbog Bonsai's ninth Bonsai Chat of the year so far. We saw a slightly below par turn out for the first community day of this autumn period. ...
Continuing a trend.
Our August monthly workshop here at Willowbog Bonsai yesterday continued the trend of being outstandingly well supported. Acutually there was more than just Bernie present here on Saturday,...
Summertime ” Chatting ”
Another good Bonsai Chat here yesterday. We ended up with a good turnout despite a slow start to the day. Mostly we saw familiar faces but we also welcomed some newcomers and one or two who are rapidly...
Microbial mysteries.
We enjoyed a most interesting and valuable day here yesterday at Willowbog Bonsai. Leading us through the mysteries of microbial activity in our bonsai growing mediums was Dr Maria Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz who is a soil scientist researching and teaching at...
Understand your bonsai soil.
Tomorrow, Saturday 27th July, we have a question and answer session with Dr Maria Del Carmen Montero-Calasanz who is a soil scientist teaching at Newcastle University. Below is a list of the sorts...
Iuchar monthly workshop
According to my Highland Cattle calendar ''Iuchar'' is the Gaelic word for July. Anyway, yesterday saw our seventh monthly workshop of the year here at Willowbog Bonsai. I had rather rashly...