The Goulburn Bonsai Society held their annual exhibition on the long weekend of October 2013, as they have done for over 20 years.
For a very small club we think the quality of the exhibition is quite good and improving each year. This year the weather was fine and warm which was a change from the previous couple of years, and as such the attendance was much better and that in turn gives some satisfaction that the effort is appreciated.
To start the photo expose’ is the bonsai exhibited in the novice section, which I must say was of a very high standard:-
A five point shohin setting
Trident Maple
Privet
Trident Maple
Now for the bonsai in the “open” class:-
Chinese Elm
Fig
Juniper
Chinese Elm group
Chinese Elm twin trunk
Privet
Japanese Black Pine
English Elm
Rosemary
Privet – broom style
Corky Bark Chinese Elm
English Elm
Three point shohin display – Cotoneaster & Chinese Elm
English Elm
Juniper – literati
Japanese Maple
Atlantic Cedar
Corky Bark Chinese Elm – root over rock
Juniper
Japanese Black Pine
Chinese Elm – rock planting
This year the Presidents Award went to a Chinese Elm, which is shown below.
Chinese Elm – Presidents Award winning bonsai
The most prestigious award of the weekend is the Peoples Choice Award, and this year it went to a Sticky Wattle.
Sticky Wattle – the Peoples Choice Award winner for 2013