During my holiday to Launceston, Tasmania, my wife and I (and very patient sister in law + brother in law + bub) went to visit the
Tasmanian Bonsai Centre. Lynne Farrell, the owner, kindly gave us a tour of her nursery and explained the history of her nursery and some of its trees. Lynne has been growing bonsai for several decades and trained in Japan with Susumu Nakamura. She maintains a large collection including some very excellent trees. I was also amazed to see some trees imported from Japan and some very large and impressive Australian native bonsai. There was a variety of interesting bonsai and pre-bonsai available for sale however because I live in the tropics I could not buy any bonsai and had to say
to them. However I could bring back pots
so after a couple of hours in the nursery and looking at the pot stock I purchased three lovely large Japanese pots and my wife purchased two Japanese shohin pots. I have taken many photos and will ask Lynne if she is happy for me to post pictures of a couple of her trees. If you are going to Launceston the
Tasmanian Bonsai Centre is well worth a visit, only a small selection of Lynne's collection is displayed on her website
http://bonsai.adbelsham.com/, there is plenty more to see! Thankyou to Lynne, my patient family, and the kind people who suggested the nursery.
Unfortunately I could not get to the other nurseries in Tas which also came well recommended. It sounds like bonsai has a good following in our most southerly state.
Ash
