Bonsai By The Harbour '11

[barefoot]

Bonsai By the Harbour weekend is on again folks. This is a relaxing enjoyable weekend held at the Shore Rowing Shed at Gladesville. We have all day demonstrations, we have hourly demonstartions or we also have this year workshops to be held down in the Boatshed. if all this does not grab your attention then just wander outside and gaze at the view or watch the boats going up and down the Parramatta River. See the attached flyer for details.

[Shaneo Central Coast]

Yes its a great weekend cant wait to do my second demo at the conference and then sit back and watch the other great demonstrators that are lined up.
Its defeniately a great weekend pretty cruzy but yes many things to be learnt..........

[bonsaibruce]

Greetings Gentle Bonsai Folk,
As an old Shore boy i would love to attend this weekend.
Unfortunatley as a full time worker I need more than a two months to arrange holidays.
If there is a date for 2012 can you please let us know. Will it be the second weekend in June 2012?
To drive 1000kms, each way, to a bonsai weekend needs some organization and permission from "her in doors".
This year in June we will be visiting family on the Isle of Wight.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Happy bonsai,
Bruce

[goueber]

Good on you Bruce. It has been held on the long weekend in June for a few years now, so you can mark it in your diary for 2013 then. Grant Bowie and Lee Wilson will be the main demonstrators on the weekend, the Saturday and Sunday. We will need Monday off to recover.
Garry

[kcpoole]

Bump
Have marked in my Diary now

Ken

[Steven]

G'day,

I'm just back (early) from day 2 of BBTH. What a great weekend!

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As usual there was heaps to see and do and lots of bonsai friends to catch up with.

Here is a bit of what happened on Saturday;

Leigh Wilson Old JBP.JPG

Leigh jinning.JPG

Leigh nearly done.JPG

Mud slinger Pat Kennedy.JPG

Alex Gorman on Penjing.JPG

Beautiful and delicious cup cakes.JPG

Melaquin on pots.JPG

Grants workshop venue.JPG

Splitting before bending.JPG

Nice little Red Pine.JPG

Grant with workshop Banksia.JPG

Then on Sunday...

Megumi Bennetts JBP not Megumi in pic.JPG

Grants Taxodium mucronatum part way.JPG

Grant beginning to carve.JPG

Laurie H on Willow Leaf Ficus.JPG

Lauries WLF.JPG

Lauries WLF2.JPG

WLF base.JPG

There was more going on across the weekend and hopefully others will post their shots. Sorry about the quality of my pictures but I only had my phone

Congratulations to Jan B and everyone else who helped organise the weekend. It is an excellent event!

Regards,
Steven

[Sean M]

Looks like a fantasic show. I was so bummed I couldn't get up there this weekend!

[kcpoole]

Thanks for Posting Steven
Bummer I could not be there, but happens when you have to look after the kids for the weekend

Ken

[goueber]

Thanks for posting all the pictures Steve. It was great to see so many people come down from Coffs Harbour; let's hope that they don't run into too much rain on the way home. As well as all the locals 2 people came from SA and another 2 from Canberra then others from Goulburn and Wollongong. There was plenty of things to choose from with three activities going on at the same time.

[Handy Mick]

It was a fantastic day, pitty about the rain though, all the work shops were great and the people were good to, thanks to all who were involved in the demos and the setting up of the weekend.
I also got a couple of good bargains from the seller and the silent auction, I also won the book from the door raffle, a good one to.
Thanks to everyone again.

Mick

[Chris H]

Bummer I had to miss out. Looks like you had fun, really liked the look of the Willow leafs. Nice trees.