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Northumberland County Show

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

On Bank Holiday Monday Willowbog Bonsai will be at the Northumberland County Show at Bywell. It is a typical country show with livestock, horses, dogs, and poultry all being shown and judged. There is also a huge range of other … Continue reading →

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Two Field maples

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Acer campestre or Field maple is the UK’s only native representative of the maple family. I have just put two interesting, but different examples on the on-line shop. This sort of clump styled tree has been developed from raw material … Continue reading →

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A couple of Tridents

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Just added a couple of Trident maples to the Willowbog Bonsai on-line shop. Quite big but compact at only 60 cm high with a trunk base of 24 cm across. Needs the pruning scars sorting. Again a biggish but compact … Continue reading →

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Gluttons for punishment !

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Five Willowboggers participated in yesterdays regular monthly workshop here at Willowbog Bonsai. As usual I was fortunate to have both Terry and Ray to help out. Here Terry talks to Keith L. about his little larch. And Ray works on … Continue reading →

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Deciduous bonsai on-line

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

Just added a few more of our stock of deciduous bonsai to our on-line shop. I rather hummed and hahed about the possibility of adding this example to the Willowbog Collection. It is one of the Southern beech family of … Continue reading →

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Woodland Garden Progress

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Earlier this week Mrs. Snart and I got a few more trees planted in the Willowbog Farm Woodland Garden. We had paid a visit in February to a really good wholesale plant nursery that we use, mainly to look for … Continue reading →

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No need of Jean’s soup !

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Another lovely sunny day for our May Bonsai Chat yesterday meant that there was definitely no need for Jean’s homemade soup for the participants in our monthly bonsai community day. Just look at the numbers of trees brought along yesterday, … Continue reading →

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Wise Greek philosophers

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Greece is famous for its wise philosophers  !! However, this is not one of them !!   It is in fact my very good friend [ well, maybe just friend, well maybe just an acquaintance, well,  certainly I remember meeting him … Continue reading →

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Alnwick Gardens Cherry Blossom Festival

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

But without the cherry blossom !! Unfortunately the cherry trees look a week or two off producing their flowers but the celebration went ahead despite this. Willowbog Bonsai exhibited seven mature bonsai for the public’s enjoyment. Left to right on … Continue reading →

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The elusive cherry blossom

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

This coming weekend sees Willowbog Bonsai participate in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival at the prestigious Alnwick Gardens. As usual there will be a series of Japanese themed events and, also as usual, it will be a miracle if the … Continue reading →

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