Tag Archives: Noelanders Trophy

Playing catch up !

I have a number of photos that I took during Mr Warren and my trip to this year’s Noelanders Trophy Show. I know that it’s a bit late to post on this but ………………………I’m going to anyway ! Here we … Continue reading

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Feb. Chat

Tomorrow morning sees our second Bonsai Chat of this new year. The last three weeks have been just a little frantic with our trip to the Noelanders Trophy Show that was followed almost immediately by the four days that Ryan … Continue reading

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Top demonstrator

One of the most entertaining demonstrations at last weekends Trophy show was……………………. Studied nonchalance when eating one’s ‘ bait ‘ by Mr Peter Warren, I think that he was supposed to be helping Suthin with his demo !!!

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Snow………..

In Belgium, The Willowbog van in our hotel car park on our Trophy trip, And here at the nursery this morning , trip report and clearing snow report to follow .

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Another full house !

It is with some gratification that I can announce that the places for the Peter Warren workshop weekend here on March 16th & 17th are all taken ! It is particularly gratifying because, although bringing top class bonsai teachers to … Continue reading

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Good start !

A reasonable turn out for our first Bonsai Chat of this new year. For once we had no concerns about bad weather affecting folks ability to get here in their vehicles or  more crucially for them to get home ! … Continue reading

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Detailed planning

With most enthusiasts now knowing if their bonsai have been accepted for exhibition in the forthcoming Noelanders Trophy Show, Peter Warren and myself can put together our final plans for the collection and transportation of those trees that the owners … Continue reading

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Upcoming Noelanders Trophy Show

As minds start to turn to the forthcoming Trophy show staged in Belgium over the weekend of the 19th and 20th January next year, I decided to have a look at bonsai from our nursery that have had the privilege … Continue reading

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Adding a big name to an impressive list.

Ever since we opened Willowbog Bonsai teaching has been a really important part of our ethos. At the start, myself and some other experienced regulars just tried to help novices as best we could. It was quickly apparent that we … Continue reading

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2012 Noelanders Trophy , the conclusion

As I mentioned in the penultimate Trophy post there is a comprehensive photographic record of the event already out on the internet so I shall limit this post to just a handful of relevant images. This is a typical run … Continue reading

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