Another weekend - another bonsai display

Shibui · Oct 14, 2023

Our club was invited to fill some space at this year's Wangaratta Agricultural show. I guess that's akin to a US County fair? - horses, cattle, home produce, sideshows, etc.

Only 2 members were able to assist but we did it anyway.

Olive

Juniper

English elm

Trident raft

Azalea

Trident group

Shohin display

Shohin trident group

Another shohin trident with a hollow trunk

Shibui · Oct 14, 2023

a few more
a tiny Cotoneaster damerii

Shohin Japanese maple

a couple more really small ones - trident and Ficus rubiginosa

Alocasuarina - an Australian native

Cajunrider · Oct 14, 2023

Very nice trees @Shibui

MGTT · Oct 14, 2023

Great display!

ShadyStump · Oct 14, 2023

I LOVE it!

Srt8madness · Oct 14, 2023

Wow, that is a amazing booth for just a couple folks. How could anyone walk by and not be drawn to that. Well done mate!

vp999 · Oct 14, 2023

You guys have some beautiful trees there !

Shibui · Oct 15, 2023

Thanks for the compliments and likes.

I get a couple of weeks off now, then do it all again on the 28th at my local show and the following weekend in Albury.

Cmd5235 · Oct 15, 2023

I’m digging that trident raft.

Tieball · Oct 15, 2023

I particularly like that last photo…I attached a copy here. However, I’d gently remove the moss from the lower trunk. I think it has the potential to destroy the bark.

And I really like the Trident in color with the hollow. It has an excellent story telling character. Well…..I think this is my favorite from the trees shown.

Well done display from all the contributors.

MSU JBoots · Oct 15, 2023

Thanks for the pics! I thoroughly enjoyed the display.

Shibui · Oct 15, 2023

Tieball said:
I’d gently remove the moss from the lower trunk. I think it has the potential to destroy the bark.

Thanks for taking the time to look and respond. The moss on that tree is already dead. I sprayed all the moss growing on the trunks a month or so ago as I do several times each year. Easy to scrub it off smooth bark but very difficult when the bark is rough and it takes a long time to disappear naturally.
I get lots of moss on the trunks of trees and, so far, I have not noticed any detrimental affects on bark. Not sure if that's just a well repeated fallacy or if I've just been lucky.

Cmd5235 said:
I’m digging that trident raft.

Me too. Unfortunately it is not one of mine. Raft sounds easy but, in practice, much harder to get a good one. This raft has enough depth and variation in the trunks to make it a great example of raft style

snowman04 · Oct 20, 2023

Srt8madness said:
Wow, that is a amazing booth for just a couple folks. How could anyone walk by and not be drawn to that. Well done mate!

That's what I'm thinking too! Great display...

Shibui · Oct 28, 2023

Myrtleford Agricultural show was held today. This is my local traditional 'show' - horses, cattle, chooks, budgies, cakes and cooking, arts, crafts, vegetables, etc. A few years ago we talked them into putting some bonsai sections into the horticulture schedule and for many years it was a 2 horse race but Ian has had to retire due to health problems.
This is a competitive show. $1 each entry with $5 prize for 1st in each section but the judges are flower judges so nobody really takes their choices seriously (unless you win, of course)
This year I added a 'novice' section to encourage some entries from newer bonsai enthusiasts.

Some photos for your enjoyment.
Overall shot of the bonsai section.

Australian native section:
Allocausarina sp - 'She oak'

Melaleuca sp - 'paperbark'

Cascade section:

note that I've posted 1st prize for cascade last as it isn't one of mine

Under 25 cm

Shibui · Oct 28, 2023

Single trunk bonsai

Bonsai in flower

Multi trunk or group bonsai

Novice section

There were a couple of other novice entries this year but I did not get photos.

MGTT · Oct 28, 2023

misfit11 · Oct 28, 2023

Nice trees, Shibui. Love that shohin Trident

Shibui · Nov 5, 2023

Another weekend. Another bonsai exhibition.
This time - Albury Show which is a 3 day event. Our club adds a bonsai display to the horticulture pavilion for the Saturday and Sunday.
There's 3 classes which are judged - Novice (= anyone who has not won a bonsai class at this show) and 2 Open classes- under 25cm and over 25 cm. Most of our members live in and around Albury Wodonga so we get better attendance at this show.
The novice category is well contested with around 10 entries this year.

The winner was a trident group.

Under 26 cm Open also had plenty of entries.

This little cascade cotoneaster was given first place.

and the trident group took second.

Over 25cm class had a similar number of entries but harder to get a good overall shot.

First place and best larger bonsai to this tall cedar.

Second place for larger tree was awarded to this Japanese maple.

Shibui · Nov 5, 2023

More shots. This time the non competitive display trees. We encourage members to show trees of all ages and quality so people can see the whole range of bonsai, not just elite trees.