Tom presented a demonstration about growing Fig as bonsai. He provided us with a great deal of information and demonstrated many aspects of managing figs.
Read More
BSV Members gathered to develop their skills on deciduous trees. It was a very busy afternoon and significant progress was made in the various activities. Victor Liew led another session on growing triple trunk Trident Maples.
Read MoreWith Don De Luca
The BSV was very pleased to welcome Don De Luca from Hay in NSW to talk about growing Desert Ash trees as bonsai.
Read MoreOn a mild autumn evening, over 40 BSV members gathered to hear Scott talk about growing and maintaining Japanese Black Pines.
Read MoreJohn and Dave talked about collecting Yamadori in Australia and the issues you face when collecting. John had several recent Yamadori on display to illustrate the types of trees that could be collected.
Read MoreWith Michael Simonetto
At the March meeting of the BSV, Michael Simonetto shared his extensive knowledge of carving bonsai with members. His demonstration included both hand and power tools.
Read MoreWith Craig Wilson
Our Banksia evening in February was a very informative and engaging session with Craig Wilson. BSV members watched eagerly as Craig pruned several large banksias and demonstrated the fact that they can be seriously chopped with very successful back budding in due course.
Read MoreWith Tien
In the first meeting for 2018, Tien from Bonsai Sensation conducted a brief demonstration on growing figs for bonsai followed by a workshop for members to work on their figs and seek guidance if necessary.
Read MoreAnnalea joined us at our September meeting to share her extensive knowledge and 22 years experience of growing wisteria's. The capacity crowd enjoyed the discussion and had lots of questions for Annalea.
Read MoreWith Rui Ferreira
Rui Ferreira from the Algarve area of Portugal gave up some of his European summer to enjoy the delights of a Victorian winter and share his wealth of bonsai experience with BSV members.
Read MoreAt the June Meeting of the Bonsai Society of Victoria, Michael demonstrated a great approach to developing seedlings into bonsai. Members enjoyed a very interesting discussions about the process which Michael was able to demonstrate on a range of tree varieties.
Read MoreFor interested Members, there was also a Masterclass conducted by Victor L. to show members how to grow a triple trunk Trident Maple. In addition to the Masterclass, there was much activity as tree styling was reviewed and actions taken to implement any desired changes.
Read MoreWe were provided with an excellent demonstration from Steve and an informative presentation from Tom about growing the many varieties of figs. For Steve’s demonstration, he had a group of fig trees originally created in about 1988 by Arthur R.
Read More