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| Part of MBS's display |
Just got
back from another Shiten Society road trip where half of the society, the
disabled one, participated on displaying some trees with Maidstone Bonsai Society.
The show
organised by Andy Jordan and his crew from Sutton was well presented on one on Britain homes of horticulture, Wisley. The venue itself was pleasant and no too far
for the crippled to hobble to get their caffeine and cake fix, although
mortgages were needed to purchase a "free range" sausage, I am told
battery sausages can be hazardous to the health!
The
quality of trees was excellent and in the main well presented, however it was
disappointing to see trees presented by one professional to be less than PC. I
could be wrong but maybe he was trying to show what trees looked like before
being prepared for display, i.e. dirty pots, bad wiring, dusty tables and not
properly mossed up, there was some moss but that was there by accident rather
than by planning!!!
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| Dave's lovely Olive |
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| Some flowering trees did behave themselves! |
However
this lack of preparation by one individual and lack of respect to the rest of
the contributors was more than made up by the effort put in by the rest of the
societies and individuals at the show.
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| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! |
I had an
enjoyable weekend catching up lots of the bonsai community and in some ways it
compensated for me missing Swindon, I had an appointment with the surgeons
knife on that day.
On the
second day I was joined by the other half of Shiten who decided to grace us
with his presence so a sense of normality was restored on the journey to and
from Wisley where I was able to educate him on the finer points of bonsai
display! I have to say the Maidstone display area looked good with a range of mature,
well presented trees showing a wide range of species, sizes and styles, well
done lads.
Another
thing that annoyed me was my Blackthorn, I had thought that at least one flower
would have opened during the show but the obstinate thing waited till after the Show closed before it opened, the Show closed at 4pm and when we got back to
Lenham at 5pm there it was fully open bl@@&y thing!
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| Left:- At the end of the Show Right:- Arrival at Lenham! |
