1975
A FOREST IN MY HAND
In a seed shop, as the dry seeds trickle through my fingers, it requires the imagination of a poet to see that ‘in my hand a forest lies asleep’. But in my hand, or maybe requiring both hands, I can Read more
2026
May 2026 – MBS & RBS Newsletter
REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukALL MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE.CHANGE OF MAY MEETING DATE.,This email was sent out on the morning of Sunday 3rd. May.We were contacted yesterday by the Manager of the Cricket Club to be informed thatthey had discovered that a “funeral Read more
1977
“The trees . . . . are full of sap”
Spring is a time of re-awakening, of the beginnings of new things, of hope, of fresh promises. The sleep of winter comes to an end. This is the time when the Bonsai grower re-awakens. The sap begins to stir in Read more
2026
April 2026 – MBS & RBS Newsletter
REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukTHE THREE MUSKETEERS IN JAPAN.The three of us flew out to Tokyo on 5th Feb, with a 3AM start, and picked up a 4th(Sven’s colleague) in Frankfurt. We arrived in Tokyo at about 11am, and afterresolving an issue Read more
1977
FORSYTH – AND THE MEMORY GAME.
21st March 1977 As I walk around my garden I am not always thinking as a gardener. My mind does not always analyse the gardening situation, the need for pruning, the arrival of the time for applying a good Read more
2026
March 2026 – MBS & RBS Newsletter
REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukEdition of March 2026.EDITOR’S REMARKS.Well, so far February has been a bit of a wash out in more than one respect. Angela and I have beentrying to shake off a nasty virus for the last 2 weeks or Read more
1979
WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE.
5 October 1979. WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE. I live in an area that was once part of the Forest of Arden. The road next to ours is called (and not without reason) Broad Oaks Road, and one of the landmarks Read more
2026
February 2026 – MBS & RBS Newsletter
Please find below and attached the February 2026 Edition of the Midland Bonsai Society (MBS) and Redditch Bonsai Society (RBS) Newsletter which is available completely for FREE as a PDF Download at the bottom of this page. REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.uk Read more
17 January
The Small and the Mighty.
17 January 1977. ‘If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’ – and there is no if about it, Winter has come. As I write, in mid-January, there is chaos by road and rail, power-supplies are damaged, disorganisation is Read more
2026
CANCELLED – This Evening’s Meeting (Thursday 8th January)
Dear Members, In light of the current weather prospects for the next 24 hours from about 6.00 p.m. this evening, in your interests and those of the staff at the cricket club, and following consultation with the Committee and more Read more