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6 July 2026

July 2026 Meeting Recap

This month’s meeting was a zoom style meeting with Nigel Saunders, best known for his YouTube channel ‘The Bonsai Zone’...

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21 June 2026

June 2026 Meeting Recap

Our last meeting before the annual show gave the members an opportunity to finalise their trees with any last minute...

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6 March 2026

March 2026 Meeting Recap

The theme of the meeting was forest plantings: demonstration and group workshop led by Ian Homer. Ian did a insightful...

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Member Updates

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24 June 2026

MBS and Redditch members go to Japan

The three of us flew out to Tokyo on 5th Feb, with a 3AM start, and picked up a 4th...

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23 June 2026

July 2026 newsletter now available

The July 2026 newsletter is now available in the newsletter section

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22 June 2026

Annual Show Report 2026

The annual show report for 2026 is now available on the annual show page: found here Additional pictures can be...

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Musings

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24 June 2026

Spot the mame

This stand might normally be used to display mame trees but if you haven’t got any/many then accent plants make...

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17 May 2026

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...

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15 April 2026

“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...

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