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 tea” which had been booked for the afternoon of7th May Read more
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 with a misplaced bag, found ourselves in a quiet guest Read more
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 so and frankly the weather has not beengood enough to Read more
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 Edition of February 2026. EDITOR’S REMARKS. We are pleased to Read more
All, A Happy New Year to you and yours! Please find below and attached the January 2026 Edition of the Midland Bonsai Society (MBS) and Redditch Bonsai Society (RBS) Newsletter which is available completely for FREE as a PDF Download. MBS Members should note that the meeting on Thursday (8th Read more
Please find attached and below our December 2025 – MBS and RBS Newsletter. REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukEDITOR’S REMARKS.We look forward to seeing you at the MBS A G M this Thursday, which is arguably the mostimportant meeting of the year. If you have any proposals to put forward it would be Read more
Please find attached and below our November 2025 – MBS and RBS Newsletter. REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukEdition of November 2025EDITOR’S REMARKS.We hope that all those attending the 50th Anniversary bash last month enjoyed the evening. Wecertainly did and we thought it was a great success overall. We have certainly received somepositive Read more
Please find attached and below our September 2025 – 50th Anniversary Special Edition Newsletter. REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukEDITOR’S REMARKS.The MBS has now been in existence for 50 years which is a significant period of time andrepresents a great milestone. The society started life all those years ago in an upstairs room Read more
Please find attached and below our August 2025 Newsletter. REDDITCH BONSAIwww.midlandbonsai.org www.redditchbonsai.co.ukEdition of August 2025.EDITOR’S REMARKS.Teanah has very kindly prepared an extensive report upon this meeting and as it runsto five whole pages we will send this to you as a separate item.We set later in the edition some comments Read more
Please find attached and below an Addendum of the Presentation by Teanah Rowland. Accent Plants – Presented by Teanah Rowland 3rd July 2025Bonsai Empirehttps://www.bonsaiempire.com/origin/related-arts/accent-plantsKusamono or Shitakusa草もの – Bonsai trees are sometimes traditionally displayed in aTokonoma, consisting of a Bonsai tree, a scroll and an accent plant(representing men, heaven and earth Read more