Some additional video material

Some more material that I have managed to get uploaded.
Firstly a video slide show of the display trees from the 2016 show.

https://youtu.be/4y7XJ96WoFo

I also recorded the critiques provided by Stephen at the December meeting. Some technical issues which made one unusable (most of the audio was missing) and left the others with poor focus. I do though think that poor focus is out weighed by content. Great critiques of trees at a range of development levels which is a useful learning aid

https://youtu.be/n7dtTc-Ivzc
https://youtu.be/2hdUOYMNIVk
https://youtu.be/Yi1IbjUfkNU
https://youtu.be/4NA4uOyzsQo
https://youtu.be/NG7rB6osxO8
https://youtu.be/Eo1cC-qrfXI

RBS 2016 a slideshow review

The slide show  presented at the December meeting is available on you tube at

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=m2xEaH3t5Mo

Critique videos from the 2016 show

I've had some time today to work through some more of the critique videos from the show kindly done by Carole Waller.

I think this is all of the critique videos recorded at the 2016 show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmMgllJi04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPXSJsxKBKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1kxb2RS96M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVTqGq-boaU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MJ_pXjeJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmMgllJi04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygcw6DblWvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycWq-sIhDrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF_SGWZMkpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHnxuFStkU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G-jJ4dlcqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgh3vumGBJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBVYAruT9EE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oFg3cyLEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOM1rRhpfqc

Coverage of the show in the Redland City Bulletin

The Redland City Bulletin had a section on the show this week (Nov 23 edition) on page 44

Some more critique videos

I've uploaded some more critiques by Carole Waller of trees at the 2016 show
- https://youtu.be/w_MJ_pXjeJE
- https://youtu.be/ygcw6DblWvM
- https://youtu.be/oXmMgllJi04

Show Update

The annual show was help last weekend. A variety of materials are being posted to the societies Facebook page as they are ready.

An album of photos of the display trees is at https://www.facebook.com/1276498585694561/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1350579478286471

I've started uploading Critique video to YouTube.
The first of them is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oFg3cyLEI

There are also a few timelapse videos of the activity around the display hall
Timelapse of the display hall setup
Timelapse of the display hall during the day
Timelapse of the packup

Tony Bebb - (https://www.facebook.com/tony.bebb.9?fref=ts) visited the club for the October meeting to talk to members about trees undergoing final preparation for the show. He also did a workshop with a number of members prior to the meeting, these are some photos from the workshop.

September meeting photos

A number of pictures from the September meeting have been added to an album on the clubs Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RedlandsBonsaiSociety/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1290669044277515

4 members of the club gave presentations on aspects of bonsai, some beautiful smaller trees were on display and a lot of laughter was had.

Also worth highlighting that there is a great write up on potting media under the resources section of this blog site at http://redlandsbonsai.blogspot.com.au/p/potting-media.html It's an important topic especially at a time of year when a lot of trees are ready for re-potting.

Redlands Bonsai Society Facebook page

I didn't specifically point to the Facebook page for the group itself in an earlier post and realised that may help those who don't use Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/RedlandsBonsaiSociety/ 

The page should be visible to all but for non-Facebook users you will be unable to interact with the page. Some aspects of the management of the page are still being experimented with so may change over time.

The Redlands Bonsai Newsletter for September is out. Paid members with a known email address should have received it around the 22nd of August.

It covers a wide range of topics both about the operation of the Society and great information on topics around bonsai.

2015 Show pictures tidied up and posted to Facebook

A set of photos from the RBS 2015 show have had some tidy up work (correcting for lighting, some cropping etc) and have been published to an album on the societies Facebook page which should be visible to non Facebook users  https://www.facebook.com/1276498585694561/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1279543018723451

Where the description is available that's been put against the images and can be viewed by clicking on the image.

September meeting

The September meeting will be held at 1pm (please arrive by 12:45) on Saturday September 3rd.
A number of members of the society will be giving presentations on the afternoon.

The learners group will meet from 11am for an opportunity to do some work on trees with a little coaching and the chance to discuss what you are doing or considering doing with others. 

Intermediate Masterclass

A number of the intermediate members of the society met on Saturday afternoon for some targeted bonsai work. Each bought 3 trees for advice and to work on if desired. The master-class was led by Steve with a variety of species and styles discussed and worked on.

There was opportunity to discuss the individual trees and what was working and not working in their development. In some cases a great opportunity to get fresh perspectives on trees that had reached an impasse in development.

A very big thank you to Steve for hosting this and the excellent coaching that you provided. Also a big thank you to my fellow participants for a very enjoyable afternoon.

A group of Nothofagus Moorei that was not working as a group

After moving the individual trees so that they were more like a group and less evenly spaced around the pot. Note the pieces in the right of the pot are offcuts being taken home as cuttings - very little chance that they will propagate from these cuttings but it does happen occasionally.

November Show Flyer

2015 Show on You Tube

We have now created our first You Tube video - of a compilation of shots from our 2015 annual show.

This was our sales area going flat out from opening.

Planning is at hand for the 2016 show, now scheduled for Sunday November 6th at the Donald Simpson Center in Cleveland, by the bay side in beautiful Redlands Shire, near Brisbane.

View the video here.

Ficus trees of Brisbane

I've just uploaded two excellent papers on ficus to our Resources page, one about the ficus of our Brisbane City Botanic Gardens and the other on ficus suitable for bonsai cultivation.. You can find them here.

March 2016 Meeting

Our March meeting was another full house to see our visitor Craig Jurd demonstrate a Saikei.

Craig explained that the landscape format was a 20th century innovation designed to use relatively immature material to get people engaged in the activity. As trees matured they could be reused for other plantings.

 Craig had a nice long rectangular pottery container, some nice 'slag' rocks that looked very volcanic and a host of ficus trees. It was surprising and interesting to see his choice of potting media was mostly coconut coir with some diatomite.

 With a little help from Geoff the trees were placed once the principal rock had been located.

With the trees having been pre-wired the final touch was a layer of the obligatory moss and the placement of a number of dwarf grass like plants for visual interest and landscape completion.

February Meeting 2016

Our first meeting for 2016 was a big one. We had 55 people on the register at the meeting and that was on the day of the AGM. The format was a quick AGM followed by a short presentation by Rhett and workshop for the balance.
 

Here is Rhett talking about his 'Timewasters' which was a good message about those exotic species that have been declared or were likely to be declared as environmental weeds. When reducing the load of a collection putting time into those that in the long run will be hard to sell certainly is a waste of time now.

Rhett retired from the role of President and handed the mantle back to Geoff after a 12 month break. Here he is describing a raft of changes planned for 2016 in the way we want to offer targeted bonsai experiences appropriate for different member's experience levels.

A final shot of Steve conducting the critique of  members trees on display, looking to get the most learning we can for everyone at the meeting.