NATIVE BONSAI CLUB

[John Henry]

good luck guys hope all goes well wish I could be there
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[Gerard]

Congratulations to Marcela and Quentin, the first meeting of the club tonight was a great success with nearly 40 in attendance.
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[Gerard]

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[Pup]

Congratulations guys well done. There are some very nice trees there with some very good potential there also.

Good show and lets hope it is the start of something BIG .

Love It, cheers Pup

[FatMingsBonsai]

Great thread

Keep them coming .. when is the next meeting please ??

[vgarth]

Next meeting is Tuesday the 8th of October, 7.30 pm, at meeting rooms on the edge of Coburg Lake, enter from Murray Rd Coburg.

[Jason]

Thanks again for the pictures Gerard! Wish I could be there!
Some very lovely tree's on display

And congratulations to all were involved in setting it up

[GavinG]

Thanks again for the photos Gerard, some quality trees there. The A. howittii certainly got a beating! Is the other one A. cardiophylla? Which variety? It's a great season for the wattles.

Gavin

[Gerard]

Thanks again for the photos Gerard, some quality trees there. The A. howittii certainly got a beating! Is the other one A. cardiophylla? Which variety? It's a great season for the wattles.

Gavin

Well spotted Gavin, I believe you are correct with cardiophylla sorry I cannot give you more detail about the species.
It is quite old and has improved dramatically in the last year under the care of its new owner, I also like the Lorraine Simpson pot.
Hopefully someone can tell us more.

[Boics]

Awesome pics and thanks for sharing!
Pic 8. The little guy on the right. .. what species is this please?

Cheers!

[marcela]

Thank you all to attended last night to our first meeting. We had a great turn out and look forward to growing the club and increasing our knowledge on working with our great Australian Natives.
Gavin, the A Cardiophylla is West Wyalong Wattle, it's supposed to be around 40 years old so the myth/fact of acacia's being short lived is already being questioned in terms of this tree. It was repotted late January this year and it hasn't looked back.
Boic's, the little guy you refer to could be a tea tree, the tall tree it is next to is a Mountain Ash. Great looking tree.
Hope to see more of you at our next meeting.
Thanks Gerard for posting photos up.
Regards,
Marcela

[GavinG]

Thanks Marcela, very interesting about the age - maybe with constant root and branch renewal, the Acacias may live a lot longer in the pot! Hoping so anyway. There's a good trunk buried inside that cardiophylla.

Gavin

[Steven]

Marcela and Mr. V, Congratulations for what you have started!!! I am sure that with your leadership the momentum will continue to grow.

Mr. V, I know you are a lurker here and will definitely be following this thread . It would be absolutely fantastic if you could 'come out' and post some of your knowledge on natives (and bonsai in general) here on AusBonsai. You are without question, one of the greatest bonsai artists and horticulturalists that we have in this country. Your input to our AusBonsai community would be invaluable in assisting our art grow. So, how about it???

Regards,
Steven

[Roger]

thanks for the pics, Gerard. What a great show! Well done to all concerned.
Healthy mix of youngsters and oldsters.
Really appreciated the first one in the second set of photos: planted on a mallee root maybe? Exciting styling and not looking like an attempt at Japanese styling.
Roger

[dansai]

I have to agree with you Roger. Definitely my favourite in a great display of Aussie natives.

Well done to all involved.