AusBonsai

T
he Australian Plants as Bonsai 2021 exhibition will take place on February 27 and 28.
Venue: the Australian Botanical Gardens, Crosbie Morrison building.
The theme will be: Historical roots and new directions for Australian bonsai.
There will be no symposium in Canberra this time. Whether the planned symposium in Hobart in May will go ahead has not been decided yet.
Details to follow.

Thanks LLK. I have been starved of bonsai "events" over the last 10 months or so and therefore I am really looking forward to having a look.
Of course that is dependent on being able to attend, coming from NSW is a problem at the moment.

Hi everyone

Well, this time next week, I'll (and possibly some of the exhibitors) be doing last minute prep for the 2021 APaB exhibition before heading into the ANBG to do the set-up.

It's looking to be another great display of Australian species developed as bonsai by CBS members. This year, we've suggesred that exhibitors explore how the historical traditions of bonsai and penjing are represented in Australia in 2021. We anticipate that there will be to displays that draw heavily on traditional presentation, and some that present new aproaches to the art.

Full details are on the website - www.cbs.org.au.

The event will be run under COVID conditions, so if you are visiting, please maintain social distancing, and make use of the hand sanitiser that will be available around the venues. There are limits on the number of people in each of the venues we are using, so please be patient if you are asked to wait a short while. You'll also need to register as you enter the venues, either through the 'Check-in CBR' app or by providing a name and contact number. If you haven't already done so, you may want to dowload the app ahead of time to make registering faster.

We hope to see you there.

Jennifer

I had a sneak peek at the trees yesterday and I think there are some spectacular trees that will be on display. Starts at 9:30 am today so be there or be square.

The show is great. I saw the most spectacular raft/forest/clump/water swept tree. Just FABULOUS.

IMHO

Grant

I think we all would be interested to see pictures, for those of us who couldn't travel, of the trees, and of what they thought was the greatest attribute of each one. For discussion, not critique

Max wrote: ↑February 27th, 2021, 10:19 pm I think we all would be interested to see pictures, for those of us who couldn't travel, of the trees, and of what they thought was the greatest attribute of each one. For discussion, not critique

Photo's are coming max.

Watto: "I had a sneak peek at the trees yesterday and I think there are some spectacular trees that will be on display."
That was proved right.
Grant: "The show is great. I saw the most spectacular raft/forest/clump/water swept tree. Just FABULOUS."
O I wish I'd seen it!
Max: "I think we all would be interested to see pictures,"
I think so too. Usually Watto gives a nice pictorial report of Canberra shows, but not this time...
Keels, yesterday at 6.45 am: "Photo's are coming max.

Well, Max and I and many others are still waiting, but "Hope springs eternal in the human breast..."

Lisa

I just took photo of one tree, assuming someone else would take a lot.

grant

Patience grasshopper

I've taken a whole heap and will upload when i get a spare sec.

Here is a few starters from yesterday.
I thought the quality of trees was the best so far but I was a bit "put off" by the number of trees that were leaning away form the viewers. Maybe its something new?

A couple more

Thanks, Watto. Your other name is Oasis.
I amused myself by pickling out and enlarging some of the details in some of the exhibits.

Lisa

Thanks for the photo uploads.
Not a big fan of the kitsch-y figurines.

That raft planting that Grant.B posted however ...well that really floats my boat!