Twickenham Bonsai Club was founded in 2019 with just a few members and has flourished to a membership of around fifty.

This is the fifth show the club has put on, a combination of both summer & winter shows. Each club member was invited to display three trees, and as more trees were put forward than the club had room for, a selection process had to take place.

It was great to see such positive engagement by all their club members, and year on year the standard of their trees continues to develop, and it was a pleasure to attend their show today. 

A visitor vote for the best tree is used, also the winning trees from the previous summer show were invited back for second display (but excluded from voting this show).

The winners of the public vote were Liz with her Acer palmatum ‘Shishigashira’ in 3rd place, Mark with his Acer palmatum ‘Arakawa’ in 2nd place and Terry with his Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Boulevard’ in 1st place.  Tina Todd was also presented by Tony Peter Ulatowski with the RHS medal for all her contributions to the bonsai club.

The show was a buzz with lots of visitors plus conversation and activity with club members working on their trees. Mark was building a double tier Japanese Larch forest which looked great. 

The venue is ideal for a bonsai club show being spacious and well lit too. They even had a food catering truck provided by Jason Fisher this year, their own club sales and traders including Nick Payne of Springwood Ceramics, Neil Hutchings of Devon Bonsai Nursery, Vinay Rathore of Toko-en Bonsai and Stuart Beresford.

As a club they are always progressive and this year have compiled a book of their 2025 club newsletters which are very informative and it is a first which will be available to purchase from the club later this year. They also have partnered with Over Rock where you can purchase Twickenham Bonsai Club merchandise from Over Rock’s website.

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Especially for you, the bonsai growers into the smaller trees, is a gallery of the shohin size display from the Twickenham show.

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Sunday the 14th June 2026 saw the club display marquee back at the Shilton Open Gardens event. the weather was on our side and trees of all ability were displayed for the public to visit and chat to the Swindon Club members.

Mandy laid on a lovely lunch before the event commenced and a steady stream of visitors arrived to admire the trees, take photographs and ask many, many questions. Here are a few pictures of the display, [Andy has more that I will add later]

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Chichester & District Bonsai Club have hosted an annual show since 2019 at the Manor Nursery Garden Centre in Runcton, Chichester. The club has been running for over thirty years. Held on Saturday 18th July & Sunday 19th July 2026 there was an excellent variety of different species being exhibited.

Well supported by Solent, Eastleigh, Sussex, Twickenham clubs, and the mini bonsai group, there were many trees on display and to be enjoyed. Collette’s Bonsai was on hand for sales. Also, the weather was 28° so comforting to have a café next to the show providing much needed refreshments.

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