Bonsai Society of Australia – Sydney | A Bonsai Journey

This is the post I was working on before the blog crashed.

Revisited the Bonsai Society of Australia in Sydney in April 2016 for the 3rd time, but it was probably 5 years since my last visit. It is great to see a steady improvement in Bonsai in Australia and New Zealand over the last 10 years especially. I got to see some old friends and I was especially pleased to see Dorothy Koreshoff there at the demo as it had been a few years since I had seen her.

I was given the opportunity to work with an ageing pine from the early 70’s, although Dorothy was certain it was one of the 1951 pines that Vita had started. Either way a very nice little Bonsai with good bark and nice branch development. It was however starting to get too big for its trunk, and the power of the nice little trunk was diminished under the weight of foliage. I had 2 hours to make a difference.

There is still some work to go to reduce the tree further, but buds have to come first.

 

Sorry it is the best pic of the tree I have before the work began

I think they are keen to see what happens

Putting a small screw in the back of the tree to anchor guy wires to hold the strong branch down

Sometimes we need a little help from our friends

G”day Hugh

Talking

and talking

and talking some more

Audience check. Yep, still awake

Tree starting to look good from this angle, but not my guts.

Getting there and happy with the progress

Detail of wiring. Easy to wire without internal needles

Just the apex to go

Side view looking good

Discussing future progress and the apex development

What’s with all the hand actions

Very happy with the start of the progress for this tree. Wish I could take it home