Capel Manor.

Hi,
My first visit to the invitational.
A few pictures i took, some repeated from Will.








My personal fav.









... and for scale, a picture of a passerby. Will "the not so bad" Baddeley


I had a very good day. Lots of bonsai buddies to chat with, lots of good traders and many great displays to enjoy.
A big thanks to Big Steve and all involved for your hard work and vision.
Invite me again Steve.

Bryan Albright and his lovely pots.

will baddeley wrote:Another Japanese Maple.

This one is Stunning.

Two threads on this but different trees in both. Great stuff. For a while there the tropics were taking over !!
Love the winning pine and the Pyracantha.
The tokonoma with the shohin cascade juniper is the best display for me.
Thanks for taking the time to post all these. Keep them coming...

What was left of Gordon Duffetts pots.

Wow! Thank You, Will. Lots of enjoyment while looking at this.
"My chin fell down" at the firethorn!

The Judges. Looks like I'm trying to make myself as tall as Steve.........It's not happening is it.

Hi Will
Some good trees and pics .I like the pot that the white pine is in do you know the potter

Hello Kenbu. The pot for the White Pine is a Gordon Duffett. Good isn't it.

thanks for judging will, you were very fair with your appraisal of the trees on display, i really enjoyed the experience too,and steve hale was excellent in his advice to us. Can not wait for next year

Thanks Will truly top class show, I thought the pot the white pine was in was Dan`s forgive me if i`m wrong.

Ian.

Really great. Thanks. I like the black table/backgrounds too. Works very good.
You have some great bonsai over there.

Best regards
Morten Albek

Fantastic show fellas!!! The Scotts and the White pines are the ticket for me but there is alot of high quality work and trees there. Congratulations to all you should be very proud of your selves!

will baddeley wrote:The Judges.

Lets be honest here boys... would YOU argue with these judges? .... go get ma gun Billy Bob

Will

Thanks for showing, shame I could not be there. I think Ian is right the White Pine pot is Dan's

All the best

Andy

Will / Andy,

If you mean this tree :-



The pot was made for us by Dan for this tree about 15yrs ago.

Mark & Ritta

Sorry for the mistake. I was told it was one of Gordons. Top pot anyway.

Peter E. wrote:

will baddeley wrote:Another Japanese Maple.

This one is Stunning.

thanks Pete his one is mine - its in a duffett pot and a doug mudd table.

Wonderful trees.
Can you tell us more about Capel Manor - is it a club or group of clubs? Regardless, very consistently high quality trees and presentation.

Rob Kempinski wrote:Wonderful trees.
Can you tell us more about Capel Manor - is it a club or group of clubs? Regardless, very consistently high quality trees and presentation.

thanks rob
Capel Manor is a horticultural college with gardens based in Enfield North London they have a website http://www.capel.ac.uk/
they have all sorts of shows here each year
the bonsai group is based there, we are a small group of enthusiasts who love bonsai
we host a beginners show each march we hold monthly meetings also and assist with the bonsai traders show every june
and then this show every october.
all of the rooms etc are free to the club and we invite our bonsai friends from everywhere to come and enjoy their day.
our aim is to enjoy bonsai plain and simple - and we are lucky that we have the run of the college for every show.
all of the staff are very supportive and helpful and we make our shows plain and simple with very few rules.

bigsteve wrote:
thanks Pete his one is mine - its in a duffett pot and a doug mudd table.

Steve, i would love to see some close ups of the tree and the pot.
I haven't seen that glaze from Gordon before. Beautiful combination.

Excellent trees!!!real pleasure watching them!!thanks for sharing..

Peter E. wrote:

bigsteve wrote:
thanks Pete his one is mine - its in a duffett pot and a doug mudd table.

Steve, i would love to see some close ups of the tree and the pot.
I haven't seen that glaze from Gordon before. Beautiful combination.

ok peter once its stopped raining and the lights ok

Outstanding trees, it was a pleasure to look at the pictures of them, I can't imagine seeing them in person!

Thanks for Sharing!!!
Andrew

Same goes for me. Really great exhibit. I think the Larch forest and the semi cascade maple are some of my favorites