Wessex Show 2011

Last Sunday was the Wessex Show and as it seems with all the shows these days the standards are getting higher and higher.

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The Photos Above are of tokanomas put together by members of the wessex society

Some more pics of the show
Celtic Knot's Display,Jerry managed to get a picture of it all together which I hope he will post soon
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Stunning!!!

Fantastic looking trees... Thanks for sharing

Cheers
Bryan

Some Mug Shots!!!!
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The Suiseki section
Mark and Rita Cooper had first and second with two Japanese stones and Lewis from Dragon had 3rd with a Welsh river stone
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thank you for sharing!!
nice trees

Hi Chris
Beautiful trees and definitely an interesting show. I see many familiar faces. Greetings to all.

Pavel

Hi Chris,

Very nice show again, some of the trees looks familiar,

best regards
Pabling

Chris

Did you take a photo of the pine that was 'Best in Show'???? mine didn't come out right. It was stuck at the other end of the row to the nice Elm in your picture

Paul

Hi Chris,

What was also interesting was that some of the displays had trees that were clearly of an intermediate standard and therefore ones that I could relate to readily, being somewhat of a dabbling intermediate myself.

Good to see the clubs and organisers giving everyone a chance.

I'll check my pics to see if I have anything worth adding.

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btw I knew I should have snaffled that shohin juniper off the Wessex table the minute I saw it.
DOH!

The chap that bought it was going to place/plant? it in his Japanese style garden I believe, based on the conversation I had with him afterwards.

Thanks for the deal on the 2 larch yamadori out of the back of the van btw. Your Euro to GBP exchange rate was very generous

rgds

TimR

Here's a photo of the winning pine

Thanks Mark

I should have known that you would have a 'GOOD' photo!!

Paul

Thanks for posting these. A few trees in there that really do 'it' for me.

Ritta's winning "Best Accent Plant" (there is a special class for accent plants at the Wessex Show) .

A mini hosta and bronze snail ....

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Nice show but as an occassional stand maker this shohin stand really caught my eye. Do we know the history / pedigree of it?

Hi Rob, I don't think that the owner (whom I know.... Robert) frequents IBC, but I am pretty sure having seen this lovely stand at the show it is a "modern" Japanese one. Lovely quality. Quince wood ?

Best Group Planting. UK native Larch (grown from sedlings) Derek Aspinall pot.

Hi,
Here is the whole Celtic knot display.

Rob Kempinski wrote:

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Nice show but as an occassional stand maker this shohin stand really caught my eye. Do we know the history / pedigree of it?

Hi Rob,

I've mailed at Eastleigh BS (whose display this was) to see if he can shed any light on the stand but I do believe this is a stock item at what was a local bonsai outlet near Southampton.

Now closed but still at Newbury and Birmingham

This is the same stand n'est-ce pas?

http://www.dai-ichi.co.uk/products.asp?cat=18&page=&id=362

rgds

TimR

My personal highlights, that haven't yet been posted..

Bob Bailey's mame display.



Mark and Ritta Cooper's fine acer over rock.


Warminster's, (I think 2nd ever), society display.

Chris T. suspects someone of taking his coffee.
Lewis might have gotten away with it, but he moved too slowly.

Hi Mark
Still think Ritta,s mixed planting accent should have won ,one of her best I thought.
Thanks for the photo of my Mame Jeremy, great pic and the one of the Henk Frensen bronze

Chris has already put on several of the individual trees in the Swindon display. Here is the overall look.

It won the 'Best Society in Show' Award. Well done Terry, Bob & Paul
Paul

Hi Chris
Thanks for sharing such fantastic trees. I liked very much the hawthron raft.

Cosmos