Welcome to the Bonsai Society of Sydney
Enjoying, Learning & Sharing Bonsai
Are you interested in bonsai? Would you like to join a club? Come and join us, learn about bonsai with interesting club events and demonstrations, make new friends, and enjoy your bonsai-ing with us. New members are welcome, please contact us.
About the Society
Meetings
- Second Wednesday of the month
7:30 pm - The Studio, Bonsai Art Pty Ltd, 18 Myoora Road, Terrey Hills Benefits & Membership
Program
- Deomonstrations, Guest speakers & workshops
Newsletter
- Bi-monthly, with seasonal notes, interesting articles & more. Read a sample here
Annual Exhibition
- Members can display their bonsai, view demonstrations & more
Social Events
- Includes bus trips visiting other Club exhibitions, botanical gardens & workshops
Library & Equipment
- A small library & specialised equipment for members use
Become a member
- Print & fill out this membership form, and return it to us. Everyone welcome!
History
- The Bonsai Society of Sydney was formed in 1999 by a group of Megumi Bennett’s bonsai students and was known Megumi’s Bonsai Kai. In 2001, the group held its first public exhibition and in 2002 became a Member of the Australian Associated Bonsai Clubs (AABC) and the Bonsai Federation of Australia (BFA). Membership continued to grow and the name no longer seemed appropriate so after much thought and discussion, the group become the Bonsai Society of Sydney Inc in 2004. The group made a significant contribution to Bonsai in Australia by hosting the 18th AABC National Bonsai Convention held at Sydney Olympic Park in 2005. From a small group of Megumi’s students the Society has grown to boast some 130 members in 2007 and has elected representatives on both the AABC and BFA.
Contact
| President: | Megumi Bennett |
| Phone: | (02) 9450 2802 |
| Email: | bss@bonsaisociety.org.au |
| Address: | C/- Bonsai Art Pty Ltd 18 Myoora Road Terrey Hills NSW 2084 |
| Postal: | PO Box 186 Terrey Hills NSW 2084 |
Bonsai Society of Sydney is a member of:
- Australian Associated Bonsai Clubs - www.aabcltd.org
- Bonsai Federation of Australia
- Garden Clubs of Australia Inc - www.gardenclubs.org.au
- Bonsai Club International (USA) - www.bonsai-bci.com
Links
- BSS is kindly supported by Bonsai Art and Megumi Bennett Bonsai
- Our website is kindly sponsored by Positive Image
- National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia - www.cbs.org.au
- Growing Australian Plants as Bonsai Study Group - asgap.org.au
NEWS
2008 Annual Exhibition Highlights - August 16-17
Visitors came early & stayed late
Saturday dawned bright and sunny; visitors started arriving early and the stream continued for the two days we were open. Congratulations to everyone, with approximately 620 visitors, it was probably the best-supported exhibition we have had. Our visitors enjoyed not only the exhibition, but the bonsai and ikebana demonstrations as well. All of these were well supported, so a big thank you to the members of the Koryu Shoyo-kai School of Ikebana, Sydney Chapter and to our BSS members who prepared and presented the demonstrations. Our thanks go to those who donated the raffle prizes: Barbara Sebbens for the beautiful juniper bonsai; Valerie Bray for the wonderful hand made Japanese style cushion; and Bonsai Art for a part share in the $50 Gift Voucher.
And the awards went too!
Ric Roberts was delighted to see such a high standard of exhibition trees. He was very reluctant to award prizes as he felt that many of the exhibition trees were worthy of an award. So once again congratulations to everyone for the high standard of all the trees that were so well prepared and presented. This year saw a change from previous years, in that there was no categories as such and Ric was asked to select the best five tress in an open section and the best tree in the novice section. This year for the first time we asked our visitors to vote on their favourite tree in the exhibition. This created a lot of interest and a lot of discussion was heard as you walked around the exhibition hall. Many trees received a good many votes and in fact there was not one clear winner, but two. So this year we will present two Ron Sebbens Awards for the people's choice.
Congratulations to winners who are as follows:
Open section
Barbara Sebbens for her Premna japonica in the informal upright style.
Glenda Wong for her Juniperus squamata in a waterfall cascade style.
Brent Sands for his Pinus densiflora (red pine) in the literate style.
Ron Lovatt for his Ficus rubiginosa (Port Jackson fig) in the informal upright style.
Lorraine Knight for her Banksia serrata in an informal upright style.
Novice section
Lorraine Munsie for the Acer buergerianum (trident maple) saikei setting.
The Ron Sebbens Award
Ron Lovatt for his Juniperus squamata in a waterfall cascade style.
Brent Gerstle for his Lagerstroemia indica (crepe murtle) in the informal upright style.
NEWSLETTERS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS print
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OCTOBER
18th
Club Bus Trip
Our bus trip this year will be to Mt Wilson to visit the famous Naroo Gardens. The bus trip, entry to the gardens and lunch inclusive in the ticket price.
22nd
Club Night
7:30pm-9:30pm - in the Studio
How to photograph our bonsai with Natasha Milne. Natasha is a free lance photographer, who has worked for many of the big publishing companies. She is also working with Megumi on her fig photographs.
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DECEMBER
6th
Club Christmas Party
Lunch - in the Studio
Come and enjoy a festive lunch in the Studio.
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2009
AUGUST
2009 Bonsai Society of Sydney Exhibition
Our annual exhibition will be on again in August.
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