Yamadori Shimpaku.
Noelanders Trophy winner 2007

Pinus pentaphyla. Nominated tree
Noelanders Trophy 2008

We have been very fortunate on this occasion to receive support from so many U.K. notables in the world of bonsai. We have been able to offer awards sponsored as follows:-

• A Steve Tolley Award will be presented for British Bonsai at three levels:

1. Shohin,

2. Chuhin,

3. Large, and the overall winner 

4. “Best of British Bonsai”

• The Best Indigenous Bonsai-Awarded by Graham Potter

• The Best Landscape Planting-Awarded by Charlotte Walby

• The Best Shohin Display-Awarded by The British Shohin Association

•  John Pitt will also be producing a commemorative pot for all prize winners.

Final date for selection:

The trees will be selected at venues around the UK before the end of October. Please ensure that you have arranged that your tree has been selected before trees go into Winter. We need to have Bonsai that have reached the very highest standards of Bonsai Art as this award is to be for the Best Bonsai in Britain 2009

Organisers:
Malcolm and Kath Hughes
T: 0121 378 4837
Email: britishbonsai09@yahoo.com

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The Best of British Bonsai 2009

The Best of British is a major event to be held at Easter 2009 at the National Collection which is housed in  the Birmingham Botanic Gardens.

An Introduction from the Organisers

The Best of British Bonsai, became a serious idea in March of this year as we realised that in recent years there had been a dearth of National Bonsai events in this country; some first class events were being staged around the country:- “Joy of Bonsai”, John Hanby's Newstead Bonsai Show and Kevin Wilson's event , to mention but a few. But these were all regional events and, in some cases, these were also held to select trees for European Shows.

In the 80's and 90's of the 20th Century we had staged some outstanding National Shows with great pride. We have not had a truly United Kingdom wide national Bonsai show for some time. We have felt for a long time now that the United Kingdom was falling behind Europe in terms of bonsai events and exhibitions that the image of “British Bonsai” as an organising force in the world of bonsai events may be seen to have declined.

Why is this when we have some of the foremost bonsai instructors and demonstrators in Europe here in the UK.? Not to mention that many of the leading award-winning trees in Europe come from this country. We have a huge amount of talent in this country and over the years we have produced some amazing trees. However, apart from the regional exhibitions, these trees have tended to be exhibited largely on the Continent of Europe.

Well, we would like to make it happen here.

What we, as the organisers of the Best of British Bonsai 2009, have come up with is an event to take place over the Easter period in 2009. We have booked the Birmingham Botanical Gardens as a fairly central and available location. We have also chosen to make it a purely United Kingdom  event, hoping it will, perhaps, lead to a more International one in a larger venue in subsequent years.

The title of this event will be the “Best of British Bonsai”; we want to give a name that can be repeated on future occasions.

Workshops and Demonstrators

Demonstrators from across Europe will be
working through this wonderful event and
these include so far:

Marc Noelanders, Serge Clemence,
Steve Tolley, Charlotte Walby, Corin
Tomlinson and others yet to be
confirmed.
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Advance bookings:
Contact (after December 1st, 2008):

Kath Hughes T: 0121 378 4837
Email:
britishbonsai09@yahoo.com

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