Yesterday I travelled north to the city of Stirling for the Scottish Bonsai Associations annual show. This is the yearly gathering for all the affiliated bonsai clubs in Scotland. This show changes it’s venue every 2 years to ensure that as many people as possible get an opportunity to see good bonsai without travelling great distances. I set off at 06.00 am (which is the middle of the night for me these days), arriving at the venue just before 08.00′ to set up our club display stand. It was a terrific day with all the nations’ clubs and bonsai traders represented to ensure the events’ success.
I am delighted to say that our club did rather well in the competitive part of the event, taking 6 out of the 7 awards that were given.
Here is a gallery of detailed pictures of our club shohin displays (The Lanarkshire Bonsai Club). Click on any image to see a larger image in gallery mode.
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- overview of our shohin display
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- detail
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- Gordon@s white pine
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- Robert Porch’s malus
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- My Zelkova
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- Maurice’s cotoneaster display
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- detail view
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- My cotoneaster took 2nd place in the shohin competition
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- Ian’s Chojubai
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- My Deshojo
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- My white pine display
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- detail view
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- New member Jim took 3rd place with this Chinese Elm
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- Maurice’s Buxus
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- Ian’s planting
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- Gordon’s tree
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- Robert Porch’s Black Pine
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- My white Pine took 1st place in the shohin competition
Here are detailed pictures of our larger trees
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- Overview
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- Ian’s Potentilla
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- Gordon’s Itoigawa Juniper
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- Ian’s white pine was given the Jpanese Comissioners award
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- Dougie’s Common Juniiper was given the members’ choice award
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- My Larch
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- Ian’s Scots Pine
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- Gordon’s group planting
Here are my favourite images from the other displays
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- Larch twintrunk
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- Larch Forrest
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- Maple
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- Scots Pine
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- Malus
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- Maple
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- Shohin Potentilla
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- Juniper over rock
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- Buxus
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- Rowan
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- Rhododendron this tree received the general public choice award
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- Nothofagus
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- Acer Shishigashira
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- Kokonoe white pine
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- shohin maple
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- Scots pine
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- Larch group planting
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- larch
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- White Pine
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- Larch
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- Hinoki
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- Scots Pine
Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai 
Thank you Robert for the photos. Some nice trees there. Lots of work gone into them Well done on your wins! Bryan
Thanks Bryan, much appreciated
lovely trees. thx Robert for the photos.
Thanks for checking them out Piotr