THIS EVENT SOLD OUT IN 2 DAYS. SORRY, NO MORE SEATS AVAILABLE.

If you are into the smaller side of the bonsai obsession you need to immerse yourself in the intriguing world of shohin and mame sized bonsai at the following 2 day event.

Overview

Oyama Bonsai Kai has put together an exciting program for their annual Winter Bash for which the focus this year is shohin and mame bonsai. The event will take place at Bishopsford Bonsai Nursery in Constantia, Cape Town on the weekend of the 16th and 17th of June.

Several vendors including Bonsai Tree will be selling a great variety of products, so bring your wallets too! 

The event forms part of the CRAB (Cape Regional Association of Bonsai) yearly program.

Image caption. Wild Olive shohin by Viky Petermann

Focus

All the topics have been carefully chosen to fit in with this theme and will be presented by very capable award winning bonsai artists, who are all also experienced speakers. The program is rather packed but there will always be time for you to ask your questions of the respective speaker.

List of speakers in order of appearance:

1. Cindy Rodkin
2. Phil Levitt
3. Terry Erasmus
4. Freddie Bisschoff
5. Viky Petermann
6. Milly Abrahams
7. Dr Carl Morrow
8. Michelle van der Burgh
9. Brett Simon
10. Mark Polson
11. Gail Theron
12. Hennie Nel
13. Neil van Blerk

Image caption. Dwarf Honeysuckle by Phil Levitt

What will you learn?

There is no doubt that you will be much better informed on this exciting area of the bonsai world after the 2 day program. With the knowledge gained you will be able to go home and create your own shohin or mame bonsai with confidence knowing what species work best, how to grow them as material for styling into shohin or mame sized trees, how to style and care for them. You'll know how to create your ideal growing media, how to water them and also how to display your creations at exhibitions.

Image caption. Veldfig by Hennie Nel

Registration

THIS EVENT SOLD OUT IN 2 DAYS. SORRY, NO MORE SEATS AVAILABLE.

The total cost including teas, coffees and luncheons on both days is a mere R350.00.

There are very limited seats available, only 32 people can be accommodated. You can download the registration form here.

Please follow the instructions as written in the form for payment and to confirm your place.

Any further inquiries can be emailed to Phil Levitt using phil@pottersyard.co.za

Image Caption. Creeping Juniper by Dr Carl Morrow.

The program

 Saturday, 16th June

Image caption. Chinese Maple by Terry Erasmus 

Sunday, 17th June

Image caption. Mame sized Veldfig by Hennie Nel