Programme for 2008
| Date | What | Description | Tree of the Month | |
| Wed 9th January | * | John Trott | Members´ Pines - Everyone bring along a pine for John to give a constructive critique and guide you on how to develop it, for example with pruning or wiring. John will also demonstrate how to get rid of the "bottle brush" effect that some pines have when they have been neglected | |
| Wed 13th February | Winter ⁄ No leaves deciduous show | Bring along a tree, (and accent plant etc. if you´d like) prepared for an internal club show. We will all have a secret ballot on which one looks best nude! | ||
| Wed 12th March | Workshop | Repotting | Any trees in styles - cascade, semi-cascade, windswept, leaning, slanting | |
| Wed 9th April | * | Collette Harrison | Spring Pruning | Acers and trees showing first leaves |
| Wed 14th May | Workshop | Any trees less than 10 inches (25 cm) tall | ||
| Wed 11th June | * | Lee Verhorevoort | Members´ Trees - Everyone bring along a tree that you would like advice on. Lee is able to give your tree a constructive critique and guide you on how to develop it, for example with pruning, shaping or wiring, etc. | |
| Wed 9th July | Workshop | Yew, Spruce, Cedar | ||
| Wed 13th August | Show time | Bring along a tree, (and accent plant etc. if you´d like) prepared for an internal club show.
We will all have a secret ballot on which one "steals the show" |
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| Sun 17th August | Annual BBQ | Members´ families only BBQ held at Robin and Eve´s House in Caversham starting at 1200 | ||
| Wed 10th September | * | Reg Bolton | Shohin and how to Display. Trees up to 6 inches tall measured from soil to apex. |
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| Wed 8th October | Styla a tree competition | We divide those present into teams of three or four (depending on how many attend) and give each team a shrub of nursery stock. In the course of the evening they have to turn it into a bonsai and the winning team gets a small prize | ||
| Wed 12th November | Workshop | Any Evergreen trees | ||
| Wed 10th December | AGM & Eats & Auction | AGM followed by eats and drinks followed by an auction of our trees | ||
* = charge for outside speaker. (£2 for Berkshire Bonsai Society members, £5 for visitors)