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World Bonsai Day
Saturday 10 May 2025 – 8.30am to 5.30pm
Bishopsford Bonsai Nursery and Cape Bonsai Kai will be hosting our annual World Bonsai Day, a fun day filled with bonsai related activities.
The event features:
Guest speakers:
- Richard Wright is a talented and passionate bonsai enthusiast and survivor of brain cancer, having overcome the disease four times over eight years. Despite losing his collection built up since 1997, he started again with renewed insights and determination. Richard loves sharing his passion for bonsai with others and is a global motivational speaker, MC, facilitator and coach, using these roles to help fund his bonsai addiction.
- Brett Simon – a talented, prolific bonsai artist and grower who contributes so much to bonsai in South Africa.
A collectables auction – auctioneer Gavin Fish
Bonsai competition tables
Goodie bag, lucky draws prizes and a raffle
Tea/Coffee & Boerie roll
Schedule
8.30am – Registration and competition tree setup
9am – Welcome
9.10am – Richard Wright – Finding balance amidst the chaos
11am – Tea
11.30am – Brett Simon – Junipers
1pm – Lunch
2pm – Richard Wright – Work in progress, trust the process
3.45pm – Tea
4pm – Auction
5pm – Bonsai competition results and close
Registration
Registration is essential to facilitate catering and seating arrangements, deadline 3 May 2025.
Registration fee R295 if paid by 3 May 2025, thereafter R350.
Numbers are limited.
Please bring cash for raffle tickets. Donations of items for the raffle are welcome.
The Bonsai competition will be divided into the following categories and we ask that each club enter at least one tree per category:
- Under 5 years Bonsai experience
- 5 to 10 years Bonsai experience
- Over 10 years Bonsai experience
- Seasonal display (flowering/winter silhouette/best of the season)
- Out of the box/Innovative Bonsai
The best competition trees will be voted for by the delegates attending and certificates and a small prize will be awarded.
Auction
If you wish please bring along any collectable bonsai related items (such as pots, stands, suiseki) to sell – limited to 10 per person. Please email bishopsfordbonsai(at)gmail.com by 3 May 2025 if you wish to sell at the auction and we will send you a form for completion. 10% of the sales will be donated to CBK and a donation of any item to be added to the raffle is required.
Refreshments:
Registration fee includes mid-morning and afternoon tea/coffee and a Boerewors roll at lunchtime.
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