On July 14th 2012 I had the great pleasure of attending the Middlesex Bonsai Society Annual Show in Ruislip, England. The Society is a small but very friendly club that has been established since 1978.

Here follows a small selection of my favourite images from the day:

A superb bonsai accent with a small group of Elm in the background

A very natural looking Quince bonsai with sinuous trunks

A small crab-apple bonsai....

......that was covered in tiny apples

A well-presented Field Maple bonsai

Hawthorn bonsai

An unusual rosemary bonsai.......

......trunk detail of the rosemary bonsai

Carved Hawthorn bonsai

Korean Hornbeam bonsai

I was fortunate to be invited to display one of my Privet bonsai

This Korean Hornbeam bonsai from Faisal Waheedy was added to my display

As was this superb Pyracantha bonsai, covered in new berries

White Pine bonsai

A very natural English Elm

A mame display with a tiny Cryptomeria as the main tree

Tiny Sempervivum bonsai-accent

The owner of this Chinese Juniper bonsai described to me how she has purchased this tree in 1990 as a small garden-centre plant. 22 years of pot-culture has aged the tree well.

A relatively rare Japanese Hawthorn bonsai...........

Trunk detail of the Japanese Hawthorn bonsai

Trunk detail of the Japanese Hawthorn bonsai

Finally; a tall Larch belonging to the Society itself. This tree was originally owned by Barbara Tydeman, Former Chairman and Founder Member of the Middlesex Bonsai Society and is displayed each year in her memory.