facebook   twitter   mail  

The Gisborne Photo News

 
    Print this article

No 228 : June 20, 1973

32

Mini Art

The art of Bonsai, or miniature tree growing, is a very ancient branch of Japanese culture. Local members of the Poverty Bay Bonsai Society have indulged in this hobby for some years now, and a display of their many and varied trees was held in the St John Ambulance Hall on May 17 and 18.

×
     

Distracted from the display of trees by this beautiful Japanese doll is Sheryn Dean of Nuhaka, who came up especially for the show.

×
     

This windswept juniperus horozontalis, 5 years old, attracted much attention.

×
     

Mrs Mary Luxton of Ngongotaha brought over her collection of extra-mini trees for the show. She is holding a cast iron figurine from Korea

×
     

The Mayoress, Mrs H. H. Barker, opened the show. She is pictured with society president Mrs Marge Adams (left) and secretary Norm Grey.

×
     

Some of the trees on display

    Issue contents

© 2012 H B Williams Memorial Library
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand logo

All images and text on this website are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 New Zealand (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/).