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Welcome
to the Satsuki Azalea Society Down Under Reports:
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Our 'Downunder'
representative, Wendy Gibbs, will be writing updates to this page from New
Zealand and Australia and we hope that you will find her
reports both interesting and informative.
- Wendy has been
involved in Bonsai since about 1980, initially a member of
Auckland Bonsai Club, then a founder member and president of
Nelson Bonsai Club from the late 1980’s when she taught and
demonstrated extensively around the Nelson area. She has
continually worked to develop her understanding of bonsai
with international Bonsai teachers such as Ben Oki, Gary
Marchal, Craig Coussins, Tony Bebb, Nobuyuki Kajiwara, and
others.
When she moved to Christchurch in 2002 she was able to
extend her Bonsai skills during study trips to the UK and
Europe, including visits to workshops with, and
demonstrations by, various Bonsai artists including John
Hanby, Takeo Kawabe, Hiromi Tsukada, Danny Use and others.
She was listed as a National Demonstrator with the NZBA in
2005. She has a particular interest in azaleas as bonsai and
has been growing them for over 15 years. Initially it was
difficult to get information on the special techniques
needed to get the best out of azalea bonsai. However, since
2005 she has been able to access a lot of specialist
information on azalea (specifically Satsuki Azalea)
cultivation and training as a member of the Satsuki Azalea
Society (UK) and recently the Australasian Satsuki Society.
She has also collected many different varieties of Satsuki
azaleas, most
of which are very rare in NZ.
Wendy will be demonstrating the very specific and different
cultural and design requirements to develop Azaleas as good
bonsai, and speaking about the varieties of azaleas
available in NZ.
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All pictures,
text and articles are copyright © Satsuki-Azalea-Society 2007
and
may not be copied or used without permission from the Society.
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