News

New Australian National Bonsai Magazine

It has been many years since Australia had a national magazine available for general subscription and we are now off and running with one again. Simply called “Bonsai magazine”, the magazine is being published 6 times a year and includes “how to” articles by the best of Australia’s bonsai artists. Anyone can subscribe and to do so you need to click on “Subscribe to our magazine” and download the Subscription Form. It costs $27.95 per year if you want to receive the magazine electronically, or $39.95 if you would like to receive a printed copy. This is a great way to stay in touch with what is happening on the Australian bonsai scene and to learn new techniques.

This new web site

We hope you like the new Association web site. Member Clubs of AABC now have a dedicated “Members Only” section that you will need to log in to, and this is only available to club executives. This section contains all the policy documents, VTP information and forms and the other bits and pieces of administrative stuff.

The rest of the web site is freely accessible to anyone so if you want to “Find a Bonsai Club“ just click on the State you reside in you will be taken to a list of all the Member Clubs in that State, with contact details. Similarly “Find a Bonsai Nursery” will help you find a specialist nursery. We invite you to explore the site.

25th Australian National Bonsai Convention

The next National Bonsai Convention is in Melbourne in May 2012 and you can find all those details through this web site. Simply click on "Next Convention" on the Home Page. The International Demonstrator for this convention is Mr. Boon Manakitivipart from Northern California. Boon is an exceptional bonsai artist who has won many international bonsai awards.

The National Bonsai & Penjing Collection of Australia - NBPCA

The National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia, located in Commonwealth Park in Canberra is going to move to a new home in 2013. The ACT Government has published details of the new site as part of the new Arboretum development in the city. To find out more about the collection, go to www.cbs.org.au/NBPCA/Index.htm.