Max Lehey showed BNW members some of his bonsai techniques that he has been developing over 40 years and demonstrated his method for creating broom style bonsai using field collected English Elms. It was a great night with around 100 members attending. Thanks Max for your great demonstration and your entertaining jokes.

Max showed us some of his tools made from recycling different household products.	Max digs up English Elm trees and cuts them down.
From right to left; Freshly dug up tree, 1 year growth, 2 years growth, 3 years growth.	Max shows us the root growth on this English Elm collected 3 years ago.
Close up of the branch development.	Max shows us where to cut the trunk off for this English Elm.
Max attempts to saw wedges in the top of the tree to form new branches.	Max repots this collected elm into a bonsai pot.
Max applies moss to the top surface of this freshly potted tree.	Repotting completed.
A large turnout of members enjoyed Max's talk.	Max gave members a hand re-grafting their crab apples from last years meeting.

Trees from the display table. Members enjoyed a coffee and a chat after the demonstration. Take me Home