The current committee comprises of the following individuals together with their areas of responsibility as ratified at the last AGM.
These Committee Members will be your point of contact.
Please click on a Committee Team role to see more details.
Liaises directly with Companies House on matters of administration and finance. Also responsible for annual returns and membership/insurance. Retains the role of co-ordinator for R.H.S. Shows involving bonsai.
I was bitten by the bonsai bug in 1982. Attending Cardiff horticultural show I saw some very good Bonsai exhibited by Ken Shallicker who ran a bonsai nursery in Liverpool.
I bought a couple of small pots from him and dug up some birch saplings growing in a water course running behind our house in Peterston Super Ely. These first attempts thrived, I still have one today!
I was then playing in the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera whose touring schedule included many cities in Britain. This gave me ample opportunity to visit many bonsai nurseries. I became acquainted with a number of bonsai masters and had ample time to study their work. Over the next 27years I bought trees, pots, and sundries and became friends with many wonderful bonsai people. I was in at the beginning of Cardiff Bonsai Club and had two spells as Chair. I became friends with Peter Adams and on at least three visits to the UK he came to Cardiff, took a club meeting, day workshop and stayed with us. Harry Tomlinson and Dan Barton were also regular visitors to the Cardiff club.
When I retired from WNO in 2009 our Club secretary Anne Campbell suggested I join the FoBBS Committee. I was duly proposed and have been a member of the Committee since then.
My role is coordinator of the FoBBS Open New Talent Competition.
