The Toronto Bonsai Society's Spring Show and Sale, The Bonsai Zone, May 2024 

Nature in a miniature form is so Beautiful

That you Nigel! It was awesome to revisit all the trees!

That "best in show" Thuja is amazing!!!

Best filming of a show so far IMO. Filming sign, then tree, with no comment and ambient music. Perfect.

La scène créé avec le pin et les abeilles morte est fantastique et parle beaucoup wow amazing

Thank you so much Nigel your are awesome......

Ayyy great video & show! The dead wood on the 'Best in Show' compliments it's rock/slab/pot sooo nicely! Absolute stunner.

Very nice to see Nigel. Great filming and beautiful trees!

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That leaning boxwood reminded me of your birds nest spruce. Very nice! Thanks for taking us along to the show

"Thank you, Nigel, for sharing the video capturing the highlights of the 2024 Bonsai Show at the Toronto Zoo. Your contribution allows those who missed the event to experience its beauty. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to help coordinate and bring such a wonderful show at the Zoo. It was a pleasure to showcase the artistry of bonsai cultivation."

That dystopia Scots Pine was very cool. Kudos to all the artists involved. Best in Show.

Thanks for that wonderful video! Loved every second of it. Awesome.

Very creative designs in this show!!! And awesome background music that was spoiled by the tornado sirens...Coincidentally at the time I got to "THE AESTHETICS OF FAILURE". That was my favorite composition. I took time to pause and read the deep meaning. And I would love to buy that scroll!!!...or a print.

Nigel, Thank you so much for taking the time to video these wonderful trees...I'm a bit jealous that we don't have exhibits like this in the PNW...Thanks again for sharing your experience...

Really liked the dystopian pine. Put me in mind of your abandoned car Nigel, and Sam Doecke's tyre swing and dunny.

Ah i wish i had staeyd up - Going to enjoy this one!

Thanks for sharing the show with us (and especially for including close ups of the text alongside the dystopian piece)!

Fabulous Video! Thanks for taking us to the show Nigel!!! 😊

Oh my goodness!!! There are some crazy cool trees! That upright cedar... OOooOOOoooo..... Nice to see that Blue Jay smile! Vince too! Neat when I watch everyone's videos, I can recognize trees and people, even though I've never seen either face to face. Fantastic video Nigel! Thank you for these!

Great show and great to see little Blue Jay at the show. Vendors were cool also. Thank you for the tour of the show.

Some really nice tree's!

26:00 - wow that is A STATEMENT, love that composition and what it is about. That's top notch art. EDIT, of course author was raised partially in Poland XD, why I'm not surprised, cudowna praca, zostanie w mojej pamięci na długo :)

I really enjoyed the tour. Great trees, and brilliant photography. It was great to see Jay.

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Great Video! Beautiful Trees in Toronto.

Thanks for the visit Nigel. Some unusual presentations- don't think I've seen a cascade ginko before! The pot/tree/stand combination of the juniper @ 28:20--28:30 was extraordinarily coordinated. Visual weight of all elements synced perfectly, and repeating forms between pot and stand, rather than overwhelming the tree, brought my attention back to how integrated every element was in that presentation. Legs on the stand echoing the angles and shapes formed by the trunk of the tree. Nothing at all common about that juniper!

Someday invite me on this show i would be very grateful to Nigel ....yeah all trees are beautiful..

My 2 cents. The pots very striking and well matched to the bonsai; dystopian, scroll a bold departure from the traditional; fitting for the presentation. Were more trees less prepped than in past years? Conspicuous wiring caught my eye. What do the judges say about it? Personally, not a fan of pointy, obviously carved jin; perhaps I will grow to have more appreciation. THANKS for the tour! Hi Blue Jay!🐦😃

7:35 Wow that wisteria

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Seems like such a nice, friendly and supportive community you have over there. Have you ever thought about experimenting with an exposed root project Nigel? I've heard you plant in a long tube, similar to drain pipe and slowly expose. Looks really effective in Azaleas, would love to see you have a try

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I am so happy for the upgrade to 60 fps btw

The Thuja @ 20:30 has quite a masculine jin down there!🙈

All that was missing were some of your trees.

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I would love to go but it's held on the worst possible weekend.

@6:36, I'm curious what the white stuff was on the soil surface of the jade.

do like spring shows, notice that the club does not have the age on them. I reckon general public get so fixed on the age they forget to look at the tree, but don't you get the question of how old a lot?

LOL..." I better get outta here before I buy something..." If I had a £ for every instance Ive had to say that!

I'm a little confused about the dead bees, original, I'll give them that.

You sell shirts now!?

What was with the dead bees?

Like a lot of shows, many mediocre trees and a few exceptional ones. Thanks for sharing!

Josh is the person in the murder mystery show who can't bother to stop working to talk to the detectives. V cute

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i should not be here...

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