The event is hosted by Wauchope Bonsai Group and kicks off at the Laurieton United Services Club at 10am on Saturday, October 20. 

Nurturing bonsai plants is a hobby which continues to grow in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region. 

Rod Hockings is a member of the Hastings Bonsai Group and will showcase some of his bonsai at the event. 

He said people have a fascination with bonsai for a number of reasons. 

“If a bonsai is done well, you can look at it and see an old tree,” he said. 

“Also there seems to be a bit of an obsession about miniatures.”  

Read more: Bonsai popularity in the Hastings

The show will feature an exhibition of traditional Japanese, Chinese and Australian Native bonsai.

There will also be a raffle with a number of prizes to select from.

Bonsai are often not judged by their age, instead for their appearance. 

They can be grown from seeds and from cuttings of other trees or plants.

Wauchope Bonsai Group will have sale tables full of members’ excess stock and will feature pre-bonsai trees and pots.

Entry to the event at Laurieton United Services Club is $3. 

For more information people can visit the 2018 Bonsai Show Facebook page.