The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter

Here in Dear Old Blighty we are in the midst of change on a scale not seen since WW2. In general we people hate change, it represents uncertainty and is a harbinger of  things unknown. I have reached an age now that I have learned, without doubt, that only one thing...

I am a simple fellow. Born into simpler times, the 1960's, I have spent my life among simple working class folk who live simple lives. None of my compadre's ever went to university and most of us couldn't spell 'semantics' never mind explain it's meaning. A clodhopper...

I know very well that most folk have a great deal of difficulty in bonsai when it comes to sorting out the way forward for their raw material. A few people are seemingly blessed with a sixth sense when it comes to such issues. I have no answer for this but I do know...

A lot of people tell me they like  my regular rantings posted here. I like to keep them related to bonsai but this time not. I got very angry recently and as I am weird I just sat down and typed. I guess that's better than going out and breaking heads. So here's my...

For probably the first time ever we are having something of a sale. We are so rammed with new stock this year that we are severely struggling to find space. Therefore we have decided to cut prices on some very nice raw material and bonsai that we hope to find new...

Around here we start re-potting trees around the end of February and stop around the end of November. I am a bit of a stickler for doing things at certain times based on my experience of successful (or not) outcomes. Scots pine yamadori needs to be bare rooted at some...