The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter

Around here autumn is a good time for me to get some trees worked. This year has been harder than normal because obviously Rammon went on his way and we have also been insanely busy too. I generally spend the autumn covered in dust knocking holes in big deciduous...

It's been a chaotic week or two here. Christmas shopping is in full swing and it appears a lot of folk are getting the drop on spring by ordering soil and pots early too. It's almost shocking how much stuff is going out the door every day. Thankfully we now have a...

It's a sad fact we are all getting older. Having been at this bonsai lark for thirty odd years now I can say with confidence that there is a lot less testosterone flowing around the British bonsai scene than there was twenty years ago. Perhaps that's the result of...

When I started Kaizen Bonsai years ago my only ambition was to handle a couple of orders a day so that Catherine didn't need to go out to work any more and I could have a toe in the water of something I cared passionately about. Fast forward nearly twenty years and...

Who knew the Queen had bonsai? Anyone want to stab a guess at what happened to Jack? Bizarre tale of the Queen, 'Jack' the bonsai tree and a first-class jaunt from China. G.

This long winded article concerns this interesting picture I took earlier in the week. Do bear with me 😉 Bearing in mind the incredible information resources we have at our disposal is it not ironic that the scourge of our day is stupidity? Sadly our beloved hobby...