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We’ve Got Your Back.
Just a quick update on what's been happening recently here at Kaizen Bonsai world headquarters. It's nice to know that when things are uncertain, to quote a modern idiom ' We've got your back', or at least someone has. None of us really know what's just around the corner as we go through our lives. Most of the time nothing happens, life goes on. Sometimes there is a nice surprise waiting to shower us in blessings, rare but it does happen. And then, there is what most often seems to happen. Life is going along nicely and just as you turn a corner life lays you out like you were caught in the...
Little Tommy Opposite
By and large I was a sullen little kid, never happier than in my own company, doing my own thing. I was hopeless at being told what to do and my mum used to call me 'little Tommy opposite'. It didn't seem to matter what my parents had to say I would want to do the opposite. Chips for tea? No, I want pie. Lets go to the beach! No I want to stay home. Let's stay home and watch TV. No I want to go to the beach. Don't hit your sister!........You get the idea. Back in the late 70's everyone was losing their minds over punk rock and later new wave synthpop which just made me retch. Me? I was a...
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Price Rises – The GOOD news.
Coming off the back of our most successful year ever you would think I could allow myself the luxury of easing up a bit but that's just not possible. As a business we are facing new challenges all the time and have to constantly be innovating, developing new products...
Heathrow Bonsai Show 2016
It's becoming a bit of a tradition now, us polling down to Heathrow every autumn (4am start) and with good reason. This show has turned into what I think is currently the UKs premier bonsai clubs show. The team here are tireless and have excelled themselves this year...
Forget That ISA
Now summer (such as it was) is solidly behind us it's the time of year when we get busy whipping some of our stock into shape. Living out on the coast the next three months will most likely be very mild and experience has shown it to be an ideal time to work...
That’s a Keeper
I suppose it's a dream job for most bonsai nuts. Every year I have to buy between one and two thousand trees. Who wouldn't love to have a trip around Europe spending a hefty five figure sum on bonsai? I get to see all the new stock when it arrives and all the fresh...
Show Date Coming Up
The excellent Heathrow Bonsai Show is coming up again soon. Once again we will be there with lots of goodies. We already have a lot of orders we will be bringing so if there is something you would like us to bring along please let us know in good time so we can...
We Need Your Help!
Here at Kaizen Bonsai we are a family business, on occasions there are three generations of us beavering away here. However we also have a much extended family of wonderful customers who have become great friends and a few become much more than that. I now have just...