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Pretty Pictures
Seeing as I was having a good bitch and moan last week I thought it would be a good idea to redress the balance with a happy post. Sadly we are not able to trade trees like we have done in years past so the number in the garden is drastically reduced. However the quality, relatively speaking has improved seeing as a lot of the lesser materials have gone. It's been a rank summer here on the east coast with almost constant onshore northerly winds and this has seriously hit our plants. We have also not seen the sun very often so progress has been catastrophically slow. These pic's were snapped...
A Smashing Time
This week I had several tons of Bonsai pots delivered. The experience got me thinking about where we find ourselves and what to expect going forwards. If strong language offends PLEASE do not read further. If you are a bone-idle tired hands please do NOT read further. At some level the past few months have been tough for most everybody. The last thing you need is for me to start griping about how tough my life is. For sure some folk around the world are in a struggle for their very existence, by comparison our 'first world' problems are petty and inconsequential. However, for any number of...
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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...
Anyone Want a Hernia?
Since the beginning of June I have taken over 1500 pictures of trees that are for sale on the website. Every time it feels like I am coming to the end of the task i find another bunch of stuff that still needs listing. It's taking me forever and has entirely take over...
Ebay Auction Clearance Stock
It's that time of the year again where we have to clear out some odds and ends. We currently have a few auction listings on Ebay, please go and bid on them we are losing a wedge of cash on these which makes me sad 🙁 G.
Summer Sale – 1 Month Only
I don't think many people see the world in the way I do, I have some crazy things going on up there. Unfortunately that leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to buying bonsai trees and in particular raw material because I, as it were, "See dead people"....
New Trees Delivery
It's been a few weeks since we had new stock arriving. We have had several weeks where more trees are leaving than are arriving and that bothers me so I bought a few bits to keep me in the right frame of mind. Next week we have a large delivery of trees arriving but...