The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
A Spring Rant is Long Overdue.
It’s hard to believe but it’s Easter already and seeing as it was December last time I posted anything here a spring rant is long overdue.
Dodging Bullets….
If you have been trying to access our web site over the weekend but to no avail we have to apologise for not being here. Our web host 123-reg decided to blow themselves into oblivion by deleting lots of web sites across the UK. Just to add insult to injury they...
Coventry Bonsai Show
If you had the misfortune to get my attention over the last couple of weeks, which hasn't been easy seeing as we largely stopped answering the telephone, you will know I have been a bit grumpy. However if you had the extreme misfortune to bump into me over that same...
Bonsai Dates for April
It's been a crazy year here so far. I have never worked so hard, we're on our knees, my last day off in January seems a very long time ago now. Sitting here in a waist high pile of parcels and a hundred still to do it seems unlikely we will be getting caught up any...
New Bonsai Workshop Dates 2016
Just put up new dates for our bonsai group workshops for 2016. Places go fast so don't hang around! Here's a recent juniper I did with a friend of ours.... G.
Special Bonsai Coming Soon
It's silly season around here and it's tough to get much done from beneath your avalanche of orders. Not that I am complaining it's just an insanely busy time and I also have to run around buying and moving our new seasons stock too. This year we have a lot of...
Noelanders Trophy 2016
Just got back from our annual gruelling, but ultimately rewarding, trip to Belgium for the Noelanders Trophy. Too many years have passed by with us visiting this event but it never ceases to surprise in one way or another. This year the buzz around the trade was a...