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Today’s Work, Scots Pine Bonsai Development
By far the greatest reward for all the effort we put into our bonsai trees must be seeing their progression, it's like watching your kids grow up. At least that's the case when it all goes according to plan. Today's work was this scots pine bonsai development progression. You last saw this scots at the beginning of the year... https://www.grahampotterbonsai.com/2020/01/abuse-abuse/ For the last few years I have been pre-occupied with having to work some really ugly runts. Part of a successful business strategy today is adding value. Anyone can buy a product and sell it for a little mark up....
Kevin Willson Bonsai Collaboration
This is the story of a Kevin Willson bonsai collaboration stretching back nearly fifteen years, bear with me.... We all want to live in a perfect world. Trouble is we all have a different opinion of how that world should appear and therein lies the entire history of human conflict. Lock two blokes in a room and sooner or later there WILL be a punch up. Our modern world has become, possibly, more divided than at any time in our brief history and it’s a deeply unpleasant place to be for those of us who remember what we would call better times. Personally, I doubt things were better in the past...
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Oh Bollocks!
Over the years, many would say, I have been lucky to have some pretty nice plants. However nice stuff does not just find me, i have to graft for every last piece. I gave up my job and put my family home on the line. Nothing we have came easy, life just isn't that...
New Delivery of Oak Trees
It's a funny old business this bonsai lark. In particular the business of buying yamadori (collected trees) is fickle, extremely risky and entirely unpredictable. Over the years we have been taken to the cleaners and have lost a years profit on a single deal. There...
What’s Going On at HQ
It's been a while since my last post. Our workload has continued to punish us all severely. Everyone here has been working flat out since we got back after the christmas break. Catherine has been spending 12 hour days at her desk. Ramon is a broken man and I have...
Busy, Busy, Busy!
It's been a busy year so far. It's always our intention to turn orders around within 24 hours but we are just not making it at the moment so if you are waiting for a delivery we apologise for the delay. Last year was one of our best ever UNTIL the end of August when...
Oak Trees Available For Bonsai
Seems like a lot of folk have been asking for oak trees recently. I had a quick run around the nursery this morning and took a few snaps. These are what we have at this time but should have quite a few more in about four weeks time. Sorry about the quality of the...
Noelanders Trophy 2015 Pictures
Over the last couple of weeks we have been a little distracted with our attendance at the Noelanders Trophy, held in Genk, Belgium over the last weekend. I have been attending this show for at least fifteen years now and in that time it has become one of the worlds...