The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter

Starting out in bonsai is a tough thing to do. It’s easy to get it wrong, be misguided, be deceived or bamboozled by the ignorance of other egotistical self proclaimed ‘experts’. The fact that someone has a large following does not guarantee they know what they are doing. My own mentor introduced me to the concept of smoke and mirrors. Trust me, there are very few genuine ‘teachers’ out there. There are even fewer who really know what they are doing. The big problem is that as a fresh faced newbie full of excitement and enthusiasm we simply cannot tell the difference between an egotistical...

I remember decades ago, around the end of the seventies to be precise, my parents took my best mate Woody and I down to that there London. We were heading to Wembley arena to see Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, a big deal for a couple of clod hoppers from the sticks and quite a drive for the old man. At some point we ended up a bit lost, not that the A to Z ran out of charge, we just got in a muddle. So the old fella pulled up at the side of the road and accosted a passer-by like you did back then. What follows is the honest truth... Dad wound down the window and called the fellow over asking...