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1 Day A Year Bonsai Trees

Mar 19, 2026 | General | 1 Comment

1 Day A Year Bonsai Trees It's a beautiful early spring day and the sun is shining here at Kaizen Bonsai world headquarters. Just finished watering my trees for the first time this year and the garden is ablaze with the beautiful and welcome sight of spring flowers everywhere. For the first time in months I find it a joy to be alive. It's been a very long hard winter and I for one am pleased it's all over (for now at least). This is the first morning of 2026 that I have had a minute to relax and think about anything other than getting boxes out of the door. Richard can handle todays workload...

Take a Sneaky Peek at This!

Feb 16, 2026 | Bonsai Technique, Bonsai Tree Creation, Video | 8 Comments

Take a Sneaky Peek at This! So, despite the fact we are absolutely inundated with orders from all you lovely folk I managed to find a few hours to do a slap up job on my field maple. We are currently shifting about 3/4 of a ton of goods every single day and both Richard and myself are suffering under the weight of it all but, the show must go on. I would rather drop dead of exhaustion than boredom. My oldest and best mate Stu' was on hand to lend a hand which made for a very pleasant few hours and a nice break. Here's a quick video of the work. I know a great many of our customers love...