The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
With Age Comes Wisdom….Or Not
Oscar Wilde wrote "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” Turns out he was right. Scientists have found that growing older is no guarantee of growing wiser, if wisdom is an intuitive knack for grasping basic beneficial behaviours. I’m not sure why it was necessary to be a scientist to figure that one out. It appears to me that putting the word ‘scientist’ into any circumstance...
THE ‘Ugly Tree’ Becomes Beautiful Bonsai – New Video
We have added a new video "THE 'Ugly Tree' Becomes Beautiful Bonsai" check it out https://youtu.be/YLFv_0nMAN4
Elephant Man Does Bonsai
Who knew the elephant man did bonsai! No I wasn't in an actual fight. Riding a motorcycle at the weekend a bee hit me in the face. I still had to go to the Heathrow Bonsai Show and knock out this cool privet though. More details soon. G.
15 Minute Bonsai Fix
One of the things that has always motivated me in bonsai is making something out of not a lot. Being a Brit' I am genetically a sucker for a lost cause. When I buy trees I never go out of my way to get the best stuff, that costs a lot. I like to buy the oddball stuff...
A Grand Day Out – Bonsai Inspiration
I live on the edge of the Norfolk Broads National Park. Nice if you like boats, fishing and GREAT if you are a twitcher. Not so cool if, like me, you love mountains. Our flat landscape certainly produces some amazing and inspirational spectacles including some of the...
Heathrow Bonsai Show Coming Up
The Heathrow Bonsai Show is coming up in a couple of weeks. I have been asked to present a demonstration. Anyone who would like me to bring orders to the show please get in touch as we won't have much stock with us on the day. Mark asked me to work on privet and I...
Keats? What a Numpty
Keats was an English romantic poet who wrote about autumn, "tis the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness". Not too sure if I share his whimsical notion. I don't much like autumn OR winter here in Blighty. Last week I was in Spain enjoying beautiful warm dry...