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Break My Heart
For probably the first time ever we are having something of a sale. We are so rammed with new stock this year that we are severely struggling to find space. Therefore we have decided to cut prices on some very nice raw material and bonsai that we hope to find new homes for quickly. It's against my religion but something has to give. Some of these prices represent my own cost price + VAT and delivery. We will not hold these prices for long so check out the links below, grab a bargain and make a grown man cry 😉 https://www.kaizenbonsai.com/olive-tree-beautiful-bonsai-olea-sylvestris SOLD...
A Bonsai Wrestling Match
Around here we start re-potting trees around the end of February and stop around the end of November. I am a bit of a stickler for doing things at certain times based on my experience of successful (or not) outcomes. Scots pine yamadori needs to be bare rooted at some point in order to remove the old mountain soil and to get rid of dead material and begin the process of creating a root system suitable for life in a bonsai pot. Yesterday evening once it cooled down a bit we set too on this little chap. The candles are extending in the top of the tree so time was good (August is the other good...
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Bonsai World 2013
Kaizen Bonsai Ltd were very pleased to be able to sponsor this excellent event over the weekend of 10/11 August. I think the organising committee have put together one of the best quality events I have seen in the U.K over the last 20 years. I was told that without...
Muck & Bullocks
Ever since I was old enough to walk I have been getting covered in crap. No matter how hard I try everything I touch gets filthy. If I put on a pristine white shirt I can pretty much guarantee something close to hand will spontaneously explode within half an hour and...
Urgent Advice for a Heatwave
Britain has become laughably pathetic these days. We are currently enjoying a couple of nice warm days, it is mid-summer after all. The media is experiencing heat induced hysteria, apparently we are all going to die horribly.......yawn. Kaizen Bonsai are happy to...
Re-potting Special Bonsai
A wiser man that I once said that in order to call a tree bonsai it needs to have spent 20+ years in a pot. A tree that has spent 20 years in a pot is not necessarily a bonsai but, a tree that has been worked and cultivated with care and skill over 20 years might,...
Sexy New Junipers Just Arrived
Just had the first batch of new yamadori junipers arrive. Some stunning material at least two seasons in their pots and ready to go. Drop us a line for details and prices.
New Video – How To Create Bonsai in 5 Hours
Our new video "How To Create Bonsai in 5 Hours" is now available from our bonsai movies page.