The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
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It's been more than thirty years since I bought my first indoor bonsai tree and began my journey into this amazing hobby. One of the things that has helped me enormously is a funny quirk in my head that allows me to remember all the little details. Even now I remember everything about my special trees. Where they came from, every little thing I did along the way and how they responded to my actions. This also includes the effect of weather which, especially in the UK is an ever present phenomenon that has an impact upon our activities. Don't assume that good weather is good for trees and bad...
Busy Day At Kaizen Bonsai
Insanely busy we are completely swamped with orders every day. It's a living nightmare just now. Please bare with us, we're doing our best but we don't have any more hands to call upon. Thanks but that really is enough now 😉 G. https://youtu.be/t0Hh_nmS_Ok
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3000 Bonsai Trees!
We have just taken delivery of another shipment of fantastic bonsai trees. This shipment includes some fascinating new varieties not seen in the U.K before. This delivery brings our stock of bonsai to more than 3000 trees in pots. We now have the greatest variety of...
Exciting Progress @ Workshops
Kaizen Bonsai run regular weekend workshops. We focus on a progressive approach to developing bonsai, working hand in hand with our trees. Often my regular guys have to be patient, taking time is the magical ingredient in producing bonsai. However when the time is...
Fantastic Workshop Opportunity
Working in conjunction with the Norfolk Bonsai Association, Kaizen Bonsai are pleased to announce a fantastic new teaching/workshop event to be held in Norwich this August. This is too good an opportunity to miss. Make the effort to attend, a great day is guaranteed!...
New Bonsai Trees Just Arrived.
Just had a new shipment of trees arrive. Includes lots of small olives and oaks and a few sabina junipers. These will be going onto the web site over the next month or so. Here are a few snaps..... See something you like just drop me a line. G. [gallery link="file"...
A great day in the sun
Over the weekend we had a great days workshop. This group have been working with me for about six years now. Many of these trees have been developed from raw material at our regular monthly get togethers. Find out more about our bonsai workshops. [gallery link="file"...
A Good Days Collecting.
It's been insanely busy so far this year and everyone was getting a bit ragged so I declared a day off. However instead of loafing around in front of the TV, Rammon and I headed out to the woods. Sadly our collecting is pretty tame compared to what some of our friends...