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New Bonsai Stock Arrived for 2019
Back in the day, when I had more hair on my head and less on my chin I thought life would work out a certain way, probably not unlike my father perhaps. Then I stumbled ass first into bonsai and, given a few years it ran away with me and became a business. I had hoped that by now I might be taking life a little easier, trouble is the bonsai business doesn’t make shit and so here I am working harder than when I was a spotty teenager with no prospects other than a life of drudgery and grunt work, got that right then. Because of bonsai Catherine and I have never had a holiday in any way despite...
Timely Advice
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...
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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...
Half a Ton of Bonsai Pots.
We recently acquired a massive haul of very interesting handmade pots. From what we know the pots were all made by Mr Charles Miller who was obviously passionate about his bonsai. The pots seem to have been made from the late nineties through to around 2007. There are...
Bonsai in Cyprus
I was recently the guest of some great guys behind the Cyprus Bonsai Forum http://bonsaicyprus.forumotions.com/. We first met last year when everyone visited our nursery for a couple of days. I was very pleased to receive an invitation to visit. Because of pressure on...
Incredible root development with Kaizen Bonsai Soils
Kaizen Bonsai have spent years developing some very unique soil mixes. These help produce bonsai in double quick time. Our soil mixes encourage profuse rooting which in turn produces exceptional top growth. Today we re-potted a hawthorn collected two years ago. This...