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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
Workshop Dates 2019
I have been threatening to do some workshops for a while now. Problem is actually twofold. First I am old, really busy and mostly worn smooth out. Secondly the workshop is actually full of old motorcycles and I don't have a place to put them. However, my sense of duty has got the better of me and so here are some dates for 2019. Only available first come first served, paid in advance. I have been taken for a fool too many times and so payment is strictly up front and non refundable in the case of a no show. My weekends mean a lot to me and I don't give them up easily. Thanks for...
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Shipping large trees.
Today I had to part company with a very beautiful mugo pine. It's off to the far side of Europe and I am sad to see him go 🙁 Our large trees are shipped by road to anywhere within the EU. This one will be on the road for about 6 days. Labelled up and now all we need...
Massive Shipment of New Trees Available Soon!
Thanks to our loyal customers Kaizen Bonsai have had our best year ever. This has enabled us to invest heavily in new stock for the coming year. We have scoured Europe and are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of literally thousands of trees from across the...
We’re all about second chances!
The old saying goes that one mans muck is another mans money. This rabid pile of dirt looks like junk for sure but, being a little unhinged we were pleased to pay money for it all! Being privet (ligustrum) we can be 100% confident these will all survive. Privet grows...
New Movie – Bonsai Deadwood Refinement Techniques
It's been a while since our last movie post. Finding time to do these is getting increasingly difficult. Our latest offering was shot on Christmas day! I decided to take a look at the subject of refining deadwood since I had received several requests asking how I...
What no catalogue?
Bonsai mart began producing paper mail order catalogues way back in the very early nineties. Back then the internet was in its infancy and this is how business was done. We have continued with this tradition until now. Producing a catalogue takes about 5 months of...
New Movie
We have just finished filming our latest video. This one will cover detailing of deadwood for bonsai.