Many people believe creating a bonsai starts with a seed. In my experience, that’s a long road to a small result. Real creation begins when you find a “monster” in a garden or a “clunker” in a nursery and have the vision to see what it could be.
In this section, we move beyond simple maintenance. We talk about structural transformation: the heavy-duty wiring, the aggressive carving, and the multi-year plans required to turn “raw material” into a tree that shares the majesty of its wild origins. This is where we stop being just gardeners and start becoming partners with nature.
Take a Sneaky Peek at This! So, despite the fact we are absolutely inundated with orders from all you lovely folk I managed to find a few hours to do a slap up job on my field maple. We are currently shifting about 3/4 of a ton of goods every single day and both...
What's Rebar Got to do with Bonsai? Watch the video to find out 😉 https://youtu.be/gduviMGJCM8?si=l-IME4qsaAg4CoDk
Well that sucked! My long anticipated Christmas holiday that is. When you work from home like we here at Kaizen Bonsai do it's very difficult to get a real break. Christmas, or as some like to call it now 'the holidays' is one time of the year when we can pull up the...
Well it’s taken me the best part of three long weeks but the latest bonsai video is now available online completely free because I am such a lovely generous philanthrope
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...
Bonsai Made Simple: Why Horticulture is the Real Art I am a simple fellow. Born into simpler times, the 1960's, I have spent my life among simple working class folk who live simple lives. None of my compadres ever went to university and most of us couldn't spell...