General

I'm pretty sure I have said it before and, apropos of nothing, I will say it again, I get bored REALLY quickly. I have a short attention span and absolutely hate doing the same thing twice. These are all really bad characteristics for a bonsai wallah. What keeps me...

I have a lot of stuff, much too much stuff. I was poking around in the warehouse earlier and noticed we have a lot of interesting stones that have been sitting around for a while. I hate slow moving stock so I thought we could have a sale! (wash your mouth out with...

WARNING: Sage advice about bonsai preceded by strong opinionated nonsense. Don't read if you are sensitive to such things. In spite of my continual bitching and moaning there are some good days here at KB. Having a dark and twisted sense of humour the things that make...

WARNING: The following diatribe includes personal opinion. If you are easily offended by opinions other than your own please don't read any further. If you are minded to leave hostile comments or would like to tear me a new one I could'nt care less. Last time I...

Anyone who has spent any time with me at all will know that there is nothing on this earth that I hold in greater contempt than politicians. To say that the lunatics are running the asylum is such an understatement that I am rather ashamed to be using the phrase in...

I have been asked for workshop dates repeatedly but have largely been unable to oblige. However I have managed to squeeze in a couple of summer dates coming up soon. There are only two places left on each date so if you would like to attend please get in touch...

By this time in the bonsai year we should would normally be relaxing a bit, sucking down some inebriating beverages and catching a few rays. Sadly that's not happened this year, for a start we have been suffering out here on the east coast with biting north winds and...

Just taken delivery of another few, very choice, new yamadori trees. Fresh in from the Mediterranean these are feeling right at home in the unseasonally warm sunshine. G.

More new imported stock arrived over the weekend. Here are a few snaps to whet your appetite. This will all be appearing on the web site over the summer but meanwhile if something grabs your eye please send me an email with the relevant picture for reference. Still...

I did post a picture of this plant a while ago and got a whole host of ideas on it's identification, none of which I believe were correct. Not the most desirable tree in the world but I do love the challenge of something new. For anyone that was interested it's...