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 quickly.
Details here – Summer Bonsai Workshop Dates
G.
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 late October temperatures, only a polar bear would be outside in those conditions sunning himself. Secondly it’s just been too dammed busy (which I know is a good thing) thanks to all your orders. There’s just never a minute to take a deep breath. Case in point I was dragged from my bed last Saturday at an unearthly hour (even for me) by a dodgy looking lorry driver with no front teeth and sporting a fine pair of flip flops. Standing there in my bare feet and not a lot else it’s hard to know which of us was the more bewildered and surprised as I opened the door. As the fog lifted and I saw the curtain-sider in my drive and the pink slip the driver was thrusting in my direction (no English) all became clear, it was my latest delivery of yamadori. So before the sun appeared over the horizon or I had a chance to get a cup of coffee in me I had to hump about a ton and a half of scruffy looking plants.
My blog posts of late are perhaps becoming a little boring (More new trees, yawn!) but there has been no time to compose witty prose since all I have been doing is sorting out deliveries. There has not been time to barely even start listing new stock for sale on the web site. Such is the demand for trees we have been fighting off customers with a big stick. So, if you have been waiting for pictures, prices or other enlightening details I must apologise for being such an awkward old sod but all good things come to those who wait.
This particular delivery includes a few choice bits and bobs. We will be sitting on some of these until the end of summer, others are available now and a couple won’t ever be available. There are some nice bits here and the prices are pretty good considering the quality. As always the more bent and twisted the higher the price, a constant source of wonderment to my dad who says “How much? For that price I would think you could get a nice straight one.”
G.
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 plenty more to come yet this year 😉
G.
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 looking like Phillyrea angustifolia rosmarinifolia now it’s chucked up some flowers. I might be wrong and I know somebody will put me right if I am 😉
G.
Last weekend I had to drag my sorry old butt out of bed at 4am. We spent the day at the bonsai Expo at Heathrow which is a fair old shlep from here on a dreary wet and dark morning. Still, it was great to be able to catch up with so many friends and familiar faces and the bonsai weren’t half bad either. I did find a few minutes to take a few snaps. In no particular order here are a few of the exhibits that caught my eye. Sorry the pic’s aren’t brilliant please use your imagination 😉
G.