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It's a funny old business this bonsai lark. In particular the business of buying yamadori (collected trees) is fickle, extremely risky and entirely unpredictable. Over the years we have been taken to the cleaners and have lost a years profit on a single deal. There...

It's been a while since my last post. Our workload has continued to punish us all severely. Everyone here has been working flat out since we got back after the christmas break. Catherine has been spending 12 hour days at her desk. Ramon is a broken man and I have...

It's been a busy year so far. It's always our intention to turn orders around within 24 hours but we are just not making it at the moment so if you are waiting for a delivery we apologise for the delay. Last year was one of our best ever UNTIL the end of August when...

Seems like a lot of folk have been asking for oak trees recently. I had a quick run around the nursery this morning and took a few snaps. These are what we have at this time but should have quite a few more in about four weeks time. Sorry about the quality of the...

Over the last couple of weeks we have been a little distracted with our attendance at the Noelanders Trophy, held in Genk, Belgium over the last weekend. I have been attending this show for at least fifteen years now and in that time it has become one of the worlds...

I have reached that age where I face an ever-increasing past and a diminishing future. Doesn't really matter because I can't see shit without Catherine's glasses. However I have noticed there is one very valuable benefit of being older, one readily overlooked in our...

It's been 25 years, near as dammit, since I started bonsai with my first serissa. Those early days were a heady mix of excitement and ignorance that drove a roller coaster of emotions as I summited highs of success and plummeted into the depths of failure. Ignorance...

I was asked this question recently and thought it might help a few folk..... "Hi Graham, J H. has a problem with a Scot,s Pine and we wondered if you could help ? When purchased the tree had a shari created the entire length of the trunk approx 24 inches. Had the tree...

I don't make any secret of my contempt for the modern idea of Christmas but if folk want to go crazy buying stuff who am I to stand in their way. As usual this year has been crazy with hundreds of little trees packed and out the door we have been frantically busy. I...

I get a lot of folk sending me kind messages about how 'gifted' I am with bonsai. Whilst I appreciate the support and kind sentiment I consider the idea of a talent or skill being a 'gift' as absolute bollocks. Just like everyone else I was born pissing my pants and...