Oct 4, 2013 | General
I’m not renowned for being coy, my recalcitrant attitude has landed me in hot water a time or two. I have strong opinions on how things should be done (in common with most beer drinking Englishmen). I don’t profess to be the Messiah, in fact some mornings I don’t know which way is up. But one thing I can be sure about is what I like. In life I have generally found myself swimming against the tide. For instance as I have gotten older my cars (and bikes) are getting older not newer, so far I have regressed to the late 50s. I am also the only person in Britain today (under 90 years of age) who does not carry a mobile telephone. I didn’t get my first TV until I was 47. Some would call these things bloody mindedness, personally I don’t care what you call it. People with strong opinions aren’t popular in todays age of compromise. Whatever!
One of the things I do have strong opinions about is bonsai pots. There are a few points you need to know.
* Putting a plant in a bonsai pot does not make it bonsai.
* Putting a crappy bonsai in a nice pot is like putting a hat on a pig, it’s still a pig.
* Formal bonsai trees can go in informal pots but normally look better in traditional styles.
* Informal bonsai trees should go in formal pots. Too much informality in a bonsai composition ends up looking like a teenagers bedroom.
* Butt ugly trees will not be made beautiful by clever use of lots of wacky stuff (see above comment about hats).
* The bonsai tree should always be the centre of attention. Loud pots are much like loud 1960s trousers, ALL WRONG!
* Creating a TASTEFUL beautiful informal arrangement is something you can do AFTER you have mastered the art of the formal and traditional.
From the above you can tell I don’t like the current trend for loud, wonky pots and silly arrangements of old tat and bonsai hanging out of crappers and the like.
We recently bought in a small collection of generally scruffy bonsai trees and there were a couple of corking pots in amongst them. Here’s how I resolved to rid the world of a little ugliness……..
If these were pots you once owned or even, God forbid, made, I wouldn’t go any further than this 😉
G.
Oct 3, 2013 | General
If you weren’t at the BTA show at Sheffield last weekend you missed a great opportunity. We love this show, some great trees and lots of haggling. Every year this show throws up some great deals from traders and bonsai collectors alike. This year we had a number of deals done before arriving and came home with loads of exciting new trees that will appear on the web site in the next few days.
Next years show will be at a new venue on 19 October. Put it in your diary!
Here’s a few pic’s …….
Oct 2, 2013 | General
We will be attending the Bonsai Group Enfield’s Autumn show at Capel Manor College Gardens, Enfield on Sunday October 13th. http://bonsaigroupenfield.wix.com/home#!
We will have a trade stand and Graham will be presenting a demonstration throughout the day. We do have limited space so if there’s something you would like us to take along please let us know in good time.
Sep 25, 2013 | General
Here at Kaizen Bonsai we offer the most diverse selection of bonsai available anywhere in the UK. Our range of species and prices are second to none. We keep trees from 3″ to 40″, raw material right through to aged specimen bonsai trees. Unlike our competition we ship anything anywhere and are proud to say that in delivering over 5000 bonsai trees none have been significantly damaged. If we ship you a tree and it gets badly damaged you get your money back, simple. We deliver bonsai all over Europe fast and safe. Here’s a couple of monsters being prepared for shipping abroad recently
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Sep 20, 2013 | General
Here at Kaizen Bonsai we are currently carrying more trees than ever. We have thousands of trees and raw material with more arriving every week. We have bought two collections in the last month with another coming very soon.
September is generally a quite month around here and with watering duties becoming less time consuming we decided to spend a day getting to grips with some of the trees that have been here for a while. It never ceases to amaze me how an hour or two can transform a scruffy stump. I also have to wonder why more folk don’t buy raw material when so little work can double it’s value. Answers on a postcard please 😉
G.
Sep 13, 2013 | General
Once again this year we will be attending the Bonsai Traders event at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, Sunday September 29th. As usual we will have the biggest stand with the coolest stuff and some real bargain trees to clear too.
If you would like us to bring an order along for you to save the shipping cost or if there is a tree or other item you would like to see in the flesh please get in touch very soon.
This is always a great event. Be there!
