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Danish Bonsai exhibition
A full weekend of bonsai activities ended. Displaying bonsai is a headline of any bonsai event, and it is always interesting to show your own work and watch what others are setting up for display. Some bonsai previously exhibited is back and improved. New comes…
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20 year + Cotoneaster Shohin bonsai
The Danish Bonsai Society is one of the oldest bonsai associations in Europe. The weekend ahead will be used to celebrate this at the annual meeting and exhibition. Peter Warren from the UK will help us do that, and I will post from the event.…
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Live Q&A and the friendly educational Kisetsu-en community
Thursday we had our monthly Live Q&A filled with questions. And my experience with this group is that it is growing in many ways. The friendliness and interaction between the attending people are just great, and I enjoy every minute of it. The Kisetsu-en spirit…
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Live bonsai Q&A coming up
Q&A is a cornerstone at Kisetsu-en. Questions are asked and answered daily about all kinds of bonsai subjects. If you also want to join in at our live Q&A at the Zoom platform you can easily do that. You will feel the Kisetsu-en friendly spirit…
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Air layering for Shohin bonsai
There are a number of ways to create your own Shohin bonsai. One of them is using a shrub or tree that already is trained for bonsai. You can cut that down and regrow it, if it is a species that tolerates this, and is…
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Bonsai seasons
New bonsai tutorials are to be released on September 1st. As always a lot of thoughts, work and cutting (both trees and video) is put into this. I hope you will enjoy it on this first day of autumn if we follow the calendar. What…
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Japanese White Pine autumn jobs
The Japanese White Pine is maybe the most elegant of all pines. The feminine light needles set up against the rough bark is as beautiful as only nature can create it. Autumn is here in a moment, and the weather can change every day from…
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Blog post bug fixed + bonsai tutorials in 8 languages
We discovered a bug that made blog posts only available for members and that was not intended. The bug is gone, and all blog posts are of course free to read. Let us know if you find a blog post restricted for members and we…
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A life with trees. The essence of bonsai.
Living a life with trees. As far back as my childhood, I was fascinated by trees. One of the clearest memories of that time is playing with the other kids in the local forest just five minutes away at short skinny legs. The inspiration from…
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Almost Friday at Kisetsu-en unboxing
Almost Friday at Kisetsu-en Episode 18 unboxing goodies from https://bonsaivaerkstedet.com/ and looking forward to September 1st when the Monthly Bonsai Magazine is on air with new content.