• Tosho Juniper pinching

    Summertime and pinching continue. Scissors are busy trimming new growth. It is important though how it is done, and not the least when it is done. The weekly episode on Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online is ready to watch, and deal with a lot of strategies necessary…

  • Facebook live today

    Yeah… The website problems are solved and everything runs smoothly again 🙂 at www.shohin-europe.com Remember the Facebook live at Bonsai Empire later today. On air around 16:00 / 4PM (CEST) – 3 PM (BST) – 10 AM (EDT) – 11:30 (ACST).

  • Small flowers, great joy

    Sometimes the smallest things bring the greatest joy. Shohin Deutzia gracilis, or this small flowering grass below, is for the bonsai display or just to enjoy. A summer flowering Shitakusa, Needletip Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium mucronatum. Sometimes bonsai is about spectacular huge trees, and at other…

  • Timing your bonsai actions

    Summer is creeping up on us. But spring busy days still demands full attention on all new growth. Timing your bonsai actions is essential, and there are no fixed recipes telling exactly when to do what. Not at a time scale anyway. It’s much about…

  • Bonsai Online on air Monday

    Monday is the start of a new week. It also is the re-start of Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online. Bonsai online The first new weekly tutorial is ready to watch Monday, May 25. And we are excited to bring you a new weekly bonsai video. The seasonal…

  • Review: Masahiko Kimura at Bonsai Empire

    Kimura Masterclass review Given the opportunity to watch a Masterclass with Masahiko Kimura is a treat. Kimura is world known and highly respected for his works.  I visited Kimura years ago and remembers him as a kind man if you show real interest in him…

  • Bonsai Online starts May 25

    Weekly episodes Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online brings you a weekly video for your inspiration. Improve your skills, improve your bonsai. You can sign up now at www.shohin-europe.com and begin watching. The first new video will be online on May 25, but you have full access to the archive…

  • Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online

    We are relaunching the Bonsai Online streaming service soon. There clearly is a need for bonsai online instructions these days. We expand the tutorials with a wider range of bonsai covered, so both medium-large to small shohin are subjects for seasonal care, styling, and techniques.…

  • Celebrate the World Bonsai Day

    Each year, on the second Saturday in May, the World Bonsai Friendship Federation celebrates “World Bonsai Day”. Encouraging to share the joy and brotherhood we all feel because of our involvement with bonsai. In memory of Saburo Kato, former chairman of the WBFF. Saburo Kato…

  • Grab a cap and maple leaves

    Grab a cap, cup or t-shirt, and support our activities. New designs are updated in the shop. For two more days the standard delivery is free. Just activate the redeem button at the top of the shop page. I am glad to see the logo…