• Bonsai winter pruning

    It is winter, and the bonsai season may seem a bit far ahead here in Northern Europe. But soon winter is over. We begin repotting and things starts to grow again. Winter time is also bonsai time. Styling trees are perfectly done during the dormant…

  • Happy New Bonsai Year 2018

      [arve url=”https://youtu.be/GKujsRQoIVE” thumbnail=”32793″ title=”Bonsai – happy new Year 2018″ description=”Happy Bonsai New Year 2018 from Morten Albek” autoplay=”no” maxwidth=”1600″ /] Time is running out for 2017. It has been a busy year. Not at least with the work setting up a completely new website…

  • Christmas bonsai meeting

    We are three guys (middle aged to aged) meeting regularly to work with bonsai. We have done this for more than fifteen years now. Maybe close to twenty? December 22nd we had this year’s last meeting, doing bonsai as we use to, eating a meal…

  • China – The demo

    At the penjing / bonsai event in China, arranged by the Black Scissors Community and China Penjing Artists Association, there was a four hours demo. The artists were Japan Kobayashi (Japan), Morten Albek (Denmark), Sean Smith (US), Samuel Thompson (Australia), Ryan Bebas (Indonesia), Rudy Marinello…

  • The Bonsai Video Studio is open

    We managed to get it up a little before time, so there is a possible Christmas gift for yourself. First Monthly Theme is about wiring. First thing in the new year more content will be added to the wiring theme. We hope you will help…

  • Black Scissors in China and grand opening

    China A few days left before going to China with the Black Scissors community. Look very much forward meeting friends and making new ones. And not the least, to work on trees at the demo. Promising bonsai future I can’t remember the International bonsai scene…

  • Bonsai winter storage

    When is the right time to stow away bonsai for winter storage? There are very different opinions about that. Some put them into a safe storage place before the first low freezing nights are present, where others wait for the first frosts to appear. I…

  • Bonsai Video Studio opens December 20

    The new bonsai video studio opens December 20. Give yourself a Christmas gift and sign up for a subscription to monthly themes, Q&A video responses, following the four seasons of bonsai, tutorials and more. Aimed for both newbies and the experienced bonsai enthusiast. From book…