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The same old story
Spring is here – again. Same old story, but still the same joy to experience how nature wakes up after the dormant period. Busy repotting and exited to see leafs out again.
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Bonsai India on print
Just a brief note, telling that the article about Bonsai Namaste now has been published in the Bonsai Focus Magazine. Read it there, or go to the Bonsai Namaste website to see more.
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Bonsai Namaste – website launched
Bonsai Namaste is the name of a bonsai group in India. Also the name of a big event taking place in early 2018. At www.bonsainamaste.com you can follow the group and the event. Bonsai Namaste means Welcome Bonsai, and is the spirit of the wonderful…
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Last snow before spring
As usual winter wants to sign out of the season by dropping a few cm soft snow over the garden. It will be gone by tomorrow, and then I am ready for repotting-season. Have to wait a little though and see how March behaves.
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Shimpaku upside down
For a number of years I have been growing a small Juniperus Shimpaku, and followed the original position until now. The tree was purchased as a semi-finished piece at the Mansei-en nursery in Omiya, Japan, of late Saburo Kato in 2005, and mainly bought as…
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Shohin displays at Noelanders
As promised in an earlier post, I will take a little time going through some of the shohin displays at Noelanders this year. Not to judge them (judges already did their job), but to put some words on the way of displaying shohin-bonsai the classical way…
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Winning Shohin at Noelanders / EBA 2017
There are awards given at Noelanders Trophy and EBA as it is a tradition. Within the next days (starting sometime next week after a work travel to Berlin), I will comment on some of the entries. That will not be a judging, but a description of…
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Great weekend with bonsai art
Making new friends and meeting old ones might sound like a cliche, but it was very true at this years Noelanders Trophy in Genk, Belgium. The exhibition this time added the EBA exhibition and a number of 220 displays could be seen. A great variety…
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Shohin displays at Noelanders Trophy and EBA 2017
Juniperus chinensis `Otoigawa´ , Acer buergerianum – Alexandre Escudero With special permission from The Noelanders Trophy organisation are here most of the Shohin-bonsai displays from this years exhibition in Genk, Belgium. The displays were part of the Noelanders Trophy and the EBA 2017 meeting.
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Ready for Noelanders / EBA2017
Finished all the cleaning up, details and applying moss on the soils surfaces i.e. on the bonsai that I will bring to the EBA 2017 exhibition at Noelanders Trophy this upcoming weekend. Today tables are cleaned and packed for the ride. Will be there from…
