• Cold snap Q&A Thursday

    Temperatures are dropping these days. Not a lot but freezing it is and this demands some caretaking bringing shohin bonsai into the storage room. After a very wet period, cold can be very destructive. Soil filled with water freezing can both harm not-so-strong pots, and…

  • Double live next Thursday

    Due to an unexpected fallout of tonight’s livestream letting me teach for a full hour out in open space, without anybody watching, I will make a two-hour or more masterclass next Thursday. I am sorry to have wasted your time, and teaching for nobody because…

  • Carina Jern bonsai pots unboxed

    There are many talented bonsai ceramists in Europe, and one of them is doing her magic up north in Sweden. I received a box of new pots I carefully chose from the website this week. It is always exciting to see them in real life.…

  • Live bonsai Q&A Thursday

    Autumn colours are waiting for us. Due to the unusually warm autumnal conditions, only a few trees are expected to show colourful leaves this season. A topic up at the Live Q&A and winter storage tips. Be sure to add your questions to live or…

  • Have fun and create Mame bonsai from herbs.

    In future, all updates will be from the blog about live events and stories from Kisetsu-en. The price of sending newsletters with e-mails suddenly was pushed to insane amounts, so as a small business we have to find other ways. Hope for your understanding. Live…

  • Shohin bonsai Cherry Plum feast

    Eat the tree! Every time the Cherry Plum has fruits it’s a special delicacy to pluck and eat. A maximum of five guests, and one cherry each. Eaten with respect! Started this as a simple nursery material in 1998 and developed it patiently all these…