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Bonsai holidays
Dear Bonsai friends. Thank you for sending messages and warm Christmas wishes. It warms my heart and I truly hope we will all have as peaceful as possible Christmas time. It is a special time of the season when many turn their focus on their…
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Black Pine styling
Now online and ready to stream. I am styling a Japanese black pine Shohin bonsai. Step by step each detail is shown and explained. Learn about the styling process and how to balance health between each branch. Japanese black pines are traditionally used for many…
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LIVE CHANGE to a weekly bonsai video stream
One step backwards sometimes is a giant step forward. Related to the issues I have had over the last year making live streaming with dropouts, sound failures and all that stuff you don’t want to happen. Searching for some solutions but it seems like the…
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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…
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Bonsai created from seed, cuttings or larger trees pruned back
Back from Sweden and back to normal. And then not. This time we will explore bonsai creations a bit more theoretical than usual. Digging into the different ways of creating a bonsai from scratch. How to grow bonsai from seed, cuttings or cutting back larger…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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20 year anniversary gratulations from Esprit Bonsai
Bonsai Esprit / LR Presse send this video for which I am grateful. Michéle Corbihan also is the editor and publisher of the Shohin Bonsai Books I write.
