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Live bonsai Q&A coming up
Q&A is a cornerstone at Kisetsu-en. Questions are asked and answered daily about all kinds of bonsai subjects. If you also want to join in at our live Q&A at the Zoom platform you can easily do that. You will feel the Kisetsu-en friendly spirit…
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A life with trees. The essence of bonsai.
Living a life with trees. As far back as my childhood, I was fascinated by trees. One of the clearest memories of that time is playing with the other kids in the local forest just five minutes away at short skinny legs. The inspiration from…
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Tutorials cooking with Shohin and Mame bonsai
The laptop is hot. Cooking the 5 X new video tutorials for the Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online Magazine coming out August 1. We are not sleeping our holidays away here at Kisetsu-en. Well, we try to get some days off, but delivery must be on time.…
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New bonsai book. Shohin – Through the seasons.
The English and french version of the new book “Shohin – Through the Seasons” is now ready for preorders for the English and French language. The book is launched in February 2020. It has been a great pleasure writing a new book, after my first…
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Pruning a tiny mame bonsai Juniper
The tiniest of bonsai, the mame-bonsai, needs extra caution when pruning. Do not trim them regularly, because it will weaken the growth and health. Letting especially evergreens grow a little out of shape before trimming, making the new growth produce energy is essential. Trimming right…
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The small wonders of Japanese maples
Maybe it is because of the size of the tree. Maybe the size of the leaves. The wonders of the Japanese maples in Shohin bonsai always amaze me more than bigger amount of colored leafs. The same with the tiny leafs of the Cotoneaster microphylla.…
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Happy autumn
[arve url=”https://youtu.be/bbbDj41dqBM” thumbnail=”34842″ description=”bonsai video” autoplay=”yes” loop=”yes” /] Autumn, (and I do repeat myself year after year) is one of my favourites. When it gets colder here in Northern Europe, the colours of deciduous trees change. For now it is still warm, but this will…
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Tokonoma display
The garden Tokonoma is used on a daily basis. On rainy days I keep tables and scrolls out, and just set up a basic display. Sometimes just a Suiseki. Other days a proper display with scrolls and tables are included. Like today. The point is…
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Keep cool with double potting
We have spring-time summer at present at my location. Hot and wonderful weather that demands a need to cool down. The small mame-bonsai are in very shallow pots with a limited space for roots and soil. The sun and warm weather heats up pots, roots…
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Bonsai garden expanding
These days the new bonsai garden area is getting the finishing touches. Originally the bonsai garden was a bit smaller, but there was an urgent need for more space. Because new trees are coming in for the Bonsai Video Studio recordings, and there simply wasn´t…
