• Autumn colours come late

    12. November 2021 / 1 Comment

    This season autumn colours come late. We still have fairly mild weather, with temperatures not dripping below 6 degrees C. / 43 Fahrenheit at night. Making everything cool down slowly. Some trees have dripped all leaves by night being controlled more by the day length…

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  • WE LOVE SHOHIN BONSAI

    3. November 2021 / No Comments

    Yes. Just needed to spell it out in capital letters, because Shohin bonsai is just fun to work with and beautiful to watch. The online bonsai school at Kisetsu-en covers all kinds of bonsai, but I think it is the regular online teaching bonsai school…

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  • Video sample – November bonsai edition

    2. November 2021 / No Comments

    Today you can watch a shorter sample of the content we released for November. Kisetsu-en bonsai online tutorials take you through the season and suggest different subjects for your own bonsai creativity. Kisetsu-en follows the seasons all year round, and I do my best to…

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  • Funny bonsai attitudes

    1. November 2021 / 1 Comment

    November leaf fall and jobs to do in your bonsai garden. The online tutorials are published at https://shohin-europe.com/bonsai-video-studio-2/ and I hope you will enjoy them. As a pro member of Kisetsu-en, you have access to follow up with questions related to the published content as…

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  • Nurse your bonsai creativity as an artist

    31. October 2021 / No Comments

    One of the most important lessons I have learned throughout the years of practising bonsai, is to overcome the obstacles and release creativity. Obstacles can be learning all the styling techniques and necessary gardening skills. Most of that you can learn through practising bonsai and…

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  • Read your tree in autumn

    30. October 2021 / 1 Comment

    Autumn is showing its bright colours. Almost like a traffic light with green, yellow and reds shining at the branches on deciduous Japanese maples, the Korean hornbeam or the Elm. I am lucky to have some nice weather the last days with the sun bringing…

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  • Bonsai fun and +2300 bonsai pictures

    27. October 2021 / No Comments

    Refreshed and reorganized the full picture gallery over the last few days. Uploaded and reorganized more than 2300 photos adding a lot of inspiration from travels around the world. Photo travelogue Pictures from China, Japan, Brazil, Germany, India, Belgium, UK, Poland and Denmark so far.…

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  • Wabi sabi or not?

    21. October 2021 / 1 Comment

    It´s Almost Friday at Kisetsu-en. This week we publish a new podcast with the subject discussing: Do all bonsai have to be old and do they have to look old? The tradition is bonsai are old trees or at least shows age. This tradition and…

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  • Join the bonsai Live Q&A tonight for free

    14. October 2021 / 1 Comment

    Sharing the link for today’s free Live Q&A at Kisetsu-en.   Click to join at 20:00 (UTC +2) October 14.   https://zoom.us/j/5852340261?pwd=NStGWDhkNGJoMXBlOFZndWNYTXV6Zz09   Code to add for the meeting if required is: zoom-free There is a limited number of participants. If the list is full…

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