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Summer Tokonoma display
After a good rain all night and morning the sky cleared and the sun is back. Time well spent setting up a summer display at the Tokonoma. A summer display presenting a European Birch, Betula pendulla. Although still needing a bit of development a display…
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Bonsai garden expansion and then some…
The bonsai garden upgraded to version 2.0. 6 years ago we moved to this plot. With an uncontrolled wild garden neglected for some years. A lot of work has been put into changing it to what now is a calm and peaceful bonsai garden. Everything…
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Spring growth
With a much warmer and very dry spring, it seems like the bonsai are growing stronger this season. Soon it will be time to cut back that overgrown Beatles hair. It’s important though to let the growth extend freely at the deciduous bonsai to strengthen…
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Leaves changes within the minute
The tender new spring growth is to be enjoyed instantly. because especially Japanese maple leaves change rapidly. Almost within the minute. Or at least from one day to the next. One of the things I enjoy about bonsai is the timeless feeling they express when…
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The Shohin Bonsai Roadshow
Nothing better than a 2 X 9-hour drive in two days. The “Shohin Bonsai Roadshow” just have to go on. 😅 Luc kindly translated during the evening. Invited by the Belgium Bonsai Association and more than 30 people took part in a fun and educational…
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Bonsai air layering part 3
Episode 3 shows the final transformation from the air layering process of a Cork Bark Elm. Managing the delicate operation of removing the air layer moss and arranging the roots when making the final step, repotting and distributing roots. Watch all 3 episodes here to…
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Spring bonsai actions
Spring has sprung and here are some ideas for your weekend. Repotting season and Almost Friday episode 25 moss special fills the BONSAI ON content released today. 2 videos were released to warm you up before the weekend. Marvellous spring weather makes it a joy…
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DIY slab + egg-shell pot
The repotting season is started and we need pots. Or slabs and egg-shell pots. That’s what we do in BONSAI ON this week. Because we find it cool to DIY. Making your own pots or slabs from concrete and a metal net (and…
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Almost Friday at Kisetsu-en and Live Q&A
It´s almost Friday at Kisetsu-en. Today we start the repotting season by introducing a small Mame bonsai Trident maple. Watch at the end of the post. There are so many questions when we work with bonsai. About styling, growing techniques and aesthetics. That’s why…
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Hoar frost in the bonsai garden
Hoar frost visiting the Kisetsu-en bonsai garden this morning. Kisetsu-en means “The Garden of the changing seasons” and it certainly proves the name is right. Beautiful patterns are drawn and reveal the tracks of spiders from one branch to another. In a few hours, it…
