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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Boys toys
I spent a very pleasant couple of hours in the Woodland garden yesterday morning ! When we started work in the original one hectare field that is the core of the Woodland garden we were calling it our arboretum but … Continue reading
Some nice colour on some of the Willowbog Collection bonsai.
Whilst doing a little bit of autumn tidying up about the nursery today, I noticed how nice one or two of ” Mr. Greedy’s ” bonsai looked ! This Japanese Mountain Maple [ Acer palmatum ] is one of my … Continue reading
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Tagged acer palmatum, autumn colour, beech, bonsai, deciduous bonsai, elm, maple, Willowbog
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Fox in the garden
Much of the work that we have done here on the land has been geared towards improving it as a habitat for wildlife. This young fox was a regular visitor to the garden a while back. It had no difficulty … Continue reading
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Tagged bird feeders, foxes, robin, siskin, wildlife, Willowbog
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Willowbog, a view from the sky
Over the nearly 40 years that we have lived here we have acquired a number of aerial photos of the place, mostly they are prints that I need to scan and get copied to the computer, in the meantime this … Continue reading
All new web site for the British Shohin Association
Ever since it’s inception the Willowbog Bonsai web site has played host to the internet presence of the BSA. It has worked well for both parties I am sure but the time had come for the BSA to have its … Continue reading
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Pottery workshop here
In a recent post I mentioned David Jones of Walsall Studio Ceramics and for many years a regular fixture on the workshop calendar here was a ” Make your own bonsai pot ” weekend which was taught by Mr. Jones. … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai people, bonsai pots, ceramics, making pots, Walsall Studio Ceramics
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Great Garden Centre
Yesterday Jean and I were out and about performing mainly filial type duties and when these were accomplished we treated ourselves to a visit to our favourite nursery/garden centre, Larch Cottage at Melkinthorpe near Penrith , Cumbria. This establishment is … Continue reading
Oak for deadwood inspiration
This tree is one of the best that I have seen for gaining inspiration for the use of deadwood in broad-leaved or deciduous bonsai. It is Sessile oak [ Quercus petraea ] , a species native to the UK. as … Continue reading
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Tagged carving, Deadwood, deciduous bonsai, hollow trunk, inspirational trees, oak, Quercus, rotten wood, Willowbog
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Bonsai in art
We recently responded to a request to supply a bonsai to form part of an installation in an art exhibition showing in the gallery at the Queens Hall Hexham. A larch was the species required and it was left to us … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, autumn colour, bonsai, deciduous bonsai, gallery, Hexham, japanese yew, larch, larix kaempferi, Queens Hall, Willowbog
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David Jones and our granddaughters
My last post mentioned one of UK bonsai’s real gentlemen and this post features another of the truly nice guys of the British bonsai scene, Mr. David Jones of Walsall Studio Ceramics. David has been making bonsai pots for many … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, bonsai people, ceramics, David Jones, Walsall Studio Ceramics, Willowbog
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