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In the Tokonoma

During the course of the past weekends workshops we, as usual, mounted a display in the Studio Tokonoma. The featured bonsai was a Chinese elm from the Willowbog Collection. This lovely tree was very generously donated to the ranks of … Continue reading

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So today must be Spring , right ?

Friday, Autumn, yesterday, Winter, today it is definitely not winter still so I guess it must be Spring ? This mornings view from Eejit’s bedroom window , no longer winter but my guess is that spring has probably not sprung … Continue reading

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More rotation at the Queens Hall

I made a further exchange of exhibits at our Queens Hall Show late yesterday afternoon. Three bonsai had been on display since the show opened two weeks ago so were due a break ! Home came the Spruce group planting, … Continue reading

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Something a little unusual

I am not sure that we have offered this species of tree as a bonsai before but we recently acquired four examples. As you can see Acer griseum can have rather nice autumn colour ! The photograph of this bonsai … Continue reading

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More than twelve months on…..

It is just over a year since I was moved to start this blog. I saw it as a way of partly replacing the monthly newsletter, Bonsai Chat , that Willowboggers had kept going for a number of years. Caroline … Continue reading

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A lovely Autumn day for our October Bonsai Chat.

We saw a very encouraging turn out for our regular monthly get together today. The weather was bright and sunny making being in the studio, either to work or to just sit and talk, quite pleasant. Today’s tokonoma featured a … Continue reading

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The September gale

Well ,, I cannot say that we really thought of the past few days as being much of a gale, certainly we have got away with it lightly compared with other parts of the country. A bit wet and a bit … Continue reading

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Season change in the air ?

A bit of Autumn colour is starting to appear on some trees ! This Acer japonicum, Japanese full moon maple, is one of those showing most leaf colour. As you can see, quite a reddish tinge to the leaves already. … Continue reading

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Willowbog Collection trees, Fagus sylvatica.

It is about time we got back to trees !!!  Featured here is a tree in Mr. Greedy’s bonsai collection, a European beech. A few posts ago I concentrated on the preparation for over-wintering of the deciduous bonsai in the … Continue reading

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Naked Larix [ Larch ] at the nursery.

Now all the larch at the nursery have shed their needles I thought a post that features this family of trees, arguably one of the easiest and best for bonsai, would show how the winter image is an important part … Continue reading

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