Graham Potter of Kaizen Bonsai takes you on a rescue mission to a local demolition site where a lot of gnarly old plants are about to be bulldozed. Having dug thousands of trees from the ground Graham shares his techniques that assure survival of plants [...]
SandevBonsai yamadori series will show you some technics for collecting trees often used for Carpinus orientalis. These technics are typical and useful for collecting in stony or rocky areas.
SandevBonsai yamadori series will show you some technics for collecting trees often used for Carpinus orientalis. These technics are typical and useful for collecting in stony or rocky areas.
There is a lot of interest these days in ‘Yamadori’ or collecting bonsai material from the wild. In trendy contemporary bonsai circles especially in Europe, America and Japan, ‘Yamadori’ is all the rage. Yamadori is not a new [...]
Andrija and I are from Croatia, we live together in Kaštela (region Dalmatia), a small town on the Adriatic coast, in a Mediterranean climate. We grow home Mediterranean species: Olive Tree (Olea Europaea), Mock Privet (Philyrea latifolia), [...]
Collecting From The Wild All those who collect plants for bonsai should observe the ethical considerations of collecting because the manner in which we collect affects the perception of collectors worldwide. Unethical collecting can give a bad name to [...]
This discussion document is being developed following the guidelines of the British Geological Survey, the National Trust, The Geologists Association, National Parks and international discussion. It is still evolving and any observations or suggestions [...]