…at least according to the data I have, this is the first official bonsai workshop in Finland with the teacher beside the shorter visit by Tony Tickle around…
My chaenomeles japonica started creating flower buds already in October last year. This winter is so far so warm that I was hardly keeping the winter storage cold…
Seeing growth in all of the shoots I left on the tree since the first styling I decided to make the tree more compact. Starting state: …
2 years ago with the bonsai friends we experimented with creating stone plantings and out of some slate stone I created a cliff looking “pot”. …
In the previous post the amount of sunlight in Finland was compared against some cities in Europe. The sunlight itself is not enough for the plant to thrive….
In previous session I was happy with overall design but the right branch was way too big. Now was time to correct that. Starting from: After removing…
Idea of my “research” was to compare the conditions to grow bonsai between Finland and the rest of Europe. Potential of solar energy in Finland, the name tells…
I needed more space so I decided to redesign the cold frame. The walls should be upright, not anymore under angle so more trees can fit if…
Two years ago got one bigger branch from willow (Salix fragilis ‘Bullata’) in Kuivalahti which pieces I have put directly into water. I got all of them root and…
Both larches I have I brought from Manchester, Tony Tickles Burrs Bonsai Workshop. One of them I bought for the workshop which Tony found and arranged for me (Thanks Tony!)….