Jul 22 2015

Tall yew is filling out

I am happy with this tall yews development, the foliage is filling out well, the lower right hand branch needs a few years to fill out but its worth the wait. I have purchased a lovely Japanese exhibition quality pot that the tree will be finally placed.

tall yew

Jul 6 2015

Wire Tree – Japanese White Pine

The prizes at Bonsai europa are wire trees

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This is the latest tree added to my Wire Tree collection.

Made by the talented Jun Navarro of Jun Wire Trees. Whom I found through Instagram and befriended on Facebook.



Over 6500 left turns and 550+ individual clusters I’m mightily impressed with this fantastic looking wire sculpture. It’s given me masses of inspiration whilst planning my next wiretree sculpture.

Please take a look at his Facebook page and see many if he over inspiring wire sculptures he’s created.

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Jun 26 2015

Creating a Terracotta Succulent planting

final planting

Jun 24 2015

Taiga Taiga burning bright

fionnghal's avatarBritish Shohin Bonsai

British Shohin Bonsai are delighted to announce that the headliner for the Spirit of Shohin exhibition next April will be none other than Taiga Urushibata.

The son of Nobuichi Urushibata,  Taiga is the second generation of Urushibatas working in Taisho-en,  the family nursery in Shizuoka, Japan.

While Taiga grew up immersed in bonsai tradition and art, it was with another Japanese Bonsai great that he honed the skills learnt originally from his father. In 2000 he became apprentice to Mr Masahiko Kimura and in the six years he worked with the great master,  Taiga went on to develop skills at a very high level. Indeed Mr Kimura always rated Taiga as one of the best apprentices he had ever had.

Taiga returned to Shizuoka in 2006 to work alongside his father at Taisho-en.  Now an  established bonsai artist in his own right,   Taiga has done  workshops and demos in Japan…

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