Originally posted on Bonsai & Yamadori from Tony Tickle:
The day after the Trophy in Belgium, Terry and I visited my good friend Hans van Meer in Holland, this video is a look around his collection. Continue reading A visit to Hans van Meers garden

Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
Gerry and I have started the end of year maintenance on our pines. This normally involves the thinning of the old needles and some of this seasons too, in areas of strong growth. When the thinning is complete, the trees have to be partially or totally re-wired to accommodate the new growth. The first one I tackled was… Continue reading Thinning and Wiring Pines

Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
This post is looking at progress that has been made this year on trees I have been developing during my weekly sessions with Gerry. The first is a Blaauws Juniper That was given to me as raw material by Philip Donnelly of Belfast Bonsai in 2015. It had a lot of thick branches that grew off the main trunk… Continue reading Some Trees in Development

Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
We’ve had sub zero temperatures in southern Scotland for a few weeks now, but today we had our first significant snowfall of the winter. Work doesn’t stop completely at this time of year; there’s still plenty to do, but the cold certainly slows down progress. Gerry and I are still meeting regularly and we bring a few trees inside… Continue reading Some Winter Images