This weekend was the Saturday workshop with Lee Verhorevoort from Lee Verhorevoort Bonsai and this was an ideal opportunity for all club members to get professional advice from Lee and get pruning and style tips and guidance on your own bonsai trees. Lee spent the entire day working around the room on everyone’s bonsai trees. He spent time discussing pruning techniques for the specific species as well as aided with re-styling trees and positioning of wired branches.
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- Initial discussion on style and pruning of Larch
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- Lee initial positioning of first wired branch
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- Lee setting the branch positioning
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- Continuation of wiring out the branches
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- Wired out branches
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- Post wiring and positioning of branches
Lee Verhorevoort runs his own bonsai nursery and has many years experience in maintaining, styling and developing bonsai after initially starting out as a hobbyist when he was a teenager. He began his professional career by working at a Bonsai nursery in the UK before heading off to study in Japan where he gained valuable experience of growing and refining bonsai and he still continues to visit Japan to further his knowledge each year.
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- Club members initially discussing the Shohin maple and options for pruning and styling.
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- Acer after initial pruning
Today he uses all his vast knowledge and past experiences to aid with teaching the art of bonsai to Bonsai clubs, hobbyists and maintaining collections of bonsai for others. He is excellent at running bonsai workshops as he has a versatile skill set across such a diverse array of tree species that he is able to offered technical advice to all who bring trees along for the workshop.
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- Initial pruning by Lee on Japanese Black Pine
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- Lee pruning to remove unwanted branches
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- Wiring continues
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- Awaiting positioning of branches
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- Fantastic root base
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- Wired out branches
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- Positioning commences
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- Lee setting up guys to aid with branch positioning
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- Wiring and positioning of branches completed for this stage
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- Wirning and guying up close
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- Re-shaping and styling a Cotoneaster
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- Branch removal on a Ficus
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- Pruning of Juniper
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- Juniper scale insect
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- Pruned Virburnum
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- Lee pruning a Trident Maple over rock
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- Refinement of Korean Hornbeam
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- Redefined trunk width of Korean Hornbeam
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- Cryptomeria being cleaned out / stripped out by Lee
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- Removal of unwanted branches and growth
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- Tree finally emerges
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- Ginkgo pre pruning
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- Mushroom on Ginkgo
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- Ginkgo post pruning
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- Korean Hornbeam pre pruning
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- Korean Hornbeam post pruning
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- Addition of wire to create new leader
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- Field Maple pre pruning and restyling
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- Initial review of current shape and form
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- Lee removing unwanted branches to create trunk taper
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- Review of angle of the trunk and discussion on how Field maple grow
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- Setting up a new direction
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- Further branch removal by Lee
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- Field maple post pruning ready for carving and wound sealant
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- Discussion on post pruning maintenance
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- Korean Hornbeam pre pruning
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- Korean Hornbeam pre pruning
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- Discussion on pruning hornbeam
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- Review of overall shape and image and front
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- Selection of the front and main branches
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- Post pruning and discussion on suitable pots
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- Privet during pruning stage
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- Post pruning of Privet
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- Pre pruning twin trunk Privet with smaller trunk taller than dominant thicker trunk
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- Post pruning Privet
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- Re-styled Ficus
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- Olive post pruning
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- Cleaning out Black Pines grown from seed
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- Post pruning Pine
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- Discussion on Spindle
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- Discussion on Trachelospermum
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