Monthly Archives: October 2011

Can you smell your Katsura tree?

One of the most remarkable aspects of this tree, the Katsura is around now for all to smell, it is the wonderful onset of autumn colour and smell which sets the taste buds alight. The leaves as they go into senescence (autumn colour) emit a fabulous scent which is described as that of

Bonsai @ RHS Gardens, Wisley

On a recent trip out to the RHS Gardens at Wisley, and we caught up with the Bonsai collection and Japanese Garden that has been donated by Dawn and Peter Chan of Herons Bonsai Nursery. The autumn colour on some of the Maples was fabulous

Lee Verhorevoort Bonsai workshop

This was a very helpful workshop in which we all gained from, in more ways than one. Lee helped all of us assess our trees from new perspectives

Niwaki! Pine Workshop part II

It was over to Jake Hobson for another Niwaki session today. This was the second of the two-part training programme, following up by working on trees we had decandled earlier on in May this year.