Yearly Archives: 2012

Simon Temblett

Simon Temblett has been growing bonsai for almost thirty years but has never purchased a bonsai tree. All of his trees have been entirely developed by his own hand, most from simple material such as seeds, cuttings, nursery stock or garden finds and a few from collected material. Bonsai for him is more of a process… Read more »

Moss moss moss

I couldn’t resist sharing a few photos from a walk I took the other day – the moss was growing in abundance on an old wall. I really admired the different types of moss and the way it was literally oozing off the top of the wall onto the lane below where it continued growing… Read more »

Chrissie Leigh-Walker

Chrissie has been working on Bonsai on a professional basis since purchasing Bushukan Bonsai Nursery in Essex back in 2001. She has exhibited at the RHS Shows since then and up until 2010, when she decided that it was enough and things are difficult, as she worked on her own. Not only building and designing… Read more »

Tony Tickle

Tony has been working with bonsai since 1983, he specialises in native European trees, in particular; Hawthorn, Yew and Pine. He won his first Ginkgo awards in 1997, UK winner and runner up in the European New talent competition in 1995. He will be one of the individual exhibitors at our Winter Show in 2013.

John Pitt

John Pitt is a Bonsai and Ceramic Artist living in Derbyshire U.K. His father had always kept little trees, so he grew up with them all around him. He has always had a deep love and admiration for nature, especially mature old trees, and thanks to his fathers influence started bonsai seriously in 1994. He… Read more »

Bonsai and fungi

Recently I noticed that this year seems to be a good year for fungi and they are appearing on my bonsai trees and other peoples too. Here are a few more examples I have seen recently on Yew, Japanese Black Pine and White Pine.

Individual Exhibitors @ Our 2013 Winter Image Show

Here is the list of the individual exhibitors who will be exhibiting their trees at our Winter Image Show on the 24th February 2013: John Pitt Tony Tickle Ian Stewardson Mike Jones Fiona Wallace Simon Tremblett Will Baddeley John Trott Martin Shepherd Marcus Watts Chrissie Leigh-Walker

Ginkgotastic!

If you are a fan of Ginkgo trees (Maidenhair trees) you should watch this video, even though it is in chinese, it is amazing to watch how they work the species and develop it. Thanks Ming for the link. Ginkgo Bonsai technology

Traders @ Our Winter Show

Here is the list of confirmed Bonsai traders who are coming to our 11th Winter Image show on the 24th February 2013. John Pitt Bonsai Ceramics Wallsall Studio Ceramics Windybank Bonsai Paul Goff – Bonsai Presentations John Trott – Mendip Dai-ichi Bonsai Chris Thomas – Celtic Knot Bonsai Dan Barton – Esoteric Pots Doug Mudd… Read more »