I have decided to extend my repotting service to include styling and pruning work. Basically you send me some pictures of the work you want doing and I give you a price based on the time involved to carry out the work. If you decide to go ahead you drop the trees off at the […]
You need to get your trees back budding to improve ramification and maintain vigour. This will enable you to be able to prune branches back in the future to maintain the desired profile and prevent your branches becoming leggy with the foliage too far away from the trunk. Now is a good time to look […]
A client recently left two trees with me for repotting. One was a Larch whilst the other was a Scots Pine. Both trees were old and probably collected from the wild. This two part article will continue their story. In 2 to 3 years time the tree can be repotted in the more traditional manner […]
The new Academy 2020 got off to a great start despite the weather’s best attempts to sabotage the event. Whilst some students unfortunately could not make it 19 managed to successfully brave the elements. Each student arrived with the best and worst maple from their collection. Working in groups they had to arrange the maples […]
Some of my clients now have me carrying out Niwaki work in their gardens. Basically styling and shaping garden trees and shrubs to enhance that Japanese flavour in their garden to complement their bonsai. The pictures below show initial styling work to establish a new form for the tree providing a basic platform on which […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Bonsai?…..are not they those small trees? Ask anyone you come across about Bonsai and I am sure they will only be too happy to explain to you that it is all about small miniature trees. Yesterday’s workshop was […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Top Ten UK blog selection! I am pleased to announce that our blog has been selected as one of the top ten Bonsai blogs in the UK by Feedspot.com. I will endeavour to keep the standard up in […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Colour in the Bonsai garden…..
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – A tale of two Junipers! On a recent one to two class these two very similar Junipers turned up. One was a Juniper Chinensis imported from Japan whilst the other was Juniper Squamata which was field grown from […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – When two become one ……..again! These two Junipers had been collected together from the wild in Europe. They had been separated for a few years, there had been a change of ownership, but now they were back in […]