A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Student Blogger…..Hanby Pruning! This article was written by one of my students and it is the first time I have published an article written by a guest blogger! I must confess I do find it hard to relate to […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Euonymous late summer pruning There have been previous blogs relating to this tree and the first picture is a reminder of what this tree was like when we started out together. The second picture shows the tree on […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Rob’s one to one Rob came to the studio earlier this week for a one to one and his car was totally filled with trees……..although as usual there was much more room in his car on the journey […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Autumn Classes and Satsuki Azaleas The new schedule of classes taking us from July to December has just been released and can be found under Courses and Information. Most of you will be aware that from January to […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Can’t create a tree?…Create a landscape! Two trees attending classes recently really stretched my imagination……and sometimes that is exactly what you have to do…..stretch your imagination. Look beyond the normal tree approach and open your mind to wider […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Remember Roy’s on the move Juniper The story of this amazing Juniper was featured in a post on the 6th September 2014 under the Classroom Corner section. The pictures below might refresh your memory. Recently Roy rewired the […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Yamadorii Spruce This Spruce was originally collected off the Alps. I have known this tree for approximately 10 years. I carried out the original styling after which the tree was sold and now he is back with us […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Academy Level Seven getting slated! The Academy Level Seven group recently had their first meeting of the year. It started with a check of the ongoing tanuki projects to see if any adjustments or work was required. With […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – A new year and some new stock! With the Christmas break out of the way my team of dedicated helpers arrived back at work and raring to go……well they did arrive back at work! The first job was […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Beginners Course November 2015 Our recent Beginners Course completed on Sunday 29th November with 10 students. What a great bunch of enthusiastic participants showing a real zest for this hobby and eager to learn as much as possible. […]