I thought long and hard as to what the 1st blog should be, post website creation. Then it was clear as day; the journey! Our bonsai journey’s are so unique to us, not only from the aspect of our trees physical evolution but our personal growth, trials, experiences and enjoyment. Photographs are one way of documenting our journey, through captures we can associate what our personal thoughts were at that given time.

The 1st image is from November 2021 (a never before released image). At this stage I’m a year into my journey, I have a local nursery nearby that has some neglected native material at a bargain price, the tree is a reasonable size and has a bit of age – I’m still very green, I love native species, that’s all I need; purchased!

I don’t think anyone can say they don’t love a good nursery stock root base exploration. The excitement of what you may discover below the soil level. Well, never did I think I would uncover a root base as seen in image 2 and how this would go on to be the fundamental aspect of the design and composition as a whole.

The following images and captions give an indication of this tree’s journey from neglected nursery material to a refined composition and mirroring this, my personal journey from ground zero to a practicing bonsai professional.