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A stump, 4 years in.
The journey of the tree becoming the teacher and myself the student. Was I to be a good study?
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Highlights of the March Intensive workshop and the tree’s origin.
With a taller more elegant trunk we need to consider bringing the design in, creating a narrower silhouette. If we were to extend on the lower branch the trunk would feel too weak to carry that weight.
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Giving an old tree a new lease on life!
Ready to pick up the tools and work on that tree in the corner of your collection? It may just require a couple of big moves and a bit of time and you will have a tree revitalised and ready for the next decade!
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THE SUBCONSCIOUS EMOTIVE RESPONSE TO BONSAI DISPLAY – VIEWING HEIGHT
Precursor, I wrote this as an article for our local bonsai association a year or two ago and thought I would share it here… Have you ever considered why we generally have our bonsai displayed on a bench or pedestal rather than just randomly on the ground in our gardens? Why we risk the randomness…
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Up-potting made easy for trees in development.
Regardless of your chosen developmental process, quite confidently one can conclude, the more space a tree has to grow in the larger it will get. Link this to our developmental goals it becomes clear that we need to maximise this. I like to use pond baskets where possible for trees in development and that’s for…
An awesome first blog Robs. Well done. It was easy to read and the journey along with the pictures was…
Two Islands Bonsai 
Such aa valuable lesson for all. As usual Robs so well written. I really am enjoying reading your blogs.