A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Big John sheds his leaves! We were finally able to clean all the leaves off this amazing Trident Maple and give him his autumn pruning before placing him in his winter quarters. The moss on the soil surface […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Two Junipers starting out….. On a recent open workshop I was presented with two Junipers starting out on what hopefully will be a long and blossoming bonsai life. Two somewhat innocuous simple pieces of raw material ready for […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Changing seasons in the bonsai garden It really is that time of year…….for some this is the best time with the leaves showing that magnificent spectrum of colour before they eventually fall…….and then unfortunately it’s that long period […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – My trees at Bonsai Europa Just arrived back from Bonsai Europa at Bury. Excellent exhibition with a lot of very good trees and a good mix of traders selling everything you could possibly wish for. I exhibited my […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Lifting material from the bonsai garden It’s that time of year when we look at lifting material from both the bonsai garden and our growing beds. At the moment we are just looking at the conifers. These trees […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Juniper… “The Dancer”……Update Previous posts telling the story of this tree and it’s transformation from “the Stag” to become “The Dancer” were first published on the 13th and 26th October 2013 under “Studio Stories.” The tree has continued […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Cloud Tree Calling Sometimes I have to deal with the bigger stuff as well as all the little trees. My client was planning to hold a function at home and her centrepiece cloud tree had lost it’s shape. […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Late summer in the bonsai garden A late summer’s evening in the bonsai garden and it’s trying to rain…..some is definitely forecast. Maybe this is not such a bad thing…..everywhere is so dry…..it’s been a good week for […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – A Diverse One to One! Andrew came on a one to one recently with a really diverse selection of material. As well as the practical side there was also some discussion on the “whys and wherefores”……… The Trident […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Some summer pruning in the classroom It’s great to see strong, bushy, healthy trees coming into the classroom. They are usually a bit lighter, and a bit smaller when they leave…..they fit in the car much easier for […]