A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Stumps for sale! Students and regular visitors to the nursery have been studying these interesting stumps ever since their arrival. Different shapes and sizes, from very small to very large and lots of different species. On arrival they […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Beginners Two 14th June 2015 ……and a great day was had by all! Six really keen enthusiastic students, three excellent experienced helpers and the usual interference from John trying to keep things running smoothly. Part two of our […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Repotting my big Korean Juniper I recently repotted this big Juniper and what a task it turned out to be. It had been in the pot some 5/6 years and put quite simply it did not want to […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – It’s that Maples time of year….. Most Maples are now growing very strongly so it’s not surprising to see them as frequent visitors to the classroom in recent weeks. Most people can keep their maples under control to some […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – The Bonsai Garden comes to life….but…. Colours are beginning to emerge……already flowers come and go…….the bonsai garden is indeed coming to life……but where are the bonsai trees? Everything was “hunky-dory”….the trees in the garden and everything celebrating the arrival […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – A busy Monday….. Normally Monday is one of my days off but today one of my regular one-to-one clients asked me to help with some repotting at his home. We worked together mixing compost, preparing the trees and […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Little and Large…..a repot! It’s that time of year when everyone in the bonsai world is involved in repotting. Here on the nursery there is always plenty to do. This small Ash tree was acquired last year and […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Researching a Family Tree! Like most of you we are in the middle of the repotting season. We are busy with repottings on all fronts. Apart from trees on the nursery I have just repotted five of my […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – Discussion Day on a recent one to one. Pictured below are some of the trees which arrived in the classroom for a recent one to one session. The first Larch had been totally wired prior to the class. All […]
A regular update on the life and times of John Hanby’s Newstead Bonsai Centre…….. Topical Times – The things you find in a bonsai pot??? A couple of weeks ago a customer dropped this large Ficus into the nursery for repotting. On the face of it a fairly simple innocuous little task. The compost that the […]