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On request I  have written a post about the outdoor Tokonoma created a few years ago

One consequence of writing a book about bonsai is that I’ve really started to take some of the lessons to heart.

In typical David DeGroot humility, he says of his Japanese Black Pine raft, “Like many of my trees, it has gone through occasional work or restyling followed by long periods of neglect, so it is much younger in its development than its physical age would suggest.”

Omiya Bonsai Art Museum
Kyuka-en Bonsai Garden– Yukio Murata

Thank you, Dragon Bonsai in Wales, for another great weekend. Boy, did we do a lot of trees over the weekend. Excellent company, food and people. I always feel very welcome – even when I suggest a branch to be removed Only time for a few snapshots from this event.

Since I got on the wrong plane and I ended up in Tokyo, I thought real hard (yea) how to take advantage of a surprise short visit to Japan. This visit was not as short as my February trip, but I was able to walk.

Spruce bonsai are beautiful at any time of year, but in the spring they brighten with masses of light green buds. Here is an Engelmann Spruce that illustrates why we pinch these buds in spring.

The 2025 BCI (Fengyan, China) Stone Appreciation Exhibition and 3rd Anhui Province Fine Penjing Invitational Exhibition is being held on April 24-25, 2025 in Fengyan, China. Having been credited with the concept of training dwarfed potted trees, China introduced the art to the world. The Japanese quickly adapted this art form and developed the art of bonsai using Japanese aesthetics and taste.