How do you find a good Sensei/Master to teach you Bonsai?
It doesn’t take a lot of searching on the internet to find a legion of sites that claim to be able to “teach” you bonsai. YouTube in particular is peppered with such sources, some of which are extreme...
30 Loka 20205min
Raising the Potters Bar
If we are to create our own national or regional identity in bonsai, then surely that should include having our own potters create the pots is a must? Why is still considered more prestigious to use o...
29 Loka 20206min
Bonsai addicts... because therapy did not work!
In all the years I have been involved with Bonsai I have met many individuals who have told me that having and creating bonsai has changed their life for the better. You have probably heard about som...
29 Loka 20205min
Bonsai is a disease with no cure, get help before it's too late!
Unbeknown to me I had been infected with a condition that would take over my life. Be careful it WILL happen to you
29 Loka 20203min
Like, Wow! The internet is not always good for Bonsai
The growth of bonsai ‘experts’ on the Internet continues apace. Bonsai groups are plentiful on social media, especially Facebook where a group can have well into the thousands of members. And why are ...
28 Loka 20205min
Why are there so few women in bonsai, or is this a myth?
In this episode I explore with the help of a well know female bonsai practitioner the issue as to why there are “so few women in bonsai” Over the last few years the discussion has spasmodically raised...
28 Loka 20205min
Can the rapid progression of Bonsai excellence in the West be sustained?
Can this rapid progression of excellence in the West be sustained and to what level will the art of bonsai develop in the future? In other words, if the West stays on the current trajectory of excell...
27 Loka 20205min
