It's been a week since my last blog almost to the day. I got so busy I lost track of my blog. I know this is becoming a trend, but I will try my best to keep you in the loop. I got to styling the

I must say I'm impressed with the amount of new buds that the tree has produced after the initial styling. I treated the tree with Oleum Tuesday last week and it still looks like the tree is covered in

Update on a stone pine I styled a few weeks back. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Detailed description of work done on the tree. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

It's been almost five days now since my last post. It feels like I should apologize for my absence... I have been busy with training. I am taking part in a half marathon on Tuesday and it my tapering week.

I feel a bit over come with emotion today. I potted a Juniper into a new pot after almost a year of just letting it grow. I toke this tree to a friend to discuss the health of the tree and he showed me

On Saturday I posted a blog on Autumn colors. Here are a few extra photos I took for the blog. Its always good to walk through Stellenbosch Botanical Gardens to look at the bonsai collection. The collection

Yesterday was our monthly bonsai club meeting. The topic was how to grow bonsai for Autumn colors. This was an very interesting topic. I was surprised at how this process works and what to do to get better

This morning after I water my bonsai on my way to the garage I noticed a weird and wonderful sight. At the begin of the turn of seasons I lifted my side shading nets. These were put in place to help with

Today I woke up extra early to get some work done in my bonsai garden before I went to work. I'm training to take part in a half marathon on the first of May so every hour in my day needs to be planned

I have posted a few photos of this tree on Instagram but I never wrote the full story of this tree. I moved to the property where I have been living for the past few years in 2014. This tree was right

I spend the greater part of my sunday carving this australian bush cherry. I have had this tree for a few years now and have been building a good branch structure. This was quite a challenge as I made

I just finished editing a time-lapse of the first styling of a Celtis Africana I bought a week ago to sell in a few years time. I call this tree Celtis 1. It's not my first Celtis but it will be the first

Yesterday I posted a blog on the four principles that I think are is important to understand. If you missed the blog here is a link: You should really read the link above before you read this one as it

I was so inspired by a blog that @daniellozada wrote two days ago. That I thought it would be a great idea to write a blog on the characteristics of a good bonsai. I know I mentioned a few times in my

Yesterday I started to plant and rearrange some of my accent plants. This is a part of bonsai that does not always get the necessary respect or attention it needs. It's one of those things you do not know

I mentioned the timelapse video earlier in my blog. It's always difficult to learn practical skills by reading blogs or articles online. That's why I always try and capture footage while I'm working to

I want to share this project with you. I will be posting a time-lapse of this trees developments shortly. For now I would like to give you my thoughts and discuss the process that I went through during

What determines the price of a bonsai? Well I found myself faced with this question. I was asked if I knew of places where a colleague of mine can buy a bonsai to start with. I know what prices of trees

Today I ventured into new territory. I styled a small Stone Pine and removed wire from a stone pine that I applied a year ago. As most of you know getting a Japanese black, red of white pine can be difficult