Tag Archives: Penjing

Capital Bonsai

Posted on November 21, 2012 by bonsaiprelude

When I started this blog about a month ago, one of my original purposes was to help promote the websites and people who I felt had a significant impact on my bonsai education and should play a big part in … Continue reading →

Posted in The International Bonsai Library, Uncategorized | Tagged Aarin Packard, beginning bonsai, Bonsai, bonsai guide, bonsai photos, bonsai trees, japanese trees, juniper, junipers, learning bonsai, national bonsai museum, Penjing, photo, pine, Potomac Bonsai Festival, ryan neil, story, suiseki, the national bonsai and penjing museum | 2 Comments

Konpakuto

Posted on November 7, 2012 by bonsaiprelude

“Bonsai are compact. The tree always wants to get bigger. Bigger, bigger, bigger (gestures as if the tree is inflating like a balloon). We always work to make our bonsai more compact (gesturing as if the balloon is incrementally deflating). … Continue reading →

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Styling: The Ground Work

Posted on October 18, 2012 by bonsaiprelude

At this point in the game of learning bonsai things can become tricky. You bought your plant, know how to keep it alive, and now you need to take it from an ordinary nursery plant to something extraordinary. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bonsai Topics, Uncategorized | Tagged beginning bonsai, Bonsai, bonsai basics, bonsai development, bonsai school, bonsai soil, bonsai trees, developing bonsai, fundamental bonsai, juniper, junipers, learning bonsai, maple, nebari, Penjing, penjng, pine, pot, potting, starting bonsai, studying bonsai, yamadori | 2 Comments

A Prelude to Bonsai

Posted on September 27, 2012 by bonsaiprelude

My trees are still alive. I’ve had many bonsai. Many people I know have had many bonsai. But mine are still alive. When I was young, maybe 5th grade, I was mesmerized by the miniature trees on a cart at … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged Bonsai, bonsai trees, japanese trees, maple, Penjing, shimpaku, story | 3 Comments

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