Bonsai Forest, Bonsai Books, Bonsai Tools, Green T

This striking Sakhalin spruce (Picea Glehnii) forest belongs to Luis Vallejo. Seems like every forth post these days features Luis Vallejo’s trees. This is no accident; Luis consistently puts up great trees that are beautifully photographed. This makes my job easy. As is usually the case, the original photo (just below) came from Luis’ timeline. Huuuge Bonsai Book Special 20% TO 70% OFF LIST PRICES ON ALL BOOKS includes Japanese Garden Books Choose from over 50 Bonsai & Japanese Garden Books and enrich you skills and understanding this special ends Friday, Nov 24 at 11:59pm EST Here’s the original photo, exactly the way we found … Continue reading Bonsai Forest, Bonsai Books, Bonsai Tools, Green T

2016 Bonsai & Japanese Garden Calendars Are Here

Our 2016 Calendars are here.* A little later than we hoped, but there’s still time to have yours before the new year. Because our 2016 Calendars are late, we are immediately discounting them (we usually wait until after the new year) so we can get them into your hands before the new year begins. This means the price is right for you to enjoy beautiful bonsai and Japanese gardens every time you check the date. *We don’t have good 2016 photos yet, so all the photos shown here are from last year. But don’t worry, our 2016 Calendars are equally … Continue reading 2016 Bonsai & Japanese Garden Calendars Are Here

Now Back (It’s No Secret)

Bonsai Secrets by Peter Chan is back in print, new cover, excellent contents, and all. Perfect for beginning to intermediate enthusiasts Bonsai Secrets covers pretty much all of the ground you would expect in a beginner’s book, as well as some more advanced ground (well, advanced from the beginner’s point of view), like: creating good taper, field-growing techniques, rock planting, displaying and exhibiting, creating jin & shari, air-layering, wabi sabi in bonsai design and more. And the timing is perfect Beginner’s books have been dropping like the oak leaves that cover my front yard. Simon & Schuster is gone, Pocket … Continue reading Now Back (It’s No Secret)

2011 Bonsai Calendars Have Arrived!

January 2011 (see below for the cover page) from our new 2011 Bonsai Calendar. My apologies for the fuzzy image. The real thing looks much better. Enjoy world class bonsai while you keep track of the date Some of your have been getting your calendars from us for at least ten years, maybe longer. Might as well keep the tradition going; or start a new one. With our bonsai calendar, you’ll stay inspired and you won’t suffer the horrible confusion of not knowing what year it is, let alone what month and day. Sorry, no Japanese garden calendars for 2011 … Continue reading 2011 Bonsai Calendars Have Arrived!