One of the over 150 bonsai by Walter Pall that are featured in the gallery of Modern Bonsai Practice, a ground breaking New Bonsai book.
Learning the art of bonsai from the best bonsai books is an essential way to upgrade your bonsai skills. Second only to taking live courses from expert bonsai teachers. Many of us have advanced our bonsai skills by relying on books and our willingness to just jump in and learn as we go. You might even say trial and error, though we hope it’s more trial and less error.
This post is a reminder about two great New Bonsai Books (Modern Bonsai Practice & In Training) and our popular Masters Series Pine book (now back in print). Other bonsai books too. Some still more or less new and some venerable classics.
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Here's a great photo of an extraordinarily powerful bonsai that is no doubt familiar to many of you. It is one of numerous brilliant photos in Stephen Voss' amazing new masterpiece, In Training. It’s a book that started generating buzz way before it even went to the printer, including at Slate magazine in an article titled, Zen & the Art of Bonsai Maintenance. Since then it has been featured in a number of places in and out of the bonsai world.
This powerful and well balanced cascading Japanese Black Pine is from our best selling bonsai book ever: Pines, Growing and Styling Japanese Black and White Pines. Now back in print (third printing).
The cover of Modern Bonsai Practice, a new and up-to-date bonsai book by Larry Morton that features the latest in bonsai horticultural practices and a bonus gallery of 165 photos of some of Walter Pall's best bonsai.
A Sargent Juniper bonsai (in training since 1905) at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington, DC.
Another photo from In Training and a quote from Ryan Neil (Bonsai Mirai) about this remarkable book, “There’s an intimacy to bonsai that is largely invisible. It exists in those sacred moments between artist and tree in partnership; an understanding of what is and can be as it unfolds over seasons and years. Stephen’s photographs shed a quiet, respectful light on these wonderful moments. I feel fortunate to see such beauty being put into the world with the careful intention these trees deserve.”
Our famous Masters Series Pine Book is back in print
Principles of Bonsai Design. Here's another great book. It's no longer new but it's still one of the best how-to bonsai books ever. Indispensable if your one of the self taught types, or really anyone interested in improving your bonsai skills.
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