Bonsai Hacker

You would think after 6+ years of doing bonsai, I would have accumulated some wisdom about the subject. Perhaps I have, but I feel that I am still just beginning. However, I did pick up a few nuggets that may be useful to other beginners. How did I learn these things? Much of it came [...]

As with everything else in life, people have preconceived notions of bonsai. Some got there first glimpse through media such as the movie “The Karate Kid”, while others might notice a cute little tree at a local garden center. Many don’t realize the most important thing, If you really want your bonsai to be great you [...]

I have been a few weeks since I started to re-arrange the bonsai on my deck to get better sun and to also look a little nicer so I figured I would do a quick photo post on the subject. Between long work hours and family time this has taken weeks when it should have [...]

Its starting to get a little cold here in Birmingham so I have started to look at winterizing my bonsai. So fortuitously I am writing an article on it! If you live in a tropical zone, protecting your bonsai trees when the temperature begins to dip near 40 F degrees can be as simple as [...]

These Pictures were Uploaded earlier this year after the anual Brussels Bonsai Rendezvous event. This is really an old post but I want to populate some interesting posts. Rendezvous is an annual convention held Memorial Day weekend at Brussels Bonsai in Olive Branch, Mississippi. (near Memphis, TN) Several top Bonsai masters were on hand for [...]