Styling
The looping pine
A literati style from unusual material...
8 October 2026
Design Sketch
Images of tall trees
Inspired by the images of tall trees, Peter Adams sketches designs for a small-leaved lime tree The late Peter Adams…...
7 October 2026
Technique
Change your point of view
Even the trickiest looking material can be transformed into a genuinely good bonsai...
1 October 2026
Styling
The Japanese pepper
Isozansho or Seaweed Pepper makes a great shohin...
30 September 2026
Case History
Risking your live for a juniper
A divine tree that is one of the last from Mount Myoujyou...
24 September 2026
Design Sketch
Like a dolphin
An interesting tree with mature bark and a great base...
23 September 2026
Styling
Split & bend
Valentin Brose works on a small sabina...
17 September 2026
Tables
Take control of Nature
David Swernofsky's philosophy on making bonsai tables...
16 September 2026
Technique
When the leaves drop
Once the leaves have changed colour it is time to prune a spindle tree...
10 September 2026
Design Sketch
Is it impossible?
What to do with difficult material...
9 September 2026
Technique
Cherry picking?
Tsutomu Kira guides you through the dos and don’ts of cherry bonsai...
3 September 2026
Technique
After the leaves drop
Pruning before the dormant season for deciduous trees...
2 September 2026
Styling
Making a Christmas tree Bonsai
The sight and smell of the Norway Spruce will be familiar to many…
1 September 2026
Styling
Starting all over again
Giacomo Pappalardo styles a mountain pine...
27 August 2026
Workshop
What you see is not what you get
Katsumi Komiya has an open mind on pine...
26 August 2026
Styling
My First Bonsai Exhibition
Tree and display come together alongside a unique pot …
25 August 2026
Step by Step
Mass–produced masterpiece?
Bonsai from simple material...
20 August 2026
Workshop
Rocky pines
Yukio Hirose shows step by step, how to create a rock planting...
19 August 2026
Workshop
Masterpieces on rocks ?
Rockplantings with Yukio Hirose...
13 August 2026
Tables
Shaped by flames
A perfect match between table and tree...
12 August 2026
Case History
Is it a drug?
A medical plant used as bonsai...
6 August 2026
Styling
Restoring a Neglected Chinese Juniper Bonsai
The designing, pruning and shaping of a Juniper bonsai tree…
5 August 2026
Tree guide
Abies koreana
Firs have a rare beauty that can result in a very attractive bonsai…
4 August 2026
Masterclass
With ‘Masterly’ ease
Masahiko Kimura reveals his special techniques...
30 July 2026
Pots
Mysterious and incredibly beautiful
An unusual glazed rectangular pot from Japan ...
28 July 2026
Styling
Let it be literati
Creating the literati style from simple material
23 July 2026
Case History
A major turn
Kunio Kobayashi takes a new look at
a dramatic cascade...
22 July 2026
Travel
Driftwood on the beach
A visit to the Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA
21 July 2026
Styling
Fun sized pomegranate
Haruhisa Akimoto shows how to improve your bonsai...
16 July 2026
Styling
Hidden qualities
Andrea Trevisan was struck by the lines in the trunk...
15 July 2026
