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
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
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
Masterclass
With ‘Masterly’ ease
Masahiko Kimura reveals his special techniques...
30 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
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
Technique
Long story short ?
How to shorten long needles...
14 July 2026
Masterclass
Simply clever
Kenichi Abe aims for a balance
between pruning and wiring...
8 July 2026
Styling
Back to it’s pot
A rock planting that has poor
balance between rock and tree...
7 July 2026
Styling
Let’s come together
Peter Warren tries to avoid straight lines, which is a fundamental rule Faced with a piece of collected material which…...
1 July 2026
Masterclass
Like Michelangelo
Masahiko Kimura bonsai artworks are carved from rock...
25 June 2026
Styling
Transformation of a Larch
Bucky Barnes returns to document the designing, pruning, carving and shaping of a Japanese Larch…
24 June 2026
Styling
A forgotten technique?
An impressive yew treated with respect by Andrès Alvarez...
18 June 2026
Styling
A joy to style
It has all the necessary attributes for a good bonsai...
17 June 2026
Styling
Great Scot! My BIGGEST Bonsai Yet
From start to finish, follow the 2 year process of this natural looking Scots Pine…
15 June 2026
Technique
Which branch to cut?
By pruning and applying a little wire you can improve your tree...
10 June 2026
Technique
An impossible pine?
Mamoru Ajisawa takes the challenge to reshape a black pine...
9 June 2026
Masterclass
Kimura’s revenge
Masahiko Kimura transforms a special juniper...
4 June 2026
Styling
Working the body
Creating a solid foundation for the future...
2 June 2026
Technique
Hidden issues
Hiroki Miura rearranges an overgrown trunk to restore the twin-trunk form...
28 May 2026
Case History
In just seven years ?
Creating a shohin from garden stock material...
27 May 2026
