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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
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Dizzying heights
Rock climbing inspired Jan Culek (CZ) to create something different...
26 May 2026
Workshop
Pines on galician rock
A pine forest planted on natural rock — Giacomo Pappalardo shows you how...
31 December 2025
Step by Step
My journey in Nature and Art
Creating a bonsai forest isn’t solely
a matter of technique, but a journey
that combines patience, passion, and...
15 July 2025
Kusamono
No need to win
Enjoy making rock plantings just because they offer freedom and creativity If you are aiming for a prize at a…...
9 January 2025
Workshop
Like Fuji-san
A satsuki rock planting by Shigeo Isobe...
30 May 2024
Spring
Where are the flowers?
Janine Droste, many years fascinated by the beauty of Satsuki bonsai, shows how to style a Satsuki 'Nikko'.
18 April 2024
Workshop
Playful spirit
A bump in the road was the spark
that lit the fuse...
20 March 2024
Workshop
Eleagnus
The dream of getting this eleagnus into Kokufu is not a million miles away...
8 February 2024
Workshop
Is this Euonymus suitable for bonsai?
At first sight you wouldn't think that the spindle tree is suitable for bonsai at all....
27 October 2023
Kusamono
It’s a Hit…
As an accent plant the Hitotsuba genus (Pyrrosia var.) is a favourite.
23 February 2023
Workshop
‘Wood’ scape-Take a look at this’Rock’ planting with a difference
A walk through the forest was the inspiration for Armando Dal Col to make this unconventional ..
20 January 2023
Kusamono
‘Weed thing’
Create a kusamono on a piece of deadwood.
1 December 2022
Workshop
Pop or rock?
Pop star Shintaro Akiyama jumps into the deep when creating a rock planting in cooperation with Kunio Kobayashi and Osamu Fukudate of Shunkaen
17 November 2022
Workshop
Tied to the Grid
Peter Uden's favourite style is the Yose Ue, forest planting.
8 June 2022
Workshop
The rough type
The arakawa maple is one of the most popular trees in the bonsai world. Andrea Meriggioli shows why.
29 April 2022
Workshop
Home grown
Forest plantings always have great appeal, especially when they are planted on a slab.
17 December 2021
Workshop
The big picture
Follow Martin Nielsen as he takes a simple tree to a bonsai with character It’s a quite an ordinary tree,…...
26 November 2021
Shohin
Regular fit
Alexsandre Escudero works on a tiny Itoigawa juniper An average juniper can be changed into something interesting, you just need…...
1 October 2021
Workshop
One became two
Martin Nielsen divides a Japanese maple into two new trees Martin describes his work with a Japanese maple where one…...
20 August 2021
Workshop
Just too long
Jan Culek copes with a tree that is almost impossible to style The pine Jan has chosen to work on…...
23 July 2021
Workshop
Upside down
From moyogi to kengai, Martin Nielsen can’t wait to try I got this tree some years ago from one of…...
16 July 2021
Workshop
Never ending story
Bartosz Warwas knows that a good plan is the key to bonsai success In my previous article, I wrote of…...
19 March 2021
Workshop
The monster elm
The story of an elm found abandoned in a field. Would it survive? Martin Nielsen tells the story of how…...
12 February 2021
Workshop
Pimped juniper
A dull juniper is matched with a rock full of character A rather dull juniper can become very striking when…...
25 September 2020
Workshop
Wild from the garden
Garden material can be an interesting source for bonsai. It can also be very challenging because it was not really…...
4 April 2020
Workshop
Just a simple line up?
Nobuichi Urushibata creates a rock planting with cheap material. Making a group planting on a rock with inexpensive material is…...
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15 February 2018
Workshop
Bonsai ‘built’ on a frame
How to create a bulky maple As I have said previously, this technique implies wrapping a number of young plants,…...
15 January 2018
Workshop
Easy-going forest planting with maples
Takao Katsumata creates a deciduous forest. There is a certain type of enjoyment that is special and unique to a…...
28 June 2017
