Design Sketch
Take advantage of the flaws
François Jeker analyzes Rui Leite's
blackthorn
11 May 2026
Design Sketch
Against the rules?
François Jeker analyzes John Manders' yew...
1 April 2026
Design Sketch
Emphasize the trunk
François Jeker analyses Hugo Eijsackers' Syzigium...
18 March 2026
Design Sketch
A single branch?
François Jeker analyzes Frank Jenatschek's Scots pine
28 January 2026
Report
Bonsai for diehards
Trees grow in difficult conditions, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River as well as in the mountains...
23 September 2025
Design Sketch
Make it majestic
In their natural habitat, their environment and struggle for life are just dreadful: never
ending winters...
12 August 2025
Design Sketch
A powerful Taxus
Yew (Taxus) is a very common material for creating spectacular bonsai. Its red flaking bark, tiny foliage and rapid growth make it popular among …
3 June 2025
Case History
Time took its course
37 years in the life of a little mugo created by François Jeker...
29 April 2025
Styling
A hidden agenda
François Jeker works on a mountain larch
12 December 2024
Design Sketch
The mythical tree
François Jeker analyses Aleandro Pierotti's Myrtus
6 November 2024
Styling
A perfect love
An ordinary little tree, but very old, probably over 200 years, which has suffered a difficult period.
3 July 2024
Design Sketch
The perfect candidate
François Jeker analyses Marc Tison's pistachio tree...
17 April 2024
Design Sketch
Cherry blossom treat
François Jeker on Lionel Penvern's
Prunus mahaleb...
22 December 2023
Design Sketch
Ghost rider
François Jeker analyses the Juniperus sabina of Antonio J. Lozano Heemskerk.
8 June 2023
Report
Indulge yourself in the world of bonsai
The Trophy is back: Europe’s largest bonsai event made a smashing re-entry after Covid
7 April 2023
Styling
Well suited
François Jeker takes a close look at Taxus.
1 December 2022
Styling
The spirit of Kato
A yezo spruce styled by François Jeker and Jean-Paul Polmans.
14 July 2022
Design Sketch
Are they mother and daughter?
François Jeker's opinion on Peter Kwakernaat's juniper.
4 May 2022
Design Sketch
Looking for simplicity
François Jeker takes a look at Jos Sprengers' Buxus.
8 April 2022
Case History
I will burn all my trees
François Jeker’s 31-year-journey growing a bonsai forest When we make a bonsai forest, we think we are the Creator. We...
5 November 2021
Styling
Intimidated by its age
François Jeker styles a venerable 500-year-old Buxus ‘When about to style an impressive old Buxus like this, you are so...
14 October 2021
Case History
Like a virgin…
François Jeker looks back on 19 years' evolution of his mugo pine.
10 September 2021
Technique
Bad reputation?
François Jeker has created many outstanding Buxus bonsai by pioneering with this variety Boxwood, also known as box, has a...
29 October 2020
Report
The ‘all in one’ show
It was a spectacular show were many bonsai events came together in the town of Mulhouse in the north east of France...
18 October 2018
