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My own private show

The garden was built on a flat field more than a century before by visiting Japanese Garden Masters. It was landscaped, with a big hill created from the…

10 September 2025
Step by Step

Rhythm of the branches

Manuel Germade shows how you can make a satisfying tree from simple material. Here we show a field-grown pine with only some branches at the top. Let's see...

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1 July 2025
Step by Step

Double loop

Home-grown scots pines from Giacomo Pappalardo's nursery prove yet again to be great material to work on. Jean-Philippe Hoareau, or simply JP, leads you through the styling process step by step...

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12 May 2025
Travel

Go for it !

Paolo Nastasi’s obsession for improvement made him travel to Japan…

5 March 2025
Fundamentals

The balance

Balance between trunk and branches​…

3 July 2024
Fundamentals

The open space

Spaces between branches and around the trunk are very important design tools…

3 July 2024
Profile

Here and now

The bonsai passion of Caroline Scott…

31 January 2024
Profile

A life saver

The bonsai passion of Dennis Fuchs

12 October 2023
Fundamentals

The choice

How to choose a plant suitable for creating a Bonsai.

19 September 2023
Tree guide

Pinus sylvestris

In the wild, a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) matures naturally into the same style as a bonsai literati with branches spreading horizontally below its flattened apex.

22 June 2023
Profile

Don’t follow the others

François Gau is the winner of our 'New Innovative' prize (awarded at the European Bonsai San show, Saulieu, France). He is very creative and has an amazing collection of native bonsai.

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18 May 2023
Styling

Taming the wild

It is really easy to create a magnificent bonsai if you start from raw material with great potential. There are those trees that at first glance already have the right look. You only have to use the appropriate techniques to make that tree into a high-level bonsai.

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28 April 2023
Gallery

A Bonsai paradise

A selection of the amazing bonsai from the Bonsai San show in France

27 January 2023
Masterclass

A Pine Puzzle

Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, is one of the most popular pine varieties and one of the most commonly styled tree.

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6 January 2023

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