CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF BONSAI
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By Bonsai Artist Harry Harrington.
Bonsai4me was initially launched as a website by its author, bonsai artist Harry Harrington, in October 2001. The website has grown year-on-year over the course of over 22 years, as its reputation for clear, interesting and informative articles has spread throughout the world. With three books now published in hardback, regular appearances in bonsai magazines, as well as bonsai shows and demonstrations across the Europe, Bonsai4me.com has grown into a leading name in Bonsai.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON YOUR BONSAI journey, beginner or expert, we can help
If you’re new to bonsai, you need to learn the best ways to keep your new trees healthy and vigorous. From root-pruning to repotting, pruning to wiring and basic bonsai design.
BONSAI Species Guides
There are a large number of different species of trees that can be used for bonsai. Here is a list of 100 of the most commonly species, and how best to look after them.
YouTube videos & tutorials
A selection of tutorials and interviews from Harry Harrington, as well Bonsai Show footage, bonsai styling, yamadori-hunting and carving.
Indepth bonsai articles and Progression Series.
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By bonsai artist Harry Harrington.
Harry Harrington is a father of two from Oxford now based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. He started bonsai in 1995 and is entirely self-taught. An acclaimed artist specializing in deciduous trees, he also has a reputation for his deadwood carving and as a bonsai teacher.
Books by Harry Harrington have now been read in over 40 different countries around the world and translated into 6 different languages.
The Foundations of Bonsai 2nd Edition
£20.95
‘The Foundations of Bonsai’ is the ideal book for beginners to intermediate enthusiasts wishing to learn the best ways to keep their trees healthy and vigorous. From root-pruning to repotting, pruning to wiring to basic bonsai design, this book provides complete, straightforward and solid information from the author of Bonsai4me.com. Find out more
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Acer palmatum/Japanese Maple bonsai
I’ve finally reached the end of repotting/slip-potting a huge number of deciduous trees and especially Acer palmatum/Japanese Maple bonsai. All grown from seed over decades by their former owner. This was a particular favourite of mine, left until now as I needed to work the roots pretty hard to separate the trees.
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An update on my Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn bonsai
An update on my Crataegus monogyna/Common Hawthorn bonsai, a tree I collected 22 years ago. Planted in a fired clay soil that can’t break down, I’ve only slip-potted the tree into a new pot of the same size in the past 17-18 years. Hawthorn are happy to become very rootbound. Planted in a pot by Australian potter Tracey Francis of @murrumbungstudioceramics Height 35”/89cm
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Acer campestre/Field Maple raft bonsai
An Acer campestre/Field Maple raft bonsai project of mine took another step forward today as I repotted it into a shallow ceramic pot (Chinese) approximately 50cm in diameter.
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superb Tilia cordata/Small-leaved Lime or Linden bonsai developed by Matz Hudzik
Final post from yesterday’s B4me workshop is this absolutely superb Tilia cordata/Small-leaved Lime or Linden bonsai developed by Matz Hudzik @mybonsaiart from fairly awful beginnings! Just 12”-13” tall, Matz has designed the tree really well and has managed to control the normally coarse growth of this species with some really delicate growth. It just needs the right pot for it now!
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