visit to Wolfgang Kaeflein

1) Wolfgang Kaeflein, the man who has collected more than 20,000 trees
2) How do I ever get this into my car or a pot?
3) this is how, just drop it on the ground
4) the bear and the hornbeam
5) Endless Austrian black pines for workhops
6) Austrian black pines from nursery material
7) this is going to be some workshop in a couple of years









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8) Scots pines form nursery material - endless

visit to Anne and Helmut Rueger part 2

1) The emperor's yew, their flagship, 70 cm
2) Rigida-Juniper, 65 cm
3) Japanese maple, 75 cm
4) Japanese beech, 70 cm
5) Shinpaku, 45 cm
6) mugo pine, 50 cm
7) Tokonoma
8) Pomegranate, 65 cm

visit to Anne and Helmut Rueger part 1

The Ruegers run a bonsai nursry near Frankfurt, Germany. As you can see from the picutres they try to offer trees on the upper end.

1) Anne Rueger
2) Helmut Rueger
3) quince, 60 cm
4) Japanese white pine, 75 cm
5) Japanese white pine, 65 cm
6) Loropetalum

A workshop in Switzerland part 6

More glimpses:

1) a nice Eruopean hornbeam
2) obvious, Quercus cerris from Hungary
3) Taxus
4) Taxus
5) meeting

A workshop in Switzerland part 5

A common juniper, Juniperus communis

A workshop in Switzerland part 4

A European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).

A workshop in Switzerland part 3

A European field maple (Acer campestre).

A workshop in Switzerland part 2

Here a European boxwood from the garden (Buxus sempervirens).

A workshop in Switzerland part 1

On Saturday, April 14 2007, I led a workshop in Haegingen in Switzeland. This is a small town between Zurich and Bern. Andi Dorfinger is the driving force there. He organizes many workshops and the yearly convention in the nearby Olten.

Here Andi with his Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora). This tree was collected in Korea mayn years ago. Then imported into Japan and then sold to Europe. There someone styled it but was not happy with the result and sold the tree to Andi. We decided that the optical weight of the crown was far too strong.

collection of Harald Lehner

Harald is a very well known figure in the European bonsai scene. He organizes big bonsai events and tours to Japan. Harald also owns a remarkable bonsai collection. Two days ago I visited Harald who lives close to Munich, Germany, and here are just a few pictures.

1 and 2) Japanese beech, 70 cm
3) Azalea, 60 cm
4) Japanese maple, 55 cm
5) Japanese beech, 60 cm
6) Japanese maple, 65 cm
7) Japanese maple, 80 cm









Harlal is a very well known figure in teh European bonsai scene. He organizes big bonsai events and tours to Japan. Harald also owns a remarkable bonsai collection. Two days ago I visited Harald who lives close to Munich, Germany, and here are just a few pictures.

1 and 2) Japanese beech, 70 cm
3) Azalea, 60 cm
4) Japanese maple, 55 cm
5) Japanese beech, 60 cm
6) Japanese maple, 65 cm
7) Japanese maple, 80 cm