bonsai in Saarland-2009- the workshop

Here you see glimpses of the full day workshop 'bring your own tree'. There were 13 participants of all levels.

bonsai in Saarland-2009- the garden

Martin Mueller has built this great bonsai garden and shop in Saarwellingen in the Saarland. This is a German province in the far west, at the border to France and close to Luxembourg. Martin had his open day over the weekend May 9/10, 2010. We had a full day workshop on Saturday and exhibit with tree critique all day on Sunday. This was an international event as visitors came from France and Luxemburg's and, of course, from western Germany.

Nature's Way Nursery 2009-1- the giant juniper repotted

This is one of the most phenomenal junipers that I have ever seen. It is a Rocky Mountain Juniper, Juniperus scopulorum, more than 2,000 years old. It was collected three years ago and now was the time to get it out of the box into the first decent bonsai pot. Kip helped me to tame the monster. Next year I will start to style this magnificent piece of material. Life is good to me!