Last weekend, Bonsai Empire and Bjorn Bjorholm released a follow-up to the popular online Bonsai Beginner’s Course – the Bonsai Intermediate Course. Bonsai Empire provided me with access to the course for review purposes. Bonsai Intermediate Course trailer The Intermediate Course picks up where the Beginner’s Course left off by providing detailed information about species categorization, pruning […]
Review
Review: The Bonsai Beginner’s Course
Earlier this week, Bonsai Empire and Bjorn Bjorholm released the Bonsai Beginner’s Course – an online course that covers bonsai basics. The Bonsai Beginner’s Course The course is available via the Bonsai Empire website for $19.99 through June 8th – the cost may rise if you sign up after the 8th. I was provided access to the course […]
Bountiful Bonsai
Bountiful Bonsai: Create Instant Indoor Container Gardens with Edible Fruits, Herbs and Flowers, by Richard W. Bender. Tuttle Publishing, 128 pp., $14.95. Available from Tuttle. Interested in growing more of what you eat? Is your primary growing space indoors or otherwise sheltered from the elements? If so, check out Bountiful Bonsai by Richard Bender. Bountiful Bonsai […]
The future behind us
Post-Dated: The Schooling of an Irreverent Bonsai Monk, by Michael Hagedorn. Crataegus Books, 216 pp., $14.95. Available from Crataegus Books and Amazon. Before Michael Hagedorn completed his apprenticeship – before, even, he left for Japan, I was excited for his return. Hagedorn came to bonsai as a talented artist. I believed, upon hearing that he […]