NEW- Cards back on the menu. Greeting Cards are back! Years ago many many cards of my designs were published, originally by a company in Poole and then by ourselves when my son Ben used to sell them to outlets all over the place,Then Salmons published a few to accompany the callendars they did of my painting and now I have decided to do some again myself. Sorry but I have had to make some changes.

Bonsai Before and After Pictures. Shohin Cotoneaster gets its first Bonsai Pot. It has been growing in this oversized plastic training pot for the past 18 months to build strength in the roots. Bonsai at Ayr Show 2015. Here is a gallery of my .

16 of the Most Magnificent Trees in the World. Belfast Autumn Fair 2014 Winning Bonsai. Blown away by Bonsai World 2015.

All in all it was a productive meeting with the usual banter. There are still a few clusters of flowers left to open but not far off full bloom. After some technical difficulties bonsaiireland. 8211; looking at seasonal .

So with a rekindled interest I started searching the internet for boaty things holidays users etc. Tom on the tiller soon gave us.

It is generally accepted and published on various websites that an apprenticeship can take. What do we get for all of this? I assume that it takes many years of cultivating Bonsai before one can be considered to be a Master Bonsai Practitioner. How many years? I have no idea. Must you go through an official apprenticeship to work towards Master status? No, I do not think.

Some nice trees from a day out in South Galway. Windswept hawthorn near Tracht Beach, Kinvara, Galway. Nebari from salix caprea, goat willow, Coole Park, Galway. Very thick bark ridges, Coole Park, Galway. Very old Thuja plicata, Western Red Cedar multi-stem, Coole Park, Galway. Fagus sylvatica, European Beech nebari, Coole Park, Galway.