A Day in Switzerland - Part 1

Last Weekend we visited some Swiss Bonsai Collections with some of the best yamadori pines outside Japan. Incredibly nice and old trees. I am very Happy to see this level of trees in europe.

Also a nice collection of old japanese pots to go with the great trees.

Trees from Italy

for sale and trade a Juniper and two nice Olives.

And something nice to keep for myself - Stewartia 120cm.

Even my big trident maple looks small next to it. :-)

Italian Bonsai Weekend - Part 5 "The Italian Bonsai Dream"

And finally a small glimpse in the backyard and the collection of Mauro - enjoy.

Total Relaunch

All Minoru Bonsai Internetsites including online shop, this blog and mainhomepage will be redesigned and relaunched end of October.

Italian Bonsai Weekend - Part 4 "Behind the Scenes"

What else was going on this weekend? Mauro was discussing his trees:

A very nice bonsai styling contest for club members - The winning tree was a little itoigawa Juniper:

But the trees were not the only thing that I liked about this weekend: