New Home - Chapter 1: Blackberry Hell

Over the last ten years tons of blackberries and wild shrubs have taken over the grounds of the nursery. the previous owners seemed to have abandonned the place in a rush, leaving all kinds of plastic pots and other stuff scattered around the place.

The manual fight against the blackberries and the plastic trash was tough.

Finally the cavalry arrives.

Tearing down the last big wall of blackberries.

a final clean up and...

done! that was week one.

New Home - Prologue

Finally we come to realize our biggest project 2012. The resurrection of this old nursery, that has been abandonned for over ten years.

About 3.000 squaremeters of ground to cover. A house to live in, two big glasshouses and a nice storage to build upon.

This is the continuos story of a dream and my personal heroes that help me make it come true. It is a ton of work and still a long way to go - This is a new beginning for Minoru Bonsai. From here on we start...

New Projects and Websites

Finally the long overdue "total-relaunch" of the entire Webappearance is coming close. Before hand here are the new logo and credo for Minoru Bonsai. See you around :-)

Noelanders THUNDER Juniper

Restyling the "Thunder" more than 15 Years after the initial styling by Marc Noelanders.

Before and after 2 Days of Work :-P

A nice size for a Bonsai to have in the garden.

Minoru Bonsai Autumn 2011

Two quick pictures of this years autumn colors.

Special Bonsai Styling Project

For the birthday of a good friend i requested the help of a professional chocolatier and friend christian Lorczyk, who owns the Confiserie Freundt, in the city center of Mannheim.

Together we recreated one of Japans Bonsai masterpieces in a few hours. With Christians help, it turned out to be a piece of cake ;-)

We had a lot of fun trying different techniques for the deadwood, the foliage and the patina of the pot. After the work was done we had the opportunity to replenish our energy from his rich assortment of fine chocolates and candies.

The ambitious project - A famous Tosho in one day.

Advanced deadwood and foliage shaping techniques were used to create a natural feeling.

Refinishing the work with some accentplants.

Detail on deadwood and bark on the life vein.

The work is done! Minoru Bonsai and Confiserie Freundt proudly present: A Bonsai Masterpiece - by two bonsai masters.

After hard work comes the time for our reward.

Happy Michael Tran after hard work and chocolate eating. A successful day.

To my friend: Thank you for your constant support - without you Minoru Bonsai would not be where it is today. Happy Birthday!