6 News
Events, agenda, news.
8 Report
7th edition of the European Bonsai-san show
10 Gallery
A selection of the bonsai from Saulieu, France
16 Native bonsai
Marco Giannini on Buxus
22 Profile
The winner of the 'Best New Style' award, Hervé Dora
25 Tony's column
Trees talk to me
27 Share it all
Report of the 13th Crespi Cup
30 The 'knick' snapped?
Enrico Savini twists, bends and turns a sabina into a graceful cascade
39 Gallery
A selection of the bonsai from Saulieu, France
41 What's under the soil?
Repotting your bonsai is rather like a health check 
49 Italian heart
Step by step with a small pine
55 Cold weather care
Harry Harrington shares his tips for winter protection
60 Gallery 
A selection of bonsai from the Eda Uchi Kai show
63 His father's voice
Isao Omachi creates the bonsai his father envisioned
70 Gallery 
A selection of bonsai from the Eda Uchi Kai show
76 The challenge
Create a spruce from the very start

6 News
Events, agenda, news
8 UK National Show
A report from the British bonsai show in Bury
10 Gallery
A selection of the trees from Arco 
13 The Quebecan pearl
The story of Linda's favourite bonsai from the wild – both good and sad
16 As one with the tree
Masterclass with Hiroaki Suzuki
24 Tuned to the classics
The bonsai passion of Sándor Papp
26 Made together
Manon Jamin and partner Edwin Koppers live a life filled by bonsai
29 Tony's column
Tony's favourite tree
30 Step by step
Branch development on an elm
35 Gallery
A selection of the trees from Arco
37 The cornerstone
Harry Harrington: In autumn, it is time to study 
the branch structure of the tree in detail
41 Technique
How to bend thick branches
49 Gallery
A selection of the trees from Arco 
51 On the tatami
Bonsai placed in traditional Japanese rooms
58 The wild one
Marcial Yuste Blasco prefers to work on material from the wild
62 Like a garden tree
How to deal with upward-growing branches
69 Gallery
A selection of the trees from Arco 
72 True to your style
A garden filled with forests inspired by Saburo Kato
74 Grow from cuttings
The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch
78 Pruned by air
Jens Lindworsky on his technique for air root pruning

6 News 
Report, agenda and news
8 Gallery
A selection of the 2018 Aki-ten held in Brixen, Italy
14 Workshop
Bruno Wijman works on a hinoki cypress
20 Maintenance
In autumn you can improve the branch setting of your maple
24 Gallery
A selection of bonsai from the Saulieu show
26 Bonsai basics
Giacomo Pappalardo explains variations in the pine cascade style 
30 Grow from cuttings
Cherry bonsai: The challenge is to grow it right from the start
35 Tony's column
The Internet is not always good for bonsai.
36 Gallery
A selection of bonsai from the Saulieu show
38 Masterclass
Salvatore Liporace reworks one of his finest bonsai
46 Profile
Cindy Verstraeten exhibits her bonsai at the Kokufu-ten
48 Technique
Learn the basic technique of candle cutting 
from Master Nobuichi Urushibata
56 Gallery
A selection of bonsai from the Saulieu show 
58 Shohin
What works best: sphagnum or a tourniquet?
64 Native bonsai
The birch has many virtues, but it's tough to work on
69 Styling
Manuel Germade shows us how he solves the 
puzzle that is his juniper
77 Pots
Marjan Mirt can be very proud when he sees examples of his pots all over the globe

6 News
Binge watching, shows, Arcobonsai
8 Gallery
Impression of Arcobonsai 
12 Native bonsai
Marija Hajdic: Hornbeam is an exciting tree for bonsai 
16 Technique
Zelkova: a rapid and very vigorous grower 
24 Maintenance
Harry Harrington's guide to fertilising
28 Masterclass
Creative genius, Ryan Neil, turns bonsai upside down
37 Tony's column
Bonsai addicts because therapy did not work
38 Gallery
Bonsai of the East and West 
40 Shohin
Maples: Improving ramification of the branches
48 Step by step
The charm of the Japanese beech
52 Profile
The bonsai passion of Manuel Germade
55 Grow from seed
Wisteria: The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch
61 Yose Ue
Harumi Ishii shows us how to transform an 
uninteresting mountain maple forest 
65 The Masterplan
Giacomo Pappalardo takes his time to create a cascade
70 POTS
Ceramist Jonathan Cross creates pots 
in the desert
74 Case history
The yew styled by Kevin Willson

6 News
New book, agenda and events.
7 Gnarly Legacy
Elandan, a world of rock, wood, and bonsai by Dan Robinson.
9 The Trophy 2019
A new decade starts with the 20th edition of the Trophy.
13 Gallery
The best of the Trophy 2019.
19 Step by step
Improve your styling skills: learn how to make a bunjin.
27 Native bonsai
Harry Harrington explores the many virtues of larch bonsai.
31 Kanuma crazy
Janine Droste revisits the Mecca of satsuki bonsai.
35 Master of pines
Inspired by nature, Kenichi Abe shows us how to work on a pine. 
41 The little gem
Alexandre Escudero is crazy about shohin bonsai.
47 Is this a satsuki?
Satsuki specialist Tadao Tabata works on raw satsuki.
53 Stepping out
Nik Rozman worked for 12 years on a larch.
56 Gallery
The best of the Trophy 2019.
62 Rocking the pine
Todd Schlafer works on a Scots pine.
70 Queen of The Emperor
Marija Hadjic's passion for bonsai.
72 Tony's column
Tony questions how far we can go?
73 Tempted to give up
Making pots travelled a bumpy road for 'MeandRaimondi'.
76 Grown from scratch
A growing guide for Thuja

6 News
Various news items, agenda, events
8 Shohin
Morten Albek on shohin juniper
11 Gafu-ten, Kyoto
The best shohin from the Gafu-ten, Kyoto, Japan 
14 Design sketch
Jan Culek examines the juniper of Drew Warner
16 Keep ideas flowing
The pots of Walter Venne
20 Another vision
Chiharu Imai looks back on some of his remarkable works
24 Native bonsai
Angkor Wat inspired Jerome Kellerhals to create a 'root over statue'
27 Gallery 
A selection of amazing bonsai 
35 Raw and too many branches
Osamu Fukudate solves the problems of a satsuki azalea
43 Tony's column
Tony dives into what is going on in the bonsai scene
44 The show stopper
The bonsai passion of Nik Rozman
47 Fabulous feet
Thread and approach grafting with Harry Harrington
51 The knot of El Tim
Team work on a Pinus sylvestris
59 Gallery
A selection of amazing bonsai
65 Grown from scratch
A growing guide for Malus sieboldii
70 Suiseki
Alan Harriman, the stone hunter
73 Part-time 'deshi'
Paolo Nastasi travelled to the land of the rising sun
75 The bonsai friend
As bonsai, the Ficus is just great

6 News
The BCI in Mulhouse, UBE convention, agenda, etc.
8 Report
The 6th European Bonsai-san show.
10 Design sketch
Jan Culek sketches options for John Rigg's juniper.
12 Give me space.
A step-by-step repotting guide.
20 Just one option
Ken Fujikawa dares to take on the challenge of a pine.
30 Gallery
A selection of the best bonsai at Saulieu.
35 Tony's column
Seeing bonsai for the first time.
36 Graphic designer goes bonsai
Naoki Maeoka styles a huge yew.
44 Native bonsai
Jorge Pensado discovers Suriana.
46 Profile
The bonsai passion of Laurent Darrieux.
52 Styling
Christophe Hager's spruce is a sensation.
54 The home of display
Bonsai set in various tokonoma displays.
60 The first cut is . . .
Andrea Merrigiolli shows how to improve 
branch setting on maples.
64 Pots
The ceramic journey of Victor Harris.
66 Doing it in Älvdalen
Harry Harrington reports from Sweden.
70 Gallery
A selection of the best bonsai from the BCI in Mulhouse.
76 Grown from scratch
A guide for Celtis sinensis

6 News
The call for bonsai critique, the US National show.
8 Bonsai and Samurai
A very special bonsai exhibition at Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto, Japan.
16 Design sketch
Jan Culek sketches options for the yew of Coen Huisman
18 Styling
Masayuki Fujikawa transforms uninteresting material into a semi cascade.
25 Tony's column
What to do when you retire from bonsai.
28 Gallery
A selection of native and Japanese bonsai.
32 Talking trees
What can autumn in deciduous trees tell you about the health of your bonsai?
36 Native bonsai
René Alber on Quercus suber.
40 Profile
The bonsai passion of Guido Pozzoli.
42 Native bonsai
Size matters when it comes to creating refined olive bonsai, by Germán Goméz.
46 Back to the future
Bjorn Bjorholm reworks the tree he styled in Japan.
52 Gallery
A selection of native and Japanese bonsai.
56 Case history
Masahiko brings a famous bonsai back to life.
64 Not round, nor square
Austin Heitzman explains how to use a jita.
68 Shohin
Nobuichi Urushibata grows his own shohin junipers.
72 Step by step
A fir that is not a fir, Dominique Bosch explains.
76 Grown from cuttings
The challenge of growing bonsai from scratch.

6 News
The Tie-Pot, Events, Art of Nature.
8 Masterclass
Dominique Bosch styles a sabina juniper.
14 Travel
Thor Holvila explores the fascinating world of pottery.
18 The world of the very small
Tiny trees capture the spirit of nature.
24 Only moss
Moss can be appreciated just on its own.
32 Design sketch
Jan Culek sketches options for the yew of Igor Vengust
34 Profile
The bonsai passion of Jorge Luis Guerra Pensado
37 Tony's column
It pays to show
38 Gallery
A selection from the Bonsai Center Ginkgo show as it celebrates 20 years.
44 Report
40 years of the Bonsai Club Germany.
48 Technique
Grafting techniques taught by bonsai Masters to improve your bonsai.
52 Styling
Piotr Czerniachowski works on a mugo pine.
58 Pots
Kai Sperling 'just' makes pots.
61 Gallery
A selection of Japanese and native bonsai.
64 Autumn is the new spring
Harry Harrington on collecting deciduous trees in autumn.
70 Technique
Bjorn Bjorholm shows how to graft on a juniper bonsai.
74 Technique: Crataegus
The challenge with hawthorn is to create a finished tree starting from scratch.
79 Shopping
Collectors' item pot by Walsall Studio Ceramics.

6 News
6th European Bonsai-san Show, Koreans, Sakka-ten and a Bjorn workshop
8 Arco Bonsai
The EBA, ESA and UBI all together in one show
11 Gallery
A selection of the best bonsai at Arco
16 Shohin
Creating shohin from faulty material
20 Styling
The first steps of a mountain pine
26 The best pots in town
Ikkou Watanabe — probably the best shohin pot maker
31 Tony's column
Why are there so few women in bonsai?
32 Masterclass
Mauro Stemberger styles a Scots pine 
42 Profile
Enrique Castaño was raised with bonsai
45 The bonsai dream
Mauro Stemberger's new book
46 Travel
Thor Holvila explores the Japanese pottery world
50 Step by step
Acer palmatum, a solid foundation
54 Out of the box thinking
Harry Harrington on the progression of a big field elm
60 Gallery
Cream of Arco, plus best of Bonsai club 'Midden Nederland'
65 Walk the wire
Professional techniques for wiring
68 The beauty of moss
A close-up on moss, a feature often overlooked
72 Maintenance
Pruning Japanese maples in summer, by Andrea Merrigioli
76 Technique: Metasequoia
Starting a bonsai from scratch

6 News
Bonsai events, Bonsai Angels, the bonsai LAB
8 Report
The Nöelanders Trophy XIX 
11 Gallery
A selection of bonsai from the Nöelanders Trophy XIX 
16 Tokoname 
Thor Holvilla travels to the ancient pottery town
22 Design sketch
Bruno Wijman sketches options for 
Giuseppe Ginnastica's pistachio
24 School of Rock
How to create rock plantings: a basic guide
32 Maintenance
Defoliating trident maples by Andrea Meriggioli
38 Step by step
Janine Droste with satsuki kinsai
42 Rock classics
Masahiko Kimura's famous rock plantings
54 Styling satsuki
A field-grown azalea made into moyogi style
60 Native bonsai
All about the leaves, with Harry Harrington
64 The Phoenix
The pots of Bruno Auvinet 
67 Tony's column
Tony Tickle looks at whether there should be a qualification for teaching bonsai
68 The challenge
Gardenia: how to create bonsai from scratch
73 Satsuki feast
The Kanuma Satsuki Festival
76 The bonsai olympics
Jörg Derlien travelled to South Korea to join the winter bonsai olympics

Travel: Five days in Shikoku, part 2, by Patrick Bosc
Shohin: The beauty of fresh leaves and flowers in spring
 Maintenance: A repotting guide for deciduous trees
Connect to another world, The unique garden of Angel Mota
Air and light: Andrea Meriggioli on maples
Broken sails: A famous juniper resuscitated by Master Masahiko Kimura
Is it natural?: Harry Harrington helps us to create and use deadwood features on deciduous and broadleaf bonsai.
Technique: Hinoki: The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch.

Yama no seishin: The beauty of cherry bonsai
Shohin: Chamaecyparis: Nobuichi Urushibata creates a rock planting using some cheap material 
Step by step: Cotoneaster: Bruno Wijman shows the amazing results after a few hours' work.
Masterclass: Minoru Akiyama: A juniper is divided in two, creating two separate bonsai.
Technique: Acer buergerianum: Andrea Meriggioli makes a bonsai round a frame.
Travel: Five days in Shikoku: Patrick Bosc went on a discovery tour of Japan
Technique: Prunus: The challenge is to create a finished tree starting from scratch

Gallery: A selection of Japanese bonsai
François Jeker styles a boxwood
Improve poor material with grafting and bending
Serge Clemènce sketches Kai Kempf's oak
The 'zeitgeist' of bonsai by Tony Tickle
Masayuki Fujikawa 'cracks' a white pine
The master of pots, Peter Krebs
Part two: The scent of bonsai by Junichiro Tanaka
Massimo Bandera wants to work unhindered by convention
Morten Albek: The meaning and thought behind the display of
shohin.
Masterpieces by Mauro Stemberger
Travel to the world famous Kokufu-ten exhibition

Gallery with shohin Some of the best shohin from Japan From a growing pot to bonsai, follow the first steps in branch development with Junichiro Tanaka Leaf technique with maples Leaf reduction helps to protect and to gain more ramification Matt Reel and Tyler Sherrod team up for a mugo pine Punica from seed The challenge to grow bonsai from seed Giang LS Nguyen learned about bonsai with a Zen monk and this had great influence on his ceramics Tony's Column Tony considers the vocabulary used in bonsai: its artists and jargon Profile The bonsai passion of Marcial Yuste Blasco Styling: 'Bad is good' Michael Tran takes it step by step with an old spruce Andrea Meriggioli: Reposition branches with these advanced grafting techniques Morten Albek takes time to go through shohin displays The amazing bonsai from the WBC A huge forest planting by Pieter van Uden
A report on the successful Japan tour and the visit to the WBC Come to the Kokufu Travel to the world famous Kokufu-ten exhibition, see the best bonsai gardens and sample the Japanese culture

The Golden Concave Award

The Winner: Mario Komsta in Japan

Pots: Marc Berenbrinker is 100% focussed on handcraft 

Bjorn on Mallorca: Bjorn Bjorholm creates a spectacular cascade

Design sketch: Have a design sketch made of  your pre-bonsai

Holland-En: Garden visit to Ramon Smit

Technique: Learn how Japanese change the quality of the foliage

Tony's Column: Tony Tickle: Why judge a bonsai exhibition?

Styling: John Milton, works on a white pine 

Shohin: Morten Albek works on native material

Tony's Column: Is the concept of leaving a legacy a need, or the desire to be
remembered?

Expert Opinion: François Jeker takes a look at Jos Sprengers' Buxus

Masterclass with Kunio Kobayashi: A very old pine is brought back into shape

Technique: Cutting back roots when air layering

Maintenance: Satsuki

Janine Droste gives clear answers to questions about Satsuki

Styling: Chiharu Imai: Dealing with a dull bonsai

Ginkgo: the challenge to grow it from seed

The Nöelanders Trophy The EBA and Nöelanders Trophy: The demos, the winners and the great atmosphere.

Just a plastic tray — 2 Peter Warren continues with his maple, planted on a plastic tray Travel: Morten Albek in India
The rookie potter: The impressive work of Roy Minarai Tony's Column: Tony Tickle asks if many bonsai also equal good bonsai Repotting guide: Get ready for the repotting period in spring Profile: The bonsai passion of Stefan Gmur
Golden Concave Award The jury has nominated 14 bonsai, now it is up to you to decide which the winner is.

Expert Opinion: François Jeker analyses the juniper of Peter Kwakernaat Masterclass with Kimura: Masahiko Kimura goes underground and works on roots Bonsai from Brazil: A report from Brazil's growing bonsai community by Tony Tickle Workshop with maple: Andrea Meriggioli works with the rough-barked maple Ficus Shangri-la: In Taiwan Ficus make serious bonsai material Pruning step-by-step

Report
The latest edition of the big show in Saulieu

10 Bonsai in Taiwan

Report of the show last November

Profile: The bonsai passion of François Gau

Styling: The vision of Bruno Proietti Tocca

Technique: Old jin, impossible to bend?

Expert opinion: François Jeker analyses Lozano Heemskerk's sabina

Peter Warren works on a field grown maple

Step by step:  hawthorn is a great subject for bonsai

Masterclass: Father and son Iura work together on one of the last big junipers

Interview: Patrick Bergsma's wonder world of bonsai

Pine roots need extra care

The future of bonsai Bonsai in Australia is full of new energy and ideas.

Shohin The winged spindle tree charms with its cork bark and deep crimson foliage.

Always wake up with a smile The bonsai passion of Andrea Meriggioli.

Omiya this is not . . . The Showa Kinen Park in Tokyo has great bonsai, too.

Discover how fascinating Bonsai Focus is! With informative reports and stunning photography every two months, Bonsai Focus Magazine makes you eye-witness extraordinary bonsai, magnificent stylings of famous masters, educational techniques and useful maintenance tips. Articles are often supported by exclusive and breathtaking videos.

Arcobonsai

UBI and Arcobonsai come together

Skoda: inspired by rocks

Luboš Škoda from the Czech Republic finds inspiration in rocks

Report from the Kokufu-Ten - Jonas Dupuich visited the Kokufu-Ten exhibition in Tokyo
Interview with Eric Wiggert - Hit by Charlie, Eric's story of success.
Against my inner nature - Grégory Delattre's passion for ceramics
Bonsai gallery - A selection of remarkable bonsai
Moss is a must - A rock planting without moss is a 'no no'
Scissors only! - Create a tree without wiring, by Tadao Tabata
Can an Azalea be styled? - Find out with Hiromi Tsukada
Satsuki aftercare - What to do after the blossoming
Workshop with Droste - Janine Droste styles a 'Nikko' variety Satsuki
Expert opinion - François Jeker analyses the tree of Marc Tison
Eye of the Taiga - Taiga Urushibata has a great sense of detail and perfection
The whirlpool suiseki - A precious stone with a long history as suiseki
Technique - Michele Andolfo makes a dramatic choice
Travel to Japan - A unique opportunity to visit the World Bonsai Congress in 2017
Profile - The bonsai passion of Piotr Czerniachowski
Sowing the seeds - The challenge to grow an oak from seed

The Nöelanders Trophy XVII - The full report of the Nöelanders show in Genk, Belgium
Artists unite - Chiharu Imai and his team work on a huge juniper
Interview - Sandro Segneri is a very remarkable artist
The displays of the Taikan-ten - Award winning displays of bonsai, scrolls and suiseki
Pots from Sweden - Thor Holvila from Sweden has a different approach to pot making
The sea of colour - Tony Tickle travels to India
Top without top - Hotsumi Terakawa re-models a small juniper
Expert opinion - François Jeker analyses Jurgen Steven's juniper
The root dentist - In Japan roots are corrected just like dentists d
Webshop - A variety of products at special prices for subsc
Rocky 2 - Boon Manakitivipart works on a Rocky Mounta
Reality cast in bronze - Miniature bronze sculptures for bonsai
Garden visit - A peek in Henk Grob's bonsai garden
Tony's column - The desire to show your bonsai
Sowing the seeds - The challenge to grow a beech from seed
Floating bonsai - The photographic works of Chris Hornbecker

News - Agenda, what's on and what's happened in the bonsai scene
Like Fuji-san - Satsuki Azaleas set on a precious stone by Shigeo Isobe
Technique - How to remove the old needles on pines
Workshop - A maple multi-trunk style tree is being repotted by Haruyoshi Ishii
Expert opinion - François Jeker analyses Aleandro Pierotti's Myrtus
Kimura = juniper - In search of a rare masterpiece — a juniper bent, twisted and styled by Masahiko Kimura
Floating above the clouds - The story of a special suiseki
Back to the roots - Accentuating the character of an exposed root pine
Case history - Return to Pieter van Uden's hornbeam forest planting 12 year's later.
Tony's column - Tony Tickle considers whether bonsai today is more reflective of regional styles
Zen pots - Antonio Ziccarelli's raw vision of pottery
Where eagles dare - A masterclass with Giacomo Pappalardo on a sabina juniper
Webshop - A variety of products at special prices for subscribers
Step by step - The charms of the Norway spruce
Report - The Crespi cup and the winner of the VIP weekend
Shopping - An amazing turntable has arrived for all
Beginner's luck - The bonsai passion of Jordi Ugena
Technique - Peter Warren uses an airlayer technique to improve a poorly shaped tree
The Artisans cup - The show which sets a new standard in presenting bonsai
Top 2015 - A selection of the most remarkable trees of 2015

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