Yes I Bonsai Not
Dear reader, please note: Thank you for visiting my Cottage Garden topic and reading my columns, published here from February 1997 through spring 2003! I regret I am no longer actively editing or contributing to this suite101.com topic as of ... [... more]
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Indoor Bonsai
 Very informative and helpful As a bonsai beginner, I found this book contained very good answers to most of my questions. It is more helpful than my other 3 bonsai books, combined. The text can be divided into two "sections": GENERAL ... [... more]
CDN$22.95
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The Mini Bonsai Kit with Other
Mini Bonzai was a bit of a disappointment The Mini Bonsai kit caught my eye at a local bookstore because I've always wanted a bonsai, but I'm very good at killing plants. I figured I'd pick this one up and take a look at it. While it's rather neat, it's ... [... more]
CDN$8.95
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Simon & Schuster'S Guide To Bonsai
Encyclopedia Bonsai The first one hundred or so pages of this book are devoted to the art of Bonsai before it goes into description of the different types of Bonsai. For each listing there is a photo of the tree in Bonsai form, as well as four icons. The ... [... more]
CDN$24.50
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The Bonsai Handbook Bonsai Handbook
Classical Treatment of a Classical Art David Prescott's treatment of bonsai is highly recommended. The Bonsai Handbook is a fine example of how bonsai should be presented. It depicts both young trees and fine specimens. It makes bonsai approachable to ... [... more]
CDN$24.34
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Creating Bonsai Landscapes: 18 Miniature Garden Projects
A very small world The writer presents 18 miniature landscapes which, she says, "represent a very personal synthesis of the bonsai and penjing traditions". These landscape are made up of the usual tiny trees, moss and gravel, but they also ... [... more]
CDN$27.95
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The Art of the Bonsai Potato Mini Kit: Zen-Without the Wait!
FUNNY! FUNNY! FUNNY! I recently purchased the "Art of the Bonsai Potato" kit for my husband who enjoys a good laugh now and then, and he loved it. I read the book as well, and we have both began our own "Zen cultivation" operation in ... [... more]
CDN$8.95
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The Real Dirt: Bonsai Requires Skill And Patience
Basic composition is governed by precise rules. There is always a front and a back. From the front the line of the trunk should be visible from the bottom to almost the top. The triangle of Heaven, Earth, and Man is a central theme: One branch to ... [... more]
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Sizzling Plants For The Summer Of 2001
Bonsai is also red-hot. What plants are trendy this summer for making a bonsai? Well, you have quite an option here and they aren't all trees or shrubs! Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort), Stokesia laevis 'Blue Danube' (Blue Danube ... [... more]
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Penjing: An Ancient Art With A Modern Twist By Keith Davies
Creating a miniature replica of a favorite vacation spot, a memory from your childhood, a postcard, photograph, or a place known only in your dreams is easily done using the ancient gardening techniques of penjing, bonsai, saikei, and/or bonkei. ... [... more]
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Two Very Different Books For The Gardener This Christmas
Since I have an interest in Bonsai, I find this book fascinating. The chapter on bonsai styles carefully explains each style, after teaching the reader proper Japanese term and its pronunciation Bonsai is viewed as an art and as a replication of ... [... more]
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Gardening American Style?
I saw one garden that looked something like what I expected to find in a Japanese gardening magazine - at least it was a mostly green space, with containerized hostas, hakonechloa, more bamboo, some carefully trimmed dwarf conifers and a bonsai ... [... more]
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