Beginners / Intermediate Classes at Hermitage, Newbury 2009 


For 2009 we will be running Three streams of Beginners/Intermediate classes with the Japanese tutors Nobu Kajiwara and Natsuo Kobayashi.  Dates as below :

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Course Date & Description

Bonsai Courses at Newbury 2009
Conducted at: Newbury
Sessions on:  Saturdays Sundays

For 2009 we will be running Three streams of courses - Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced with the Japanese tutor Nobu Kajiwara. Courses as below :

1. COURSE SUBJECT / Spring pruning of deciduous bonsai (early flushing type)
Root pruning (repotting) of deciduous bonsai
Styling of conifer (continued from the previous session)
- Evaluation of the previous year’s pruning results,
- Exercise in improving quality of lines in ramification (proportion, taper, shorter internodes, movements) by substitution,
- Exercise in bonsai root pruning to create a “bonsai root system”,
- Repotting that does not stress a tree,
- Planning and setting a goal for this year’s development.

2. SUBJECT / Spring pruning of deciduous bonsai (Northern species)
Root pruning (repotting) of conifer bonsai
- Follow-up of the first session on different species.

3. COURSE SUBJECT / Summer pruning of conifer and deciduous bonsai
- Evaluation of the health and growth of the trees,
- Improving watering skills,
- Understanding in general and according to specific species how to induce inner growths by pruning.


4. COURSE SUBJECT / Last summer pruning of conifer and deciduous bonsai
Root pruning (repotting) of pines and larches
Needle adjustment of pines
- Evaluation of health and growth of the trees, pest and disease control,
- Coming to grips with year-to-year improvement of conifer and deciduous bonsai according to specific species,
- Improving watering skills and understanding how to fertilize bonsai,
- Improving repotting skills that enhance the development of bonsai.

5. COURSE SUBJECT / Autumn pruning of deciduous bonsai
Styling of conifer bonsai by wiring
Winter care of bonsai
- Evaluation of the year’s development/improvement,
- Exercise in designing a bonsai that evokes a tangible landscape, age and dimensions.
- Hands-on exercise in wire application,
- Exercise in organizing branch structure by lines placement that reflects a process of natural branch evolution.
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Bonsai Courses at Redditch 2009
Conducted at: Redditch
Sessions on:  Saturdays Sundays

REDDITCH Course Dates
Group I (Saturdays) 1st session.....31 Jan.
2nd session.....04 Apr.
3rd session.....06 Jun.
4th session.....01 Aug.
5th session.....17 Oct.

Group II (Sundays) 1st session.....01 Feb.
2nd session.....05 Apr.
3rd session.....07 Jun.
4th session.....02 Aug.
5th Session.....18 Oct.
[Please call the Redditch Store on 01527 850202 for vacancies]


For 2009 the fee for these courses is £65.00 per day
which includes tea, coffee and buffet lunch at the Coffee House Restaurant on site.

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