Sea Hibiscus Demo Re-Cap with Mike We enjoyed a wonderful Demo by one of our instructors, Mike Lane on the Sea Hibiscus!! Our 3rd program in our NEW outdoor Pavilion!! Working in the shade of the new pavilion is very comfortable and open, and we had a great turn out! We learned about [...]
Premna Carving Demo Re-Cap with Jason We enjoyed a wonderful Demo by our local teacher Jason Osborne last Sunday!! Our 2nd program in our NEW outdoor Pavilion!!We had absolutely beautiful weather, a nice breeze and comfortable temperatures. We learned about bonsai outdoors while enjoying the birds singing!Jason worked on a styling a [...]
HOLIDAY DONATIONS Re-Cap for Helping Paws Each holiday season Wigert's Bonsai Nursery chooses a local non-profit to collect donations for! Since we LOVE animals here at Wigert's, we have selected Helping Paws Animal Sanctuary in St. James City as our cause this year! We collected donations ALL through the holidays, and had the pleasure of delivering [...]
*Special Guest – Lui Rayon* Carving Demo Re-Cap Lui Rayon, along with his son, joined us here at Wigert's Bonsai and presented an informative and entertaining Carving Demonstration in our NEW outdoor pavillion space! We were joined by Vendor, Vendor Samurai Tools US, who was on site selling carving bits! Feel free to [...]
Making Wigert's Proud Wigert's Bonsai was proud to have our bonsai instructor, Mike Lane, as well as many of our advanced students at the Sixth Annual U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition in Rochester, NY this September! Instructor, Mike Lane, at the National Bonsai Exhibition We asked one of our advanced students, Mike [...]
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Wigert's Bonsai Instructor, Mike Lane, gives a re-cap of his most recent trip out to Texas as a "featured artist" for their annual bonsai convention! Check out photos from his trip and read about his adventures below: "I was invited to participate as a featured artist at the 2018 Lonestar Bonsai Federation's annual state [...]
SHOHIN BONSAI KEYPOINTS What are Shohin bonsai- Shohin bonsai are typically under 10 inches from the soil to the top of the tree. Mame bonsai, a sub-category of shohin, are bonsai under 4 inches from the soil to the top of the tree. More about feel. Trees should be physically small and express the feeling [...]
Ficus “Melon seed” Bonsai Ficus retusa var. melon seed With more than 1500 species of Ficus, 800 of which are actual trees it is exciting to find a new cultivar to bonsai. The “melon seed” as we know is great bonsai material due to tiny leaves. I have found that the interior leaves may grow [...]
