Heritage Bonsai Victoria Student Study work Program

Heritage Bonsai Victoria will be starting a Student Study work Program as from January 2021. There is a opportunity to come and learn the art of Bonsai at the highest level , working on amongst some of the highest quality trees in Australia. The primary focus will be conifers in particular pinus species. Other species will be covered in detail as well.

What are we after?

- Commitment, be able to attend 1 to 2 full days a month, situated in Croydon.

- Hard Work ethics, we will be adopting Japanese work ethics .

- NO ego! You will have to have the highest respect for us and your fellow students.

- No experience required but if you already have been doing Bonsai for some time, you MUST be prepared to be retrained if required

. - Quality Bonsai tool kit, if you don't have this , this can be organised through us.

Spaces are extremely limited and the program will run for approximately 2 years. This program is for free, just hard focused work! There will be "bonus" days were you can bring your own Bonsai to work on and improve. If you think you can meet the above requirements, please apply to my email cxepapas@gmail.com. Applications close January 16 2021 GOOD LUCK!

BIG BONSAI CHRISTMAS SALE

It's back again , Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en BIG Christmas sale. All bonsai reduced by 10% ticket price. Over 300 bonsai to choose from, starting at $20. Big range of bonsai accessories . OPEN all day Saturday 19th December from 8am to 6pm, NO appointments required . Tea and Coffee available. Free parking EFTPOS AVAILABLE

Open day October 22nd

Open day at Heritage Bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en on the 22nd October, from 8am to 5pm. Come along and see the bonsai display and gardens. 10% discount on all marked bonsai prices for this day. Eftpos available. Covid-19 distancing rules apply.

Repotting 2020

This year’s major task for some of the students from our student work program was to pot up this beast of a trident maple.

Working as a team we managed to squeeze the trident into my largest available glazed oval pot. It will be left to grow over spring ti regain it’s energy before tackling the styling.

Repotting this year spanning 5 weeks was hard but rewarding for the students in our student work program with some great experiences and results, well done to all!

It will need further development over a number of years before reaching it’s full potential

Repotting time is apon us

With repotting season about to kick start in Tasmania, Here at Heritage Bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en we are stocked and ready to go. Special for the months of July and August 2020, for every purchase of 3 bags of premium Heritage Bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en Bonsai mix, you get a free bucket of drainage course aggregate, per transaction not accumulated. Heritage Bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en premium Bonsai mix 20 litre bag $18. Course aggregate 3.5 litre bucket $5. Open by appointment only, so feel free to press the bookings button on our website and choose the selection required or alternatively message us directly . Eftpos available.

GIFT VOUCHERS HONOURED

All gift vouchers sold at Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en before covid-19 will be honoured for another year past the expiration date, and for longer extensions please contact us. We are reopen from Monday the 18th May by appointment only and under strict covid-19 conditions.

REOPENING 18TH MAY

Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en will be reopening on Monday the 18th May by appointment only and under strict covid-19 conditions. Only 2 persons per visit. Any follow up education or tree services are now available. Please feel free to book anappointment or contact me.

We look forward to seeing you soon

Re opening soon

With restrictions looking at easing, Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en is looking at re opening soon under strict conditions, stay tuned

Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en Closes premises to public

It is my deepest regret to close Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en's premises to the public. I will be ramping up my efforts to have trees available on my website https://www.heritagebonsaitasmaniashofu-en.com . Delivery can be organised at cost.

Any follow up education or tree services will be available in the future once the government lifts bands due to corona virus. All payments, bank transfer. So check the website for any specials available soon 😉

Redevelopment of an old pine

This Radiata pine was dug by me around 24 years back. Then crudely development into a bonsai over a short period, and sold at Gowans auction around 15 years ago. One of my students was the lucky recipient at the auction (Well before I knew him) . He brought it along to a BSST club workshop around a year ago, and after recognizing it, we came to a agreement for its return to Daddy! Now I'm redeveloping this very old friend of mine and will permanently remain in my collection. It needs another 2 growing seasons before it starts to look like what I want .

As it stands after today’s work

Future projection of tree development

After it was brought back to Heritage bonsai Tasmania Shofu-en, the health of the tree was the up most importance. It was repotted into a expensive quality Japanese bonsai pot and then fed heavily to regain vigor . This shows the tree before I removed the top 1/3 of the tree.

This is the earliest picture of the pine, around 19 years ago . At this stage it’s trunk had been wired and the first “S" bends were set.

Details of jin progressing into a shari.