Posts Tagged ‘Garden’

Three Piece Bonsai Tree Garden Tool Kit

by The Bonsai Tree Care on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Three Piece Bonsai Tree Garden Tool Kit

Product Description

3 piece set bonsai garden tools. Made in Japan by Saboten. The Hallmark of Quality in Garden Tools. These are sturdy Teflon tools not stamped metal with lacquered handles. The right size for the small job of bonsai maintenance but useful for all types of


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Joshua Roth 1515 Japanese Hori Hori Garden Landscaping Digging Tool With Carbon Steel Blade & Sheath

by The Bonsai Tree Care on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Joshua Roth 1515 Japanese Hori Hori Garden Landscaping Digging Tool With Carbon Steel Blade & Sheath

Amazon.com Product Description

The Joshua Roth Hori-Hori digging tool has a stainless steel blade that is very sharp and concave shaped, making it a perfect tool for scooping soil and other materials. The tool was originally designed for excavating aged plantings high in the mountains of Japan, where enthusiasts still find prized specimens for bonsai. This tool is especially valuable in the garden. such as for cutting and scraping soil, weeds, vegetables, and woody plants. The quality carbon steel construction will let you dig, pry, and cut with ease, while serrated teeth along one edge provide a convenient saw for the more difficult tasks. And the semi-sharp edges let you get the work done with less concern about safety. A sturdy vinyl sheath and belt loop ensure your Hori-Hori will always be on hand when you need it. Its thick, natural wood handle provides a secure, comfortable grip to lessen the effort of the task at hand. This product also comes with a 3-year limited manufacturer’s warranty.




From the Manufacturer

The Joshua Roth Hori-Hori digging tool has a carbon steel blade that is very sharp and concave shaped, making it a perfect tool for scooping soil and other materials. The tool was originally designed for excavating aged plantings high in the mountains of Japan, where enthusiasts still find prized specimens for bonsai. This tool is especially valuable in the garden such as for cutting and scraping soil, weeds, vegetables, and woody plants. The quality carbon steel construction will let you dig, pry, and cut with ease, while serrated teeth along one edge provide a convenient saw for the more difficult tasks. And the semi-sharp edges let you get the work done with less concern about safety. A sturdy vinyl sheath and belt loop ensure your Hori-Hori will always be on hand when you need it. Its thick, natural wood handle provides a secure, comfortable grip to lessen the effort of the task at hand. This product also comes with a 3-year limited manufacturer’s warranty.


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Growing Bonsai Indoors (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide) (Paperback)

by The Bonsai Tree Care on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Growing Bonsai Indoors (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)

Product Description

After the great success of Indoor Bonsai, Brooklyn Botanic Garden has done it again! This is truly a one-stop-shop that provides everything bonsai aficionados need to know about buying, growing, and styling their plants with confidence through sustainable and organic practices. With fully illustrated color photos and line drawings, Growing Bonsai Indoors presents 20 common and unusual tropical and subtropical trees that are best suited for indoor cultivation. With illuminating articles written by some of the top North American bonsai experts including Julian Velasco, curator of the Bonsai Collection at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Pauline Muth, president of the American Bonsai Society—keeping bonsai alive and thriving indoors has never been easier.


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Creating Bonsai Landscapes: 18 Miniature Garden Projects (Paperback)

by The Bonsai Tree Care on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Creating Bonsai Landscapes: 18 Miniature Garden Projects

Product Description

A variety of themed bonsai displays are shown in this project source. Miniature gardens are not only a delight to look at but will also prove themselves a harmonizing and soothing force within the home.




About the Author

After a successful career as a textile designer, SU CHIN EE became fascinated by the little-practiced art of penjing. A gold-medal winner at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show, she is now an official judge in the bonsai category at that show. Su grows and sells bonsai landscapes from her nursery in Kent, England. She writes regularly about bonsai and penjing for magazines and journals.
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The Bonsai Workshop (Our Garden Variety) (Paperback)

by The Bonsai Tree Care on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The Bonsai Workshop (Our Garden Variety)

From Booklist

Gustafson has designed his book for the beginning to intermediate bonsai enthusiast, outlining in straightforward fashion the essentials of the care, creation, and display of these lovely miniature trees. Basic bonsai care changes considerably throughout the four seasons, the author notes, and he offers the necessary seasonal advice by regions. Gustafson stresses the importance of learning how to merely keep a tree alive, no easy task for the beginner. He supplies answers to what he calls 100 basic questions concerning bonsai culture in this book, which contains 402 color and 68 black-and-white illustrations. Gustafson gives a short history of bonsai, along with advice on pruning, potting, training, creating, and displaying them. There’s a glossary and a suggested reading list. But this book should be the only one you need. George Cohen
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.




Review

For the beginning to intermediate bonsai enthusiast, outlining in straightforward fashion the essentials of the care, creation, and display of these lovely miniature trees…this book should be the only one you need. — Booklist


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