Hi Nigel, Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come see our show and compiling this video . You did a great job of capturing the essences of the trees! The Toronto Bonsai Society membership work very hard to put on show twice a year (Spring and Fall) to promote the Art of Bonsai and not to mention that some of these trees are older then Canada!
Beautiful show. Honestly I can't even choose the top 10 best bonsai, they are all so pretty. Each has their own beauty unique to themselves which you can't find in another bonsai.
Bjorn Bjorlholm picked it out as having a completely scar free trunk and branches, very rare on a trident maple! The Castle is made out of feather rock. "Feather Rock is charcoal and silver grey in color with a sharp, course texture and irregular shape. They are products of a rare volcanic occurrence, formed by a molten lava flow which trapped air that later escaped during the cooling stage."
I agree, I've never grown any accent plants, but I should dedicate a section of the bonsai garden to them. I think the accent plants were really well done at the show and it has inspired me to get some started! I'll have to make a video!
Very Nice trees! Usually the larches tend to be my favorites but many different species were so good. Loved the larch forest with the moose, it had some nice surface roots...for sure Canadian! Thank you for posting
Very cool displays in this show, thanks for the nice video. I went to the bonsai festival at the US National Arboretum about two weeks ago. It was really nice, they had the year round displays plus shows and vendors from local bonsai societies. I didn't get anything but pictures but still very much worth going!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was very well done, and showed the high quality of the trees; you have some good growers in Canada!
At 0:31 that guy thought you were going to mention him personally! He looks so disappointed and very quickly moves on after you just say "club members" haha. Love your channel Nigel
nice video. Of all the trees, I think i liked the larch forest with the moose the best, with the one with the spiraling deadwood on top a close second.
Overall it was a very good show and I think all involved should be proud! I think a spring show could have more trees in flower, but that depends on the availability of trees! Someone mentioned that there were few tropical trees and like any Canadian show, we tend to go heavy on the Larch and Cedar trees. I think that's just natural for a show in Canada! I think there was a good mix of tree styles and presentations, I would like to see the common name, scientific name and a description of the pot on the name tags at the show. The name tags were a little random in style, from hand written to several other printed styles. Lighting at the show was good, except for the end trees facing away from the windows. They were a little dark. The accent plants were so good and spring like, I think they deserve a special mention! All the trees were prepared really well and the quality was really high, there were trees and displays for all tastes, from tradition bonsai and penjing to modern art! I'm looking forward to returning in fall.
The tree at 12:30 I thought was the most artistic display, almost a black and white theme. It belongs in an art museum! The Larches with the moose, definitely take you up to northern Canada, it reminds me of the time a really large moose walked across the road when we were leaving Algonquin park years ago! There were so many great trees and displays!
Hey Nigel, awesome videos! Some of my ficus microcarpa's roots were cut off when i bought it. Just wondering if any new roots or branches will sprout from the cuts. Thanks heaps.
Yes, if the ends of the roots are safely below the soil and the tree is in good conditions, (warm, light and humidity), you will get new roots that will grow from the ends of the cuts. You should also get new branches above the soil.
Do you have any boxwood trees? If so can you please do a video on it..I have 4 boxwood trees and want to learn more and get ideas on how to work on them... thanks
hi nige how goes it? couple quick questions? what do you think of those soil moisture level probes? as a novice im finding it helpful. Also i am trying not to use tapwater but sometimes hard. i use water from my fishtank, would that still have all the lime, chlorine, etc. we also have fluoride in our water, will this turn my fish into mindless pawns for the government?
I find with the turface in your soil, you can tell how dry the soil is by the colour of the turface. I think the moisture probe is a good idea and I hear they work well also. Any water that sits open for 24 hours will have the chlorine evaporate away, but the minerals will still remain. It is best to use rainwater if you can, but it is not always an option with everyone.
Very well done Good thankyou very max I would love some information on traveling to Japan and furthering my bonzai skills. Could you please point me in the right direction. Cheers . Bonsai is an art of patience, dedication and skill Why don't u do subtitles in English please all won't be able to understand Bengal
Thank Helen, no, I didn't and it was very tempting! A Toronto club member gave me a stack of bonsai books and I'll be busy going through them and learning all I can!
sorry to hassle you but you are my bonsai guru so another long winded question. i have a hollow lava rock from my fish tank that i want to use for bonsai.im thinking once i get plants going in it (prob ficus benjamina i think, got heaps of cuttings going but not exactly sure) will be very hard to remove to root prune/replace old soil etc. the rock has a large hole at bottom which i assume roots will eventually grow out of so i can trim them i spose but that would be about it, cant see how you would remove tree or access roots once established, would this eventually be a problem-root bound, old soil. sorry, hard to explain plus had a couple beers. is there any way i can send u few photos of rock so you can give me some pointers, really have no idea, do i need to wire it in, what soil, etc. been watching "bonsai talk" vids lately, gonna try the kitty litter thing, what you think?
Hello Michael, you can send me photos of the rock and your ideas to...... thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com The kitty litter works if you get the right kind. Some just turn to a slimy much when you add water.
Nigel Saunders thanks ill send them now. the kitty litter went well, got the pure clay non clumping, took a lot of sieveing?? and rinsing out but came out good, pretty expensive but, worked out bout dollar per kg.
That is called a viewing stone, it is a collected rock from nature that gives you the feeling of a distant mountain. Here is more on the subject..... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiseki
Nigel, I loved your video and the dramatic music. I have no knowledge of editing videos, so perhaps I am going to request something very difficult, but I think it would most informative if you could superimpose the variety name of the tree and if possible the accent plant on the same frames as the pictures of the tree and accent plants. Here in Oregon we can grow many of the same varieties and it would help me as a beginner to know what I am seeing. Thanks for all I am learning from your channel.
Hello Pundy, sorry but the accent plants weren't labeled and they usually aren't in shows. I think they were beautiful and I'd like to see them labeled.
tbh, your bonsai trees look much more interesting then many of the trees at this show (which doesn't mean the trees at the show don't look nice, but some styles really seem to get old for me).
Thank you, it is refreshing to see a new idea or a tree that stands out technically and artistically. There were some trees at the show that had these elements and I enjoyed these trees the most!
hi Nigel. do you have an inatagram account? 16 minutes is so little :( . i think iwill watch this twice a day everydy for the coming 3 months.. i loved the misic as well. thank you so much for sharing with us
I hate figurines in bonsai. Let's get a beautiful piece of miniature nature and put a fat ugly piece of man made plastic right in the middle. Might as well make the whole damn tree out of plastic if your gonna do that. The little animals and shit hardly compare to the real thing and there are no real animals that small so there's no point. It's gross.
Accessories in your planting can be helpful to convey a sense of scale to the planting. It is very traditional in Chinese penjing to have people, animals and buildings in the landscape. The Japanese style bonsai does away with anything like that and just focuses on the tree and the pot. It is just a matter of personal taste and style. I have found that the forests with animals attract a large audience of both adults and children at bonsai shows. Only a small percentage of trees feature accessories, so there is something for everyone at these shows.
Hi Nigel,
Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come see our show and compiling this video . You did a great job of capturing the essences of the trees! The Toronto Bonsai Society membership work very hard to put on show twice a year (Spring and Fall) to promote the Art of Bonsai and not to mention that some of these trees are older then Canada!
It was my pleasure. You are getting very good comments about the show. Hope to see everyone in fall or sooner!
Excellent music accompaniment...Wonderful exhibit...Thanks for taking the time to video this event...
Those trees are truly magnificent. Unbelievable precision. "JAW DROPPING"
I'm glad you enjoyed the show, they also had some of the best accent plants I have seen!
Beautiful show. Honestly I can't even choose the top 10 best bonsai, they are all so pretty. Each has their own beauty unique to themselves which you can't find in another bonsai.
Some of these are beyond amazing . . .
Yes, I agree, some really good quality old trees, with some excellent displays!
Very beautiful trees! And they are displayed so well. Thanks a lot Nigel, for sharing a wonderful video.
Regards.
Thank you Anita!
Thanks Nigel for taking me along. Definitely enjoyed the variety of specimens and styles. 😉
Good to hear, glad you enjoyed the show!
Beautiful show, thanks for sharing.
Thank you MaryG!
Loved all the accent plants as well !!
They were really nice and added a lot to the show!
amazing...just simply amazing..thanx a lot for sharing such a wonderful video mr.nigel...
Thank you, the Toronto society put a lot of hard work into such a great show!
Kaushik I think you are a Bengali too.
And i'm also a Nigel fan, can we have a connection, as I saw your work in Nigel's video.... i wish to meet you
BeThe CREATOR, if you send me your email address to....
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
I'll try and connect you!
sure mr.Nigel ...thanx a lot
Okay ,
The nebari on that trident maple at 4:20 is sick! Also that castle landscape before is is AWESOME!
Bjorn Bjorlholm picked it out as having a completely scar free trunk and branches, very rare on a trident maple! The Castle is made out of feather rock.
"Feather Rock is charcoal and silver grey in color with a sharp, course texture and irregular shape. They are products of a rare volcanic occurrence, formed by a molten lava flow which trapped air that later escaped during the cooling stage."
Great !!! Thank you Nigel for sharing !
You are most welcome!
Absolutely stunning music!
Jo San is amazing!
Thanks Nigel for sharing this video
My pleasure, it was a busy show, with lots of visitors!
I like how you included the accent plants. I'm appreciating the art of those as well...
I agree, I've never grown any accent plants, but I should dedicate a section of the bonsai garden to them. I think the accent plants were really well done at the show and it has inspired me to get some started! I'll have to make a video!
Yes, I agree, and please do!
Yes I agree, and please dp
What a beautiful bonsai show. Your video was great! Love the music. You did justice to such a great show. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Patricia, I really enjoyed going!
Yes another 5 star movie!!! :) thank you sir
Thanks Ryan, it was a busy afternoon!
Well done Nigel.Good camera work and very dramatic music.The artists from Toronto have to thanks you for the promotion.
I love any chance to promote bonsai!
Thanks for taking us with u! Last thing I saw before sleeping at 2 A. M now I will dream about it and making one myself whole night!
Happy bonsai dreams!
Very Nice trees! Usually the larches tend to be my favorites but many different species were so good. Loved the larch forest with the moose, it had some nice surface roots...for sure Canadian! Thank you for posting
You are very welcome bonsai J.
I loved seeing all the native material. That Eastern White Cedar at 8:18 was my favorite of the bunch.
Yes, that tree definitely has some character!
looked like an old man kneeling over
Very cool displays in this show, thanks for the nice video. I went to
the bonsai festival at the US National Arboretum about two weeks ago. It
was really nice, they had the year round displays plus shows and
vendors from local bonsai societies. I didn't get anything but pictures
but still very much worth going!
Yes, I have seen videos of the Arboretum, some day I hope I'll be able to go!
Another great video love the music Thank you
Thank you Fred!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was very well done, and showed the high quality of the trees; you have some good growers in Canada!
Thank you for watching, I found the show very interesting and enjoyable!
Nice show, nice video and once again nice music
Thank you Adrian, I agree it was a wonderful show!
Yet another amazing video,with the background tune felt like the Godfather of Bonsai:), thank you for sharing
Thank you Vlad!
Thank you, Nigel.
Your welcome, glad you enjoyed the show!
Verry verry Beautifull Trees.
Thank You
I agree!
So much amazing! 11:08 is just stunning!
That is an amazing Larch!
Dude! that song on the video...
i was expecting u to burn all the trees down every minute :)))
😀👏👏 wonderful. I subscribed
At 0:31 that guy thought you were going to mention him personally! He looks so disappointed and very quickly moves on after you just say "club members" haha.
Love your channel Nigel
Thanks, he is just fooling around, he is the owner of many famous Nick Lenz trees!
nice video. Of all the trees, I think i liked the larch forest with the moose the best, with the one with the spiraling deadwood on top a close second.
what was the time stamp on that?
7:15 and 9:52
The spiral tree is a Nick Lenz creation!
www.artofbonsai.org/galleries/lenz.php
Beautiful!
It was a really great show!
thanks for the nice video Nigel. .give your thoughts on this year's show if you can.
thanks
Overall it was a very good show and I think all involved should be proud!
I think a spring show could have more trees in flower, but that depends on the availability of trees! Someone mentioned that there were few tropical trees and like any Canadian show, we tend to go heavy on the Larch and Cedar trees. I think that's just natural for a show in Canada!
I think there was a good mix of tree styles and presentations, I would like to see the common name, scientific name and a description of the pot on the name tags at the show. The name tags were a little random in style, from hand written to several other printed styles.
Lighting at the show was good, except for the end trees facing away from the windows. They were a little dark.
The accent plants were so good and spring like, I think they deserve a special mention!
All the trees were prepared really well and the quality was really high, there were trees and displays for all tastes, from tradition bonsai and penjing to modern art!
I'm looking forward to returning in fall.
love the close up of the elusive Nigeles Moosis
I think the moose was a star of the show!, It's so Canadian!
very beautiful bonsai !
I agree, it was an outstanding show!
amazing
This is awesome
It was a really good high level show!
which one did you like most Nigel? Let me guess: either 12:30 or 9:52 . Probably the white cedar.
The tree at 12:30 I thought was the most artistic display, almost a black and white theme. It belongs in an art museum! The Larches with the moose, definitely take you up to northern Canada, it reminds me of the time a really large moose walked across the road when we were leaving Algonquin park years ago! There were so many great trees and displays!
Nigel Saunders The bonsai at 12:30 had movement, reminds me of of a runner.
wao ! thank you so much. i love you bonsai.
Thank you very much!
oh ! I also learn the bonsai experience many many, you can not specify more documents for myself.
Hey Nigel, awesome videos!
Some of my ficus microcarpa's roots were cut off when i bought it. Just wondering if any new roots or branches will sprout from the cuts.
Thanks heaps.
Yes, if the ends of the roots are safely below the soil and the tree is in good conditions, (warm, light and humidity), you will get new roots that will grow from the ends of the cuts. You should also get new branches above the soil.
Do you have any boxwood trees? If so can you please do a video on it..I have 4 boxwood trees and want to learn more and get ideas on how to work on them... thanks
A Boxwood video will be coming, I have several in the front garden that a destined to become bonsai trees!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone awesome..I’m looking forward to seeing that video...thank you
Nice Background Music Nigel!!
I agree, thanks to Jo San!
hi nige how goes it? couple quick questions? what do you think of those soil moisture level probes? as a novice im finding it helpful.
Also i am trying not to use tapwater but sometimes hard. i use water from my fishtank, would that still have all the lime, chlorine, etc. we also have fluoride in our water, will this turn my fish into mindless pawns for the government?
I find with the turface in your soil, you can tell how dry the soil is by the colour of the turface. I think the moisture probe is a good idea and I hear they work well also. Any water that sits open for 24 hours will have the chlorine evaporate away, but the minerals will still remain. It is best to use rainwater if you can, but it is not always an option with everyone.
Great vid Nigel do you know what kind of flower you show at 12:11?
Sorry, I don't, hopefully someone from the Toronto club will read this and identify it!
Very well done
Good thankyou very max
I would love some information on traveling to Japan and furthering my bonzai skills. Could you please point me in the right direction. Cheers
. Bonsai is an art of patience, dedication and skill
Why don't u do subtitles in English please all won't be able to understand Bengal
beautiful
Thank you, it was one of the highlights for the year!
@nigelsaunders I noticed you don't have any olives in your collection. Why is that?
I have one Olive tree, but I haven't done much with it yet. It will be coming in a video soon.
so close to my home! Neat!
They will be having a fall show also, keep an eye on their website for details!
Exposição de bonsai é sempre bom visitar...
Obrigado por verificar o vídeo e fico feliz por você ter gostado ...
wow....! I mean it... wow...!!!! its simply such a great video... nice music.!
did you buy or sell any???
Thank Helen, no, I didn't and it was very tempting! A Toronto club member gave me a stack of bonsai books and I'll be busy going through them and learning all I can!
Hey wow...! We gonna have even more interesting videos then... :-)
All the very best Nigel..
It is damn tempting though!!!
What do you use and do to fertilize your trees?
You should make a video on that
Sir why don't you use camera with image stabilization... Pictures are blurry and very shaky...
I don't have a camera with image stabilization, sorry, maybe someday I can afford one!
HEY!!! I went to that and bought a beautiful twin trunk larch!!
I saw some nice Larches for sale, good luck with your new tree!
i realy enjoy your movies but you need a camera with more fps or you need to move less. I get motionsikness from watching :(
Arndt Miller SAME!
I agree, it was filmed with more FPS, but I think I used the wrong conversion when I processed the movie. I'll be more careful in future!
Thanks!
Arndt Miller It could also be the music. Once I turned off the sound, it was less so.
glad that i am not the only one
sorry to hassle you but you are my bonsai guru so another long winded question. i have a hollow lava rock from my fish tank that i want to use for bonsai.im thinking once i get plants going in it (prob ficus benjamina i think, got heaps of cuttings going but not exactly sure) will be very hard to remove to root prune/replace old soil etc. the rock has a large hole at bottom which i assume roots will eventually grow out of so i can trim them i spose but that would be about it, cant see how you would remove tree or access roots once established, would this eventually be a problem-root bound, old soil. sorry, hard to explain plus had a couple beers. is there any way i can send u few photos of rock so you can give me some pointers, really have no idea, do i need to wire it in, what soil, etc. been watching "bonsai talk" vids lately, gonna try the kitty litter thing, what you think?
Hello Michael, you can send me photos of the rock and your ideas to......
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
The kitty litter works if you get the right kind. Some just turn to a slimy much when you add water.
Nigel Saunders thanks ill send them now. the kitty litter went well, got the pure clay non clumping, took a lot of sieveing?? and rinsing out but came out good, pretty expensive but, worked out bout dollar per kg.
Nigel, what is that at @13:14? I don't seem to understand it.
That is called a viewing stone, it is a collected rock from nature that gives you the feeling of a distant mountain. Here is more on the subject.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiseki
Nigel, I loved your video and the dramatic music. I have no knowledge of editing videos, so perhaps I am going to request something very difficult, but I think it would most informative if you could superimpose the variety name of the tree and if possible the accent plant on the same frames as the pictures of the tree and accent plants. Here in Oregon we can grow many of the same varieties and it would help me as a beginner to know what I am seeing. Thanks for all I am learning from your channel.
Hello Pundy, sorry but the accent plants weren't labeled and they usually aren't in shows. I think they were beautiful and I'd like to see them labeled.
I wish I knew about this! I would have gone.
I have a link to the Toronto Bonsai Society in the description above, you'll have to join!
How old are some of those trees? I imagine some of them are pretty much priceless?
Yes, some of the collected trees may be close to two hundred years old and have been training as a bonsai for many many years.
Wow! Thank you Nigel, for the information and sharing the awesome video.
Awesome! Took any cuttings? :D
I don't think they would like you walking around a bonsai show with a set of pruners in your hand! The bonsai police would definitely get you!
Whats up with the spooky music?
Killer trees deserve killer music?
nailed it
I kept expecting some sort of serial killer to jump out of a tree's foliage. Very intense music.
I should have had a scary surprise at the end!
Wow good video the music sound like Jackie chan is running from something
Yes it's very dramatic, like a film score!
Nice👍
It was a very good show!
@@TheBonsaiZone good
Yes Canadian. This makes sense
A Canadian bonsai show must have a moose!
great bonsais, wrong music lol
What's with the background music it's not relaxing at all
It was that or AC DC, I picked the relaxing one.
tbh, your bonsai trees look much more interesting then many of the trees at this show (which doesn't mean the trees at the show don't look nice, but some styles really seem to get old for me).
Thank you, it is refreshing to see a new idea or a tree that stands out technically and artistically. There were some trees at the show that had these elements and I enjoyed these trees the most!
shame the pixie wasn't flowering, that would have definitely gotten you the win
Thank you Cian.
15:14 and 16:03 WOW!!
Nice ones!
👍👍👍
Thanks for the thumbs up!
Judging by the music, these bonsai are up to no good
Yes, their sneaking about when you turn your back! I wouldn't trust them.
That scary music though :q
Bonsai is a very scary hobby!
King Dubsy the FOIST
I waited for you this time.
Ali Mirjalili Haha. How dare you 😉
Last time I said, it is your turn this time, so here you go
Thanks guys, gives me a smile!
hi Nigel. do you have an inatagram account? 16 minutes is so little :( . i think iwill watch this twice a day everydy for the coming 3 months.. i loved the misic as well. thank you so much for sharing with us
13:13 WTH?
That is a viewing stone, it is to look like a distant mountain!
Loved the video yet music feels like a crime scene or murder going to happen.
Thank you Nitish!
This music is very bad lol
Thank you for your comment.
The terrible video quality doesnt make justice for the content
Thank you for your comment!
The music is so awful for Bonsai
Maybe the bonsai are awful for the music?
Nature is perfect, but your music!
I hate figurines in bonsai. Let's get a beautiful piece of miniature nature and put a fat ugly piece of man made plastic right in the middle. Might as well make the whole damn tree out of plastic if your gonna do that. The little animals and shit hardly compare to the real thing and there are no real animals that small so there's no point. It's gross.
Accessories in your planting can be helpful to convey a sense of scale to the planting. It is very traditional in Chinese penjing to have people, animals and buildings in the landscape. The Japanese style bonsai does away with anything like that and just focuses on the tree and the pot. It is just a matter of personal taste and style. I have found that the forests with animals attract a large audience of both adults and children at bonsai shows. Only a small percentage of trees feature accessories, so there is something for everyone at these shows.