Best Bonsai Classes Johannesburg Near Me

4worldlovers:
Dependant on the type of soil, the soil may break down into clay or the tree may become pot bound, which may or may not be a problem, dependant on the species. The nutrients in the soil always need to be replaced, or your bonsai will deteriorate. The water also needs to drain. Generally, in spring, gently remove the bonsai from its container. Uncoil the roots by raking out the roots. Remove about 10-20% of outer soil and roots. Cut off all dangling roots. Replace the bonsai and fill in the gaps with fresh bonsai soil mix. Dunk the container in a bowl of water to expel all trapped air. Ensure that the new soil is pressed firmly around the pot and tree. Place in a shady spot until new growth emerges.


To maintain the shape, balance and harmony of your bonsai, you are required to constantly trim off unwanted growth. This can be similarly viewed as humans needing to remove unwanted hair. In bonsai this entails the removal - pinching or cutting off - of excess shoots and leaves. Elongated branches can be cut down to 30% or the first growing leaf or bud from the trunk. Pruning will encourage new side growth, with branch movement and character, the characteristics of a good bonsai. There are tricks and methods to cutting species, so it is advisable to ask someone who knows. To understand the desired you will need to get to understand the various styles in bonsai and also the tendencies of shape that your species grows in the wild.


Being a tree, genetically, it grows best outdoors. The best location is in the garden under the shade of a tree or a shaded patio where it will receive the sunlight and not direct extended periods of the harsh afternoon sunshine. Some tree species prefer full sun while others, may prefer full shade with natural light. The majority can only be brought into the home for a week or so at a time - for display purpose - before being returned to their permanent home. Others may survive for months indoors, but essentially they are being starved of their natural growing light, ultra-violet, and slowly starving, by the glass refracting Ultra Violet light.

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Bonsai is 80% horticultural principles and 20% artistic principles. So keeping you bonsai alive involves knowing how the species grows and whether it is endemic to your area. Trees that do not grow in your area are going to need extra attention and knowledge.

This is the single most important factor in the care of bonsai. Click here to learn more.....

4worldlovers: What activities can I expect at Bonsai Day care & Nursery school

We have a wide range of age-appropriate toys and books. This encourages your child's development and, as they gets

We encourage drawings and paintings that shows that creativity is valued.

In the morning before the school start ,we play age appropriate videos that are educational.

We offer a well thought curriculum that’s stimulates your child's development and introduces variety and interest.

Your child will see all this as different ways of playing.

We believe that Children learn through play, so we makes sure that we place high value on children simply doing

Children get a chance to play outside every day, Running, jumping and skipping are good for them physically,

A bonsai tree is representative of peace, balance and harmony. It is a representation that all things are good and

They are also often associated with simplicity and the beauty that simple things can provide, whether in a display

Setting or in nature. Bonsai trees sometimes symbolize the stages and processes of life.

The mission of Bonsai Day Care & Nursery School is to provide safe, fun and nurturing environment for our children

With developmentally appropriate curriculum which inspires a love for learning. Click here to see the services we offer.

4worldlovers:
Sawasdee offers you one of the largest and most exquisite selections of Bonsai trees in South Africa.


Choose from a magnificent 74-year old Japanese grey bark elm, a miniature Chines elm, an Acacia Burkei (Black Monkey Thorn) or Acacia Galpini (Monkey Thorn), a White Stinkwood, the indigenous Baobab, a beloved Ficus Microcarpa and other hardy Bonsai treasures.

4worldlovers: Kranspoort Bonsai Nursery was established in 1980 by qualified horticulturists Roger and Marsel. Ours is a gentle approach that seeks to understand nature and work with it, rather than to try and dominate it.

We grow a variety of both indigenous and exotic trees that are suited to bonsai, and make a huge variety of ceramic pots for them to grow in.

We also produce a seed kit "Grow Your Own Bonsai" that has everything included in it to grow your tree from seed. Affordable, and with a long shelf life, it makes a wonderful gift. There are 10 different kinds available; all indigenous.

You are welcome to visit our nursery. We have more than 6o years experience between us of growing bonsai and would love to share this knowledge with you. Nurturing a living work of art is a rich and rewarding experience.

We produce a large range of ceramic bonsai pots from 50mm mame pots to 400mm large pots.

We have hundreds of potted bonsai both indigenous and exotic. We also supply our soil mix and appropriate fertilizer.

Grow Your Own Bonsai kit is made up of a hand crafted ceramic pot, soil, drainage mesh, seeds and instructions.

They make ideal corporate gifts, have a long shelf life and are great value for money.

There are 10 varieties which are all indigenous and suited to bonsai.