The Bonsai Blog of Carlos van der Vaart

Last week i had the pleasure to give a masterclass about Pines; this was organised by the NBV ( Dutch Bonsai Federation ); every year i have the pleasure to give  a masterclass, to do one about pines is  a bonus, my specialty is pines and junipers so the evening is always to short..Everyone had a pine with [...]

Finally this tree found his way to my garden….this sabina stole my heart three years ago when i first saw it at Mauro Stembergers garden. The last two years i tried to purschade the tree…a few weeks ago i had a great tour in Italy and Sicilie with Mauro and on my way home i [...]

 
Last weekend i had organised the fourth session of the Marco Invernizzi school @ Carlos van der Vaart. Like the last time we where hosted at Lodder Bonsai in Harmelen. This time all the students had to talk and do a presentation about a subject they picked out them selves, everybody liked it and learned a [...]

This summer was great for my juns…..four weeks ago i had to prune again, they grow like grazy, i was glad with the help of Ollie…also my sabina had to be pruned a lot, in order to keep the green under control and not to let it grow longer, because the tree will be bigger and bigger [...]

 Two weeks ago i had to prune again and do another bud selection, this spring and summer has been great for my trees, i fertilize always a lot with different brands, nothing new here than other years, but the spring and summer have been great for my pines and jun. they grow like grazy..buds everywhere [...]

Two years ago, the 1 th of September 2007 i started a small bonsaibusiness, so today i celebrate my two years anniversary ! I started this not to live of it, but i have a lot of ideas, and….to do so i had to start things. If i look back now a lot of things [...]