A Visit To Mr Kimura's Bonsai Garden - Rock Plantings
Posted: December 1st, 2016, 12:10 am
Last Sunday our bonsai tour group travelled by train to visit Mr Kimura's bonsai gardens. This is one nursery that I wanted to visit again to see Mr Kimura's rock plantings.
I am very interested in bonsai landscapes and penjing, and Mr Kimura is well known for his rock plantings in Japan. It seemed a bit tense when we arrived at the nursery and the apprentices seemed on edge a bit. They were running, not walking, conveying messages back to their master to let him know we had arrived.
The apprentice from Russia, in his second year, told us that there was a very important man from Spain there looking to buy trees for the Spainish bonsai collection, and that Mr Kimura would see us later on.
This would explain why the apprentices were on edge. But Bjorn told me that this is how it is at this nursery. Other nurseries seem to be little bit more relaxed when you visit them.
Back to the rock plantings - they were all housed in a type of hot house at this time of year, as many of the plantings are Shimpaku junipers and, over here in the winter, they turn to a brown/golden colour. The plantings were all for sale except the old rock plantings which you might recognise from other postings or in bonsai books.
One other apprentice told me that the rock that the they use is man-made from a lightweight concrete and painted, but that’s all he would say.
Anyone who does rock plantings knowns that it is hard to find rock to use in Australia, especially the size they use over here.
Enjoy the photos.
Lance
I am very interested in bonsai landscapes and penjing, and Mr Kimura is well known for his rock plantings in Japan. It seemed a bit tense when we arrived at the nursery and the apprentices seemed on edge a bit. They were running, not walking, conveying messages back to their master to let him know we had arrived.
The apprentice from Russia, in his second year, told us that there was a very important man from Spain there looking to buy trees for the Spainish bonsai collection, and that Mr Kimura would see us later on.
This would explain why the apprentices were on edge. But Bjorn told me that this is how it is at this nursery. Other nurseries seem to be little bit more relaxed when you visit them.
Back to the rock plantings - they were all housed in a type of hot house at this time of year, as many of the plantings are Shimpaku junipers and, over here in the winter, they turn to a brown/golden colour. The plantings were all for sale except the old rock plantings which you might recognise from other postings or in bonsai books.
One other apprentice told me that the rock that the they use is man-made from a lightweight concrete and painted, but that’s all he would say.
Anyone who does rock plantings knowns that it is hard to find rock to use in Australia, especially the size they use over here.
Enjoy the photos.
Lance